Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories 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.
- IntroducedMay 12, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2020
This bill allows Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) after submitting a plan of operation that is approved by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (Under current law, the three territories receive block grants instead of participating in SNAP.)
Such territories may request from USDA a one-time grant to pay the cost of the technology infrastructure necessary to implement SNAP, including the cost of information technology, information technology personnel, and training relating to program implementation.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 12, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | May 12, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 12, 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 May 12, 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.
- May 12, 2020Introduced in House
- May 12, 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. 89, May 12, 2020, page H1994.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 677 | Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 6, 2019 |
| HR 1576 | Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2019 | Related bill | Apr 3, 2019 |
| S 3934 | Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2020 | Identical bill | Jun 10, 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 provide for the participation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories 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.
- May 12, 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.
