Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 10, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2019
This bill repeals certain work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). (Under current law, the requirements apply to able-bodied adults who are ages 18-49 and have no dependent children. Individuals who do not meet certain work requirements are generally prohibited from receiving more than 3 months of SNAP benefits over a 36-month period.)
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2019 to Oct 15, 2019; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 17, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | May 17, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | May 17, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | May 17, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | May 21, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | May 28, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Oct 15, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 16, 2019 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Jun 10, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
- May 16, 2019Introduced in House
- May 16, 2019Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 82, May 16, 2019, page H3925.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 202180 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 5, 2020 |
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 repeal the particular work requirement that disqualifies able-bodied adults for eligibility to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
