HR 4521 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

SNAP Simplification for the Elderly Act

Introduced Dec 1, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Al Lawson, Jr. D-FL

Latest action · Dec 21, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

Progress

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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; 17 are original cosponsors, there from 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
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Dec 1, 2017
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	Original	Dec 1, 2017
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Dec 4, 2017
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Dec 5, 2017
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Dec 6, 2017
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Dec 11, 2017
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Dec 11, 2017
D-VT	Peter Welch		Aug 7, 2018

Committees 3

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Dec 1, 2017
	Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee	Referred Dec 21, 2017
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Dec 1, 2017
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Dec 1, 2017
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Dec 8, 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.

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: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 196, December 1, 2017, page H9598.

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 simplify the SNAP recertification process for the elderly and disabled, and to spur innovation in the application processes of SNAP, the Medicare Savings Program, and supplemental security income that will increase the utilization of entitlement programs among the most vulnerable of populations.
Short Titles as Introduced: SNAP Simplification for the Elderly Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 1, 2017Introduced in House

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