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House Bill 3142
116th Congress(2019-2020)
SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 5, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jun 5, 2019
Latest Action
Jun 24, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
3142
Congress
116
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Mike Rogers
Alabama
Democrat
Tony Cardenas
California
Republican
Rob Bishop
Utah
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019

This bill allows Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits to be used to purchase multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements for home consumption.

Specifically, the supplements (1) must provide at least half of the vitamins and minerals for which the National Academy of Medicine establishes dietary reference intakes at 50% or more of the daily value for the intended life stage per daily serving, as determined by the Food and Drug Administration; and (2) may not exceed the tolerable upper intake levels for those nutrients for which an established tolerable upper intake level is determined by the National Academy of Medicine.

The bill amends the definition of "staple food" to exclude multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
June 5, 2019
Related Bills (1)
Jun 05, 2019
Introduced in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 1717
SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
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CRS
Actions (3)
06/24/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
06/05/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
06/05/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 6:47:30 AM
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