HR 7899 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2020

Introduced Jul 31, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Matt Cartwright D-PA

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
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Jul 31, 2020
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Jul 31, 2020
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jul 31, 2020
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Aug 7, 2020
D-GU	Michael F. Q. San Nicolas		Aug 7, 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)

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

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