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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1717 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make certain multivitaminmineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 5, 2019 

Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make 

certain multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible 

for purchase with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Vitamin and 

5 Mineral Improvement Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MULTIVITAMIN-MINERAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Food and Nutri8 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (k)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘shelters, and (9) in’’ and 

3 inserting the following: ‘‘shelters; 

4 ‘‘(9) in’’; 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘arrangement, (8) in’’ and 

6 inserting the following: ‘‘arrangement; 

7 ‘‘(8) in’’; 

8 (C) by striking ‘‘subsistence, (7) in’’ and 

9 inserting the following: ‘‘subsistence; 

10 ‘‘(7) in’’; 

11 (D) by striking ‘‘programs, (6) in’’ and in12 serting the following: ‘‘programs; 

13 ‘‘(6) in’’; 

14 (E) by striking ‘‘section 9(h), (5) in’’ and 

15 inserting the following: ‘‘section 9(h); 

16 ‘‘(5) in’’; 

17 (F) by striking ‘‘elderly, (4) in’’ and in18 serting the following: ‘‘elderly; 

19 ‘‘(4) in’’; 

20 (G) by striking ‘‘household, (3) in’’ and in21 serting the following: ‘‘household; 

22 ‘‘(3) in’’; 

23 (H) by striking ‘‘product, (2) seeds’’ and 

24 inserting the following: ‘‘product; 

25 ‘‘(2) seeds’’; 


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1 (I) by striking the subsection designation 

2 and all that follows through ‘‘(1) any food’’ and 

3 inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(k) FOOD.—The term ‘food’ means— 

5 ‘‘(1) any food’’; 

6 (J) in paragraph (1) (as so amended)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘clauses’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘paragraphs’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘of this subsection’’; 

10 (K) in paragraph (9) (as so amended), by 

11 striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

12 and’’; and 

13 (L) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(10) a multivitamin-mineral dietary supple15 ment for home consumption.’’; 

16 (2) by redesignating subsections (n) through (v) 

17 as subsections (o) through (w), respectively; 

18 (3) by inserting after subsection (m) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(n) MULTIVITAMIN-MINERAL DIETARY SUPPLE21 MENT.—The term ‘multivitamin-mineral dietary supple22 ment’ means a substance that— 

23 ‘‘(1) provides at least half of the vitamins and 

24 minerals— 


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1 ‘‘(A) for which the National Academy of 

2 Medicine establishes dietary reference intakes; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) at 50 percent or more of the daily 

5 value for the intended life stage per daily serv6 ing, as determined by the Food and Drug Ad7 ministration; and 

8 ‘‘(2) does not exceed the tolerable upper intake 

9 levels for those nutrients for which an established 

10 tolerable upper intake level is determined by the Na11 tional Academy of Medicine.’’; and 

12 (4) in subsection (r) (as so redesignated)— 

13 (A) by striking the subsection designation 

14 and all that follows through ‘‘Except’’ and in15 serting the following: 

16 ‘‘(r) STAPLE FOODS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (1) (as so amended), by 

19 indenting subparagraphs (A) through (D) ap20 propriately; and 

21 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (i) by striking the paragraph designa23 tion and all that follows through ‘‘do not’’ 

24 and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘staple foods’ 

2 does not’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘and spices’’ and in4 serting ‘‘spices, and multivitamin-mineral 

5 dietary supplements’’. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

7 (1) Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

8 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is amended in the first sen9 tence by striking ‘‘section 3(o)(4)’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘section 3(p)(4)’’. 

11 (2) Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

12 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended— 

13 (A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘sec14 tion 3(s)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(t)(1)’’; 

15 (B) in subsection (d)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘section 3(s)(1)’’ each 

17 place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 

18 3(t)(1)’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 3(s)(2)’’ each 

20 place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 

21 3(t)(2)’’; and 

22 (C) in subsection (e)(17), by striking ‘‘de23 scribed in section 3(s)(1)’’. 

24 (3) Section 16(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Food and 

25 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 


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1 2025(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec2 tion 3(u)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(v)(4)’’. 

3 (4) Section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Food and Nu4 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(A)(ii)) is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘section 3(u)(4)’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘section 3(v)(4)’’. 

7 (5) Section 27(a)(2) of the Food and Nutrition 

8 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(2)) is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘section 3(u)(4)’’ each place it appears and 

10 inserting ‘‘section 3(v)(4)’’. 

11 (6) Section 404 of title IV of the Social Secu12 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 604) is amended in each of sub13 sections (i) and (j) by striking ‘‘section 3(l) of the 

14 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

16 (7 U.S.C. 2012)’’. 

17 (7) Section 408(a)(12)(B)(i) of title IV of the 

18 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(12)(B)(i)) is 

19 amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘(with20 in’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

21 end and inserting ‘‘(as defined in section 3 of the 

22 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)).’’. 

23 (8) Section 454(29) of title IV of the Social Se24 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 654(29)) is amended by strik25 ing ‘‘section 3(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 


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1 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h))’’ each place it appears and 

2 inserting ‘‘section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

3 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)’’. 

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