Stop Needless Award Payments Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5338
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Handel, Karen C. [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2018-03-20
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Food assistance and relief
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop Needless Award Payments Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the authority of the Department of Agriculture to award bonus payment to states that demonstrate high or improved performance in administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5338 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 20, 2018 Mrs. Handel 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 authority to make bonus payments to States based on performance.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Needless Award Payments Act of 2018 . 2. Amendment Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025 ) is amended by striking subsection (d). 3. Effective date The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.