Food and Necessities During Public Emergencies Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6449
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-03
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Cosmetics and personal care

Disaster relief and insurance

Food assistance and relief

Nutrition and diet

War and emergency powers
Latest action: action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Food and Necessities During Public Emergencies Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill provides that during an emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits may be used to purchase specified durable goods.</p> <p>Specifically, such goods shall include infant care necessities, household paper products, household cleaning products, and personal cleaning products.</p> <ul> </ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6449 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 3, 2020 Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To provide that during an emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits issued under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 may be used to purchase certain durable goods.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food and Necessities During Public Emergencies Act of 2020 . 2. Purchase of durable goods with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits during declared emergencies During an emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the term food as defined in section 3(k)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(k)(1) ) shall be deemed to include the following: (1) Infant care necessities, including diapers (disposable or re-useable), baby wipes, and bottles. (2) Household paper products, including tissues, toilet paper, and paper towels. (3) Household cleaning products, including: mops, brooms, bleach (or equivalent cleaning solutions), and cleaning wipes. (4) Personal cleaning products, including toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, hand sanitizer, and deodorant.