118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 6657Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2023

To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to limit the conditions applicable to the use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to purchase food, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Dec 7, 2023
Last action Jan 25, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Dec 7, 2023
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Referred
Jan 25, 2024
Agriculture
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill establishes additional limitations on the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The bill requires that a state agency suspend a SNAP household account when the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card transactions are made exclusively out-of-state for a period longer than 60 days. The state agency must maintain the suspension until (1) the household affirmatively provides substantiating evidence that the participating household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits, or (2) an investigation conclusively determines that the participating household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits. In addition,...

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Jan 25, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Dec 7, 2023
Introduced in House
Dec 7, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.