Food for Working Families Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6582
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2020-04-21
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

Nutrition and diet

Poverty and welfare assistance

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Food for Working Families Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill revises the requirements for calculating income under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to exclude from income and resources emergency federal pandemic unemployment compensation paid to an individual under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6582 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2020 Mrs. Hayes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To exclude from income and resources certain Federal pandemic unemployment compensation for the purpose of determining income under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food for Working Families Act of 2020 . 2. Federal pandemic unemployment compensation Income and resources disregard for SNAP The monthly equivalent of any Federal pandemic unemployment compensation paid to an individual under section 2104 of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) shall be excluded for the purpose of determining income and resources under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).