US Congress House Bill 1413

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-04-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to make the online redemption of benefits, including the acceptance of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards, more widely available by requiring the implementation of online SNAP purchasing in every state and providing funding for an online redemption portal and a technical assistance center. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must award on a competitive basis one or more contracts to develop an EBT Online Redemption Portal to (1) allow program participants to use online or mobile electronic benefits transactions to purchase program foods from, and make online payments to, authorized program retailers under SNAP; and (2) facilitate food purchase delivery for program participants using such electronic benefits transactions. The Food and Nutrition Service of USDA must award competitive grants or enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit entities to establish a SNAP Online Purchasing Technical Assistance Center to provide state agencies, authorized program retailers, and program participants information on and technical assistance with accepting SNAP benefits through online transactions and use of the portal. In providing technical assistance, the center must give priority to entities that are small and limited-resource retailers. The bill provides funding for both the online redemption portal and the technical assistance center. USDA must maintain on its website a publicly available listing, organized and searchable by region, locality, and state, of all approved retail food stores accepting benefits from recipients of SNAP, including through online transactions.

Expanding SNAP Options Act of 2021

Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]

Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]

Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
2021-02-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2021-02-26	House	Introduced in House

SB313 (Same As) 2021-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1413/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr1413/BILLS-117hr1413ih.pdf