Military Family Nutrition Access Act of 2023
Latest action · Feb 16, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Military Family Nutrition Access Act of 2023
This bill excludes military housing allowances from income when determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2023 to Feb 8, 2024; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Mar 2, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Mar 2, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Mar 30, 2023 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Feb 8, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Feb 16, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN12196 | FY2024 NDAA: Basic Needs Allowance and Military Food Insecurity Archived | Insight | Jul 10, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1763 | Military Family Nutrition Act of 2023 | Related bill | Apr 25, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude a basic allowance for housing from income for purposes of eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Military Family Nutrition Access Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
