SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 11, 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.
- IntroducedJul 31, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2020
This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to provide a financial incentive for participants to purchase fruits and vegetables containing nutrients that promote the health of the population served by SNAP.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 31, 2020 to Aug 7, 2020; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jul 31, 2020 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jul 31, 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 Jul 31, 2020 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Sep 11, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 11, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
- Jul 31, 2020Introduced in House
- Jul 31, 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. 136, July 31, 2020, page H4214.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4855 | SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2018 | Reintroduction of | Feb 8, 2018 |
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 an incentive for households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables that are beneficial to good health.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SNAP Healthy Incentives 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.
- Jul 31, 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.
