Senate
May 13, 2020Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2020
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Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2020 This bill revises the requirements for calculating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits. The bill increases the minimum SNAP benefit and requires benefits to be calculated using the value of a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must determine the...
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Introduced(5/13/20)
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Passed
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Passed
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Law
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Mr. Harris
(D) CA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
May 13, 2020