Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1182
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-14
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

Intergovernmental relations

Performance measurement

Poverty and welfare assistance

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the authority to make performance-based bonus payments to states under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1182 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2013 Mr. DesJarlais (for himself, Mrs. Hartzler , Mr. Fleischmann , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Kingston , Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Conaway , Mr. Fincher , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. Westmoreland , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Nunnelee , Mr. Graves of Georgia , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Mulvaney , Mr. Gowdy , Mrs. Ellmers , Mr. Lucas , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Issa , Mr. Duncan of Tennessee , Mr. Price of Georgia , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Ross , Mr. Goodlatte , Mrs. Noem , Mr. Reed , Mr. Harris , Mr. Salmon , Mr. Walberg , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas , and Mrs. Roby ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the authority to make performance-based bonus payments to States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) Act of 2013 . 2. Amendments (a) Repealer Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025 ) is amended by striking subsection (d). (b) Conforming amendments Section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025(c) ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (4) by striking , or performance under the performance measures under subsection (d) , and (2) in the first sentence of paragraph (5) by striking , or performance under the performance measures under subsection (d) .