Vegetables Are Really Important Eating Tools for You (VARIETY) Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4904
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2014-06-19
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

Fruit and vegetables

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Vegetables Are Really Important Eating Tools For You (VARIETY) Act of 2014 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide a financial incentive for supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) participants to purchase fruits and vegetables. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4904 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 19, 2014 Mr. Cartwright (for himself, Ms. DeLauro , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Pastor of Arizona , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Tonko , Ms. Lofgren , and Mr. Takano ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide an incentive for households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables that are beneficial to good health.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vegetables Are Really Important Eating Tools for You (VARIETY) Act of 2014 . 2. Amendments (a) Definition Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (k) by inserting , unless the context specifies otherwise, after means ; (2) redesignating subsections (u) and (v) as subsections (v) and (w), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (t) the following: (u) Supplemental fruits and vegetables means those fruits and vegetables containing nutrients that promote the health of the population served by the supplemental nutrition assistance program, as determined by the Secretary by rule. . (b) Increase in value of allotment Section 8 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2017 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (m) The value of an allotment, determined under this section without regard to this subsection and issued to a household for a month, shall be increased by 30 percent of the cost of supplemental fruits and vegetables purchased by such household during such month, but not to exceed an aggregate monthly amount determined by the Secretary on the basis of household size. . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2014.