Food for Working Families Act of 2020
Latest action · Aug 13, 2020 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.
- IntroducedApr 21, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Food for Working Families Act of 2020
This bill revises the requirements for calculating income under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to exclude from income and resources emergency federal pandemic unemployment compensation paid to an individual under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2020 to Jun 18, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Apr 24, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | May 19, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | May 19, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | May 27, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 27, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 27, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 27, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jun 11, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 18, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 18, 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 21, 2020 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Aug 13, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 13, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
- Apr 21, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 21, 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. 75, April 21, 2020, page H1900.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45478 | Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 116th Congress | Report | Mar 8, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To exclude from income and resources certain Federal pandemic unemployment compensation for the purpose of determining income under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Food for Working Families 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 21, 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.
