SNAP Simplification for the Elderly Act
Latest action · Dec 21, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on 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.
- IntroducedDec 1, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
SNAP Simplification for the Elderly Act
This bill (1) extends the certification period for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for certain households, (2) expands the use of combined applications for SNAP and certain other benefits, and (3) requires the Department of Agriculture to carry out pilot projects to integrate the delivery of various benefits to certain low-income households.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 1, 2017 to Aug 7, 2018, with 17 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Dec 1, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
- Dec 8, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 1, 2017Introduced in House
- Dec 1, 2017Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Congressional oversight
- Disability assistance
- Food assistance and relief
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Medicare
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public-private cooperation
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Social Welfare
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 1, 2017Introduced in House
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