I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4077 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental 
nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated using the value of 
the low-cost food plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2021 
Ms. ADAMS (for herself, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, 
Ms. BASS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CAR-
SON, Ms. CHU, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, 
Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 
EVANS, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, 
Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, 
Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILMER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. 
LEE of California, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALO-
NEY of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE 
of Wisconsin, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLI-
TANO, Mr. NEAL, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROSS, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SEWELL, 
Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH
of Washington, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Mr. WELCH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require 
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that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits 
be calculated using the value of the low-cost food plan, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Closing the Meal Gap 
Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. CALCULATION OF PROGRAM BENEFITS USING LOW- 
COST FOOD PLAN. 
(a) DEFINITION OF LOW-COST FOOD PLAN.—Sec-
tion 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2012) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (u); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (n) through (t) 
as subsections (o) through (u), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (m) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) LOW-COST FOOD PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘low-cost food 
plan’ means the diet, determined in accordance with 
the calculations of the Secretary, required to feed a 
4-person family that consists of— 
‘‘(A) a man and a woman who are each be-
tween 19 and 50 years of age; 
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‘‘(B) a child who is between 6 and 8 years 
of age; and 
‘‘(C) a child who is between 9 and 11 
years of age. 
‘‘(2) RE-EVALUATION.—Not later than January 
1, 2027, and at 5-year intervals thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall re-evaluate and publish the market bas-
kets of the low-cost food plan based on current food 
prices, food composition data, consumption patterns, 
and dietary guidance. 
‘‘(3) COST.—For purposes of paragraph (1), 
the cost of the diet described in that paragraph shall 
be the basis for uniform allotments for all house-
holds regardless of the actual composition of the 
household, except that the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) make household-size adjustments 
(based on the unrounded cost of that diet) tak-
ing into account economies of scale; 
‘‘(B) make cost adjustments in the low- 
cost food plan for the State of Hawaii and the 
urban and rural parts of the State of Alaska to 
reflect the cost of food in Hawaii and urban 
and rural Alaska, respectively; 
‘‘(C) make cost adjustments in the sepa-
rate low-cost food plans for Guam, the Com-
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monwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and the United States Virgin Islands, to 
reflect the cost of food in those territories, but 
not to exceed the cost of food in the 50 States 
and the District of Columbia; and 
‘‘(D) on October 1, 2021, and each Octo-
ber 1 thereafter, adjust the cost of the diet to 
reflect the cost of the diet in the immediately 
preceding June, and round the result to the 
nearest lower-dollar increment for each house-
hold size.’’. 
(b) VALUE OF ALLOTMENT.—Section 8(a) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘thrifty food plan’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘low-cost food plan’’; and 
(2) in the proviso, by striking ‘‘8 percent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘10 percent’’. 
(c) 
QUALITY
CONTROL
SYSTEM.—Section 
16(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2025(c)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (I)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘2014, at an amount not 
greater than $37’’ and inserting ‘‘2021, at an 
amount equal to not more than $50’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in subclause (II)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(II)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(III)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘thrifty food plan is ad-
justed under section 3(u)(4)’’ and inserting 
‘‘low-cost food plan is adjusted under section 
3(n)(2)(D)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘2022’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subclause (I) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2022, the 
amount specified in subclause (I) shall 
be adjusted by the difference between 
the thrifty food plan and the low-cost 
food plan; and’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is amended, in the first 
sentence, by striking ‘‘3(o)(4)’’ and inserting 
‘‘3(p)(4)’’. 
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food plan has been adjusted under 3(n)(2)(D) 
between June 30, 2021, and June 30 of the im-
mediately preceding fiscal year;’’. 
(5) Section 408(a)(12)(B)(i) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(12)(B)(i)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘(r)’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 3. DEDUCTIONS FROM INCOME. 
(a) STANDARD MEDICAL EXPENSE DEDUCTION.— 
Section 5(e)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘EX-
CESS MEDICAL’’ and inserting ‘‘MEDICAL’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘an excess 
medical’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘a standard medical deduction 
or a medical expense deduction of actual costs for 
the allowable medical expenses incurred by the elder-
ly or disabled member, exclusive of special diets.’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘ex-
cess’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) STANDARD
MEDICAL
EXPENSE
DE-
DUCTION AMOUNT.— 
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), the standard medical 
expense deduction shall be— 
‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2021, $140; 
and 
‘‘(II) for each subsequent fiscal 
year, equal to the applicable amount 
for the immediately preceding fiscal 
year as adjusted to reflect changes for 
the 12-month period ending the pre-
ceding June 30 in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers: Med-
ical Care published by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics of the Department of 
Labor. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—For any fiscal 
year, a State agency may establish a great-
er standard medical expense deduction 
than described in clause (i) if the greater 
deduction satisfies cost neutrality stand-
ards established by the Secretary for that 
fiscal year.’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF CAP OF EXCESS SHELTER EX-
PENSES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(e)(6) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
2605(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)(2)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of that Act 
(7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I))’’ and inserting 
‘‘5(e)(6)(B)(iv)(I) 
of 
that 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2014(e)(6)(B)(iv)(I))’’. 
SEC. 4. ELIMINATION OF TIME LIMIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (o); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (p) through (s) 
as subsections (o) through (r), respectively. 
