HR 2384 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Food Security Improvement Act of 2013

Introduced Jun 14, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Theodore E. Deutch D-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 25, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 14, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Food Security Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan. Sets forth required adjustments.

Authorizes SNAP appropriations through FY2015.

Revises funding provisions for consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa.

Extends the availability of commodities for the emergency food assistance program through FY2015.

Cosponsors 55

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 14, 2013 to Nov 17, 2014, with 25 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-TXGene GreenOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 14, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 25, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
  2. Jun 14, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Jun 14, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 14, 2013Introduced in House

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