I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3142 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make certain multivitamin- 
mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with supplemental nu-
trition assistance program benefits, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2019 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. CA´RDENAS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
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 pro-
gram benefits, 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 ‘‘SNAP Vitamin and 
Mineral Improvement Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. MULTIVITAMIN-MINERAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (k)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shelters, and (9) in’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘shelters; 
‘‘(9) in’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘arrangement, (8) in’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘arrangement; 
‘‘(8) in’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘subsistence, (7) in’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘subsistence; 
‘‘(7) in’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘programs, (6) in’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘programs; 
‘‘(6) in’’; 
(E) by striking ‘‘section 9(h), (5) in’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘section 9(h); 
‘‘(5) in’’; 
(F) by striking ‘‘elderly, (4) in’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘elderly; 
‘‘(4) in’’; 
(G) by striking ‘‘household, (3) in’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘household; 
‘‘(3) in’’; 
(H) by striking ‘‘product, (2) seeds’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘product; 
‘‘(2) seeds’’; 
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(I) by striking the subsection designation 
and all that follows through ‘‘(1) any food’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(k) FOOD.—The term ‘food’ means— 
‘‘(1) any food’’; 
(J) in paragraph (1) (as so amended)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘clauses’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraphs’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘of this subsection’’; 
(K) in paragraph (9) (as so amended), by 
striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(L) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) a multivitamin-mineral dietary supple-
ment for home consumption.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (n) through (v) 
as subsections (o) through (w), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (m) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) MULTIVITAMIN-MINERAL
DIETARY
SUPPLE-
MENT.—The term ‘multivitamin-mineral dietary supple-
ment’ means a substance that— 
‘‘(1) provides at least half of the vitamins and 
minerals— 
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‘‘(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 serv-
ing, as determined by the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration; 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 Na-
tional Academy of Medicine.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (r) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking the subsection designation 
and all that follows through ‘‘Except’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(r) STAPLE FOODS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) (as so amended), by 
indenting subparagraphs (A) through (D) ap-
propriately; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking the paragraph designa-
tion and all that follows through ‘‘do not’’ 
and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘staple foods’ 
does not’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and spices’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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) is amended in the first sen-
tence by striking ‘‘section 3(o)(4)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 3(p)(4)’’. 
(2) Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 3(s)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(t)(1)’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 3(s)(1)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 
3(t)(1)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 3(s)(2)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 
3(t)(2)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (e)(17), by striking ‘‘de-
scribed 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. 
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