SNAP Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5048
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2021-08-17
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-08-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Streamlining Nutrition Assistance Paperwork Act of 2021 or the SNAP Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill provides statutory authority for a Department of Agriculture (USDA) waiver that allows states to use a written record to document telephonic signatures for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications.</p> <p>Under current law, states may allow individuals to sign their SNAP applications over the telephone, but states must preserve audio recordings of those telephonic signatures. During the COVID-19 emergency, USDA waived the requirement to preserve the audio recording and allowed states to document the telephonic signatures through written records.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5048 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 17, 2021 Ms. Kuster (for herself, Ms. Adams , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Panetta , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mr. Case , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Huffman , Ms. Jacobs of California , Ms. Newman , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Smith of Washington , Ms. Strickland , and Mrs. Trahan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit States to record in writing that applicants for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits have signed an application through a recorded verbal assent over the telephone.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Streamlining Nutrition Assistance Paperwork Act of 2021 or the SNAP Act of 2021 . 2. Amendment Section 11(e)(2)(C)(iii)(I) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(2)(C)(iii)(I) ) is amended by inserting as audio or in writing after record . 3. Effective date; Application of amendment (a) Effective date This Act, and the amendment made by this Act, shall take effect on January 1, 2023. (b) Application of amendment The amendment made by section 2 shall apply with respect to applications made after the effective date of this Act.