(b) ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS FOR STATES THAT 
ENSURE AVAILABILITY OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES.—Sec-
tion 16(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2025(h)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (C)(iv)(I)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(F)(viii)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘(E)(viii)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(F)(vii)(I)’’ each 
place 
it 
appears 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(E)(vii)(I)’’; 
(iii) in item (bb)(BB), by striking 
‘‘(F)(vii)(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E)(vii)(II)’’; 
and 
(iv) in item (cc), by striking ‘‘(F)(vii)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(E)(vii)’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (E); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 
subparagraph (E); 
(2) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking 
‘‘(1)(F)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘(1)(E)’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (5)(C)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking clause (iv). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) Section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(a)) is amended in the sec-
ond sentence, by striking ‘‘(r)’’ and inserting ‘‘(q)’’. 
(2) Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I)(bb)(DD), 
by striking ‘‘or subsection (o)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (N), by striking ‘‘or 
subsection (o)’’ each place it appears. 
(3) Section 7(i)(1) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(i)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 6(o)(2) of this Act or’’. 
(4) Section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘that—’’ and 
all that follows through the period at the end 
of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘that is determined 
and adjusted by the Secretary.’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii)(III)(ee)(AA) of subpara-
graph (E) (as redesignated by subsection 
(b)(1)(C)), by striking ‘‘, individuals subject to 
the requirements under section 6(o),’’. 
(5) Section 51(d)(8)(A)(ii) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended— 
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(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at 
the end and inserting a period; 
(B) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
by striking ‘‘family—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘receiving’’ in subclause (I) and insert-
ing ‘‘family receiving’’; and 
(C) by striking subclause (II). 
(6) Section 103(a)(2) of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3113) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (D); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 
through (K) as subparagraphs (D) through (J), 
respectively. 
(7) Section 121(b)(2)(B) of the Workforce In-
novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking clause (iv); and 
(B) by redesignating clauses (v) through 
(vii) as clauses (iv) through (vi), respectively. 
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SEC. 5. PARTICIPATION OF PUERTO RICO, AMERICAN 
SAMOA, AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA IS-
LANDS IN SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Subsection (s) of sec-
tion 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2012) (as redesignated by section 2(a)(2)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.—Section 5 of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), in the undesignated mat-
ter at the end, by striking ‘‘States or Guam’’ and in-
serting ‘‘States, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) PUERTO RICO, AMERICAN SAMOA, AND THE 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, including the requirements 
under this section, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands shall each establish their own standards 
of eligibility for participation by households in the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall be effective with re-
spect to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Amer-
ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, as applicable, on the date described 
in paragraph (2) if the Secretary of Agriculture sub-
mits to Congress a certification under subsection 
(f)(2)(B) of section 19 of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028). 
(2) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date referred to in 
paragraph (1) is, with respect to the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the date es-
tablished by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, respectively, in the appli-
cable plan of operation submitted to the Secretary of 
Agriculture under subsection (f)(1)(A) of section 19 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2028). 
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SEC. 6. TRANSITION OF PUERTO RICO, AMERICAN SAMOA, 
AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS TO 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION 
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2028) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) TRANSITION
OF
PUERTO
RICO, AMERICAN 
SAMOA, AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS TO SUP-
PLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION.—A govern-
mental entity may submit to the Secretary a request 
to participate in the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program, which shall include a plan of oper-
ation described in section 11(d), which shall include 
the date on which the governmental entity intends to 
begin participation in the program. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION BY SECRETARY.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
certify a governmental entity that submits a re-
quest under paragraph (1) as qualified to par-
ticipate in the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program if the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) approves the plan of operation 
submitted with the request, in accordance 
with this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) approves the applications de-
scribed in paragraph (4) in accordance 
with that paragraph. 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION OF CERTIFICATION TO 
CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall submit each 
certification under subparagraph (A) to Con-
gress. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION
OF
PLAN
OF
OPER-
ATION.— 
‘‘(A) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-
prove a plan of operation submitted with a re-
quest under paragraph (1) if the plan satisfies 
the requirements under this Act for a plan of 
operation. 
‘‘(B) DISAPPROVAL.—If the Secretary does 
not approve a plan of operation submitted with 
a request under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
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shall provide to the governmental entity a state-
ment that describes each requirement under 
this Act that is not satisfied by the plan. 
‘‘(4) APPROVAL OF RETAIL FOOD STORES.— 
‘‘(A) SOLICITATION OF APPLICATIONS.—If 
the Secretary approves a plan of operation 
under paragraph (3)(A) for a governmental en-
tity, the Secretary shall accept applications 
from retail food stores located in that govern-
mental entity to be authorized under section 9 
to participate in the supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program. 
‘‘(B) 
DETERMINATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall authorize a retail food store applying to 
participate in the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program under subparagraph (A) if the 
application satisfies the requirements under this 
Act for authorization of a retail food store. 
‘‘(5) PUERTO RICO.—In the case of a request 
under paragraph (1) by the Commonwealth of Puer-
to Rico, notwithstanding subsection (g), the Sec-
retary shall allow the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
to continue to carry out under the supplemental nu-
trition assistance program the Family Market Pro-
gram established pursuant to this section. 
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‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this subsection such sums as are 
necessary for fiscal year 2021, to remain available 
until expended. 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (a) through (e) 
shall cease to be effective with respect to the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, as applicable, on the date described in para-
graph (2) if the Secretary submits to Congress a 
certification under subsection (f)(2)(B) for that gov-
ernmental entity. 
‘‘(2) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date referred to 
in paragraph (1) is, with respect to the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
the date established by the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, respectively, in the appli-
cable plan of operation submitted to the Secretary 
under subsection (f)(1)(A).’’. 
Æ 
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