SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019

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. Short title This Act may be cited as the SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019 2. Multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements (a) In general Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 (1) in subsection (k)— (A) by striking shelters, and (9) in shelters; (9) in ; (B) by striking arrangement, (8) in arrangement; (8) in ; (C) by striking subsistence, (7) in subsistence; (7) in ; (D) by striking programs, (6) in programs; (6) in ; (E) by striking section 9(h), (5) in section 9(h); (5) in ; (F) by striking elderly, (4) in elderly; (4) in ; (G) by striking household, (3) in household; (3) in ; (H) by striking product, (2) seeds product; (2) seeds ; (I) by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through (1) any food (k) Food The term food (1) any food ; (J) in paragraph (1) (as so amended)— (i) by striking clauses paragraphs (ii) by striking of this subsection (K) in paragraph (9) (as so amended), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (L) by adding at the end the following: (10) a multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement for home consumption. ; (2) by redesignating subsections (n) through (v) as subsections (o) through (w), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (m) the following: (n) Multivitamin-Mineral dietary supplement The term multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement (1) provides at least half of the vitamins and minerals— (A) for which the National Academy of Medicine establishes dietary reference intakes; and (B) at 50 percent or more of the daily value for the intended life stage per daily serving, as determined by the Food and Drug Administration; and (2) does 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. ; and (4) in subsection (r) (as so redesignated)— (A) by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through Except (r) Staple foods (1) In general Except ; (B) in paragraph (1) (as so amended), by indenting subparagraphs (A) through (D) appropriately; and (C) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through do not (2) Exclusions The term staple foods ; and (ii) by striking and spices spices, and multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2019 section 3(o)(4) section 3(p)(4) (2) Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2020 (A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking section 3(s)(1) section 3(t)(1) (B) in subsection (d)— (i) by striking section 3(s)(1) section 3(t)(1) (ii) by striking section 3(s)(2) section 3(t)(2) (C) in subsection (e)(17), by striking described in section 3(s)(1) (3) Section 16(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) section 3(u)(4) section 3(v)(4) (4) Section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(A)(ii) section 3(u)(4) section 3(v)(4) (5) Section 27(a)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(2) section 3(u)(4) section 3(v)(4) (6) Section 404 of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 604 section 3(l) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 (7) Section 408(a)(12)(B)(i) of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 608(a)(12)(B)(i) (within (as defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 (8) Section 454(29) of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 654(29) section 3(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(h) section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012

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.