SNAP Online Purchasing Flexibility Act of 2020
Latest action · Apr 14, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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.
- IntroducedApr 14, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
SNAP Online Purchasing Flexibility Act of 2020
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to authorize all states to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) online purchasing program during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The program allows approved retail food stores to accept SNAP benefits through online transactions.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 14, 2020 to Sep 15, 2020; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Apr 14, 2020 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 17, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 24, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Sep 15, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 15, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Sep 15, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 15, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Sep 15, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 15, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 15, 2020 |
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 Apr 14, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 14, 2020Referred 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. 166, no. 71, April 14, 2020, page H1889.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Agriculture to expand for all the States during the COVID-19 public health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, the program to approve retail food stores to accept through on-line transactions supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits provided under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SNAP Online Purchasing Flexibility Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2020Introduced 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.
