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House Bill 6200
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Pandemic EBT Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 11, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 11, 2020
Latest Action
Mar 11, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
6200
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
Democrat
Marcia L. Fudge
Ohio
Democrat
Jahana Hayes
Connecticut
Democrat
Bobby Scott
Virginia
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Pandemic EBT Act of 2020

This bill expands authority in FY2020 for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) during a public health emergency based on COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, the bill authorizes USDA to approve state agency plans to provide SNAP benefits to households that include at least one eligible child and may or may not be participating in SNAP. An eligible child is a child who would be receiving free or reduced-price school meals if the child's school had not been closed for at least five consecutive days due to the public health emergency based on COVID-19.

SNAP benefits provided must be no less than the value of school meals at the federal free rate over the course of five school days for each eligible child in the household.

A state agency may provide SNAP benefits in accordance with the bill through the electronic benefits transfer card system.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
March 11, 2020
Related Bills (1)
Mar 18, 2020
Became Public Law 116-127
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Sponsorship
House Bill 6201
Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Became Law
Amendments
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
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CRS
Actions (2)
03/11/2020
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
03/11/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Aug 10, 2022 11:37:46 PM
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