US SB1336 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Introduced on April 27 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-04-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 27 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-04-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated using the value of the low-cost food plan, and for other purposes.
Title
Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
Sponsors
| Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] |
| Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] | Sen. John Fetterman [D-PA] |
| Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA] | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] | Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] | Sen. Laphonza Butler [D-CA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-27 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
Same As/Similar To
HB3037 (Same As) 2023-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1336/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s1336/BILLS-118s1336is.pdf |
