Title: Protect SNAP Act
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Protect SNAP Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from modifying work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).
The bill also prohibits the use of federal funds (including fees) to implement or enforce the Food and Nutrition Service rule titled Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents, published on February 1, 2019.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5349 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5349

   To prevent the changing of regulations governing the provision of 
 waivers under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 6, 2019

   Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Fudge, Mrs. 
 Dingell, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Moore, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Meeks, 
 Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Speier, Mr. Rush, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Carson of 
 Indiana, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
Khanna, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Nadler, 
   Mr. Takano, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Omar, Ms. Adams, Ms. 
   Waters, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
 McEachin, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Costa, Mr. Stanton, 
 Ms. Barragan, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Trone, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Lujan, Mr. 
 Price of North Carolina, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Pingree, Mr. 
 Courtney, Mr. Case, Ms. Meng, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Beyer, Ms. DelBene, 
Mr. Connolly, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Lewis, Mr. 
 Sherman, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
Illinois, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. 
 Slotkin, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Wild, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Wilson 
    of Florida, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. McCollum, Ms. 
Sanchez, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Bass, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Jackson 
 Lee, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
 Clyburn, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Clarke of New York, 
Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Thompson of 
 Mississippi, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mrs. 
 Demings, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Delgado, 
 Mr. Evans, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Hastings, and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prevent the changing of regulations governing the provision of 
 waivers under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Protect SNAP Act''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTING THE CHANGING OF REGULATIONS GOVERNING WAIVERS UNDER 
              THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    No rule, regulation, proposed rule, policy directive, or guideline 
may be issued or enforced by the Secretary of Agriculture, by the head 
of any entity within the Department of Agriculture (including the Food 
and Nutrition Service), or by any other person or entity that--
            (1) supersedes subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) 
        of section 273.24 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
        as in effect on December 1, 2018; or
            (2) modifies the effect or operation of any such subsection 
        as so in effect.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON FEDERAL FUNDS.

    No Federal funds (including fees) made available for any fiscal 
year may be used to finalize, implement, administer, enforce, carry 
out, or otherwise give effect to the proposed rule entitled 
``Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for Able 
Bodied Adults Without Dependents'' (84 Fed. Reg. 980; February 1, 
2019).
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