Title: Assuring You Uniform Dietary Assistance (AYUDA) Act of 2021
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Assuring You Uniform Dietary Assistance (AYUDA) Act of 2021
This bill makes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands eligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 421 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 421

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to treat the Commonwealth 
 of the Northern Mariana Islands in the same manner as Guam is treated.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2021

 Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New 
 York, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Norton, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Lee 
of California, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Meng, Ms. Chu, 
Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Courtney) introduced the following bill; which 
              was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to treat the Commonwealth 
 of the Northern Mariana Islands in the same manner as Guam is treated.

    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 ``Assuring You Uniform Dietary 
Assistance (AYUDA) Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (r) by inserting ``the Commonwealth of 
        the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``Guam'', and
            (2) in subsection (u)(3) by inserting ``the Commonwealth of 
        the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``Guam,''.
    (b) Eligibility Standards.--Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b) by inserting ``the Commonwealth of 
        the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``Guam,'', and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``and Guam,'' and 
                inserting ``Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                Mariana Islands,'', and
                    (B) in the last sentence by striking ``or Guam'' 
                and inserting ``Guam, or the Commonwealth of the 
                Northern Mariana Islands'', and
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B)--
                            (i) in the heading by striking ``Guam.'' 
                        and inserting ``Guam and the commonwealth of 
                        the northern mariana islands.'',
                            (ii) in clause (i) by inserting ``and the 
                        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands'' 
                        after ``Guam'', and
                            (iii) in clause (ii) by inserting ``and the 
                        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands'' 
                        after ``Guam'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (6)(B) by inserting ``the 
                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after 
                ``Guam,''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
October 1, 2021.
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