Fruits and Vegetables for Children During Pandemic Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8135
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2020-08-28
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Child health

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Food assistance and relief

Fruit and vegetables

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-08-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fruits and Vegetables for Children During Pandemic Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill increases emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits that were provided under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to households with children who would otherwise receive free or reduced-price school meals if their schools were not closed due to the COVID-19 (i.e. coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.</p> <p> Specifically, the bill provides such households with a $35 monthly increase in SNAP benefits to purchase fruits and vegetables.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8135 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 28, 2020 Ms. Schrier (for herself and Ms. Herrera Beutler ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to increase pandemic EBT benefits for eligible children whose schools are closed to purchase fruits and vegetables they would have otherwise been able to receive in schools.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fruits and Vegetables for Children During Pandemic Act of 2020 . 2. Amendments Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( Public Law 116–127 ; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (b) by inserting , and the daily equivalent of the monthly rate of $35 for the purchase of fruits and vegetables, after days ; and (2) in subsection (h)— (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (2) and (3) as subparagraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Fruits and vegetables The term fruits and vegetables means fruits and vegetables of the kinds that may be purchased with benefits provided by the State under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children in effect under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 ). . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect September 4, 2020.