HR 5346 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Equal Access to the Right Nutrition for Military Families (EARN) Act of 2021

Introduced Sep 23, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. D-GA

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Latest action · Oct 6, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 23, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equal Access to the Right Nutrition for Military Families (EARN) Act of 2021

This bill facilitates the participation of military households in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by excluding from income limits the housing allowance provided to members of the Armed Forces and modifying administration and other aspects of the program.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 23, 2021 to Jul 19, 2022; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalSep 23, 2021
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalSep 23, 2021
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 23, 2021
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-NYJamaal BowmanOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 23, 2021
R-NEJeff FortenberryOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-TNJim CooperOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-WIMark PocanOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-CAMike LevinOriginalSep 23, 2021
R-NCRichard HudsonOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-PASusan WildOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-OHTim RyanOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalSep 23, 2021
D-VAElaine G. LuriaNov 9, 2021
D-AZGreg StantonNov 9, 2021
D-TXHenry CuellarNov 9, 2021
D-ILMike QuigleyNov 9, 2021
D-WAPramila JayapalNov 9, 2021
D-WARick LarsenJul 19, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Sep 23, 2021
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Referred Oct 6, 2021
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Sep 23, 2021

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 6, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
  2. Sep 23, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Sep 23, 2021Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1015)
  4. Sep 23, 2021Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1015Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. D-GASep 23, 2021

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 1, Section 8, Clause 3: 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. 167, no. 165, September 23, 2021, page H5134.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 117-21HUNGER AMONG VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS: UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM AND EVALUATING SOLUTIONS64 pagesAgriculture CommitteeNov 10, 2021

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 direct certification and enrollment of households of active members of the Armed Forces of the United States in the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Equal Access to the Right Nutrition for Military Families (EARN) Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 23, 2021Introduced in House

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