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 Spreadsheet

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; 25 are original cosponsors, there from 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
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalJun 14, 2013
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-TXPete P. GallegoOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJun 14, 2013
D-TXAl GreenJun 18, 2013
D-RIDavid N. CicillineJun 18, 2013
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonJun 18, 2013
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanJun 18, 2013
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyJun 18, 2013
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciJun 18, 2013
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayJun 18, 2013
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.Jun 20, 2013
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonJun 20, 2013
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanJun 28, 2013
D-CAJanice HahnDec 5, 2013
D-PAMatt CartwrightDec 16, 2013
D-CAJared HuffmanJan 8, 2014
D-NYCharles B. RangelMay 6, 2014
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeMay 6, 2014
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterMay 13, 2014
D-MAJohn F. TierneyJun 10, 2014
D-TXLloyd DoggettJun 17, 2014
D-MARichard E. NealJun 23, 2014
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoJul 31, 2014
D-ILMike QuigleyJul 31, 2014
D-NYEliot L. EngelSep 8, 2014
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkSep 11, 2014
D-OHMarcy KapturSep 15, 2014
D-CAAdam B. SchiffNov 12, 2014
D-INAndré CarsonNov 12, 2014
D-NHAnn M. KusterNov 12, 2014
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardNov 12, 2014
D-TNSteve CohenNov 12, 2014
D-MEChellie PingreeNov 17, 2014

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Jun 14, 2013
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Referred Jun 25, 2013

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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the Constitution of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3654.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Food Security Improvement Act of 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 14, 2013Introduced in House

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