Title: Mobilizing Restaurants in America Act of 2020
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Mobilizing Restaurants in America Act of 2020
This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to authorize the use of SNAP benefits to purchase meals for immediate consumption and frozen prepacked meals at approved retail food stores and restaurants during a major disaster or emergency declaration.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8064 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8064

To authorize retail food stores and restaurants approved under the Food 
 and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide meals for immediate consumption, 
 and frozen prepacked meals, to recipients of benefits provided under 
                               such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 14, 2020

Ms. Velazquez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize retail food stores and restaurants approved under the Food 
 and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide meals for immediate consumption, 
 and frozen prepacked meals, to recipients of benefits provided under 
                               such Act.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mobilizing Restaurants in America 
Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS 
              DURING DECLARED EMERGENCIES TO PURCHASE MEALS FOR 
              IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION AND FROZEN PREPACKED MEALS.

    (a) In General.--During an emergency declared under the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)--
            (1) the term ``food'', as defined in subsections (k)(1) and 
        (o) of section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
        U.S.C. 2012), shall be deemed to include--
                    (A) meals prepared by an approved retail food 
                store, or approved restaurant, for immediate 
                consumption, and
                    (B) meals frozen prepacked by an approved retail 
                food store or approved restaurant; and
            (2) for purposes of such Act and this Act, the term 
        ``restaurant'' means a facility that prepares and sells food 
        directly to consumers for immediate consumption.
    (b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall apply to an approved 
restaurant during the emergency period notwithstanding such 
restaurant's participation in any State option restaurant program under 
subparagraph (3), (4), or (9) of section 3(k) the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)).
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