Feeding Rural Families Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5181
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2023-08-08
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Hawaii

Inflation and prices

Nutrition and diet

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-08-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Feeding Rural Families Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill provides for separate food cost calculations for urban and rural parts of Hawaii for the purposes of determining Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) maximum monthly benefit allotments. Specifically, the bill requires separate&nbsp;food cost adjustments in the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) for urban and rural parts of Hawaii.</p><p>SNAP maximum monthly benefit allotments are tied to the cost of purchasing a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet, as measured by the Department of Agriculture-created and -calculated TFP. Maximum allotments are set at the monthly cost of the TFP for a four-person family, adjusted for family size. Under current law,&nbsp;maximum allotments are higher (to reflect the cost of food) in Hawaii, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as in urban and rural parts of Alaska.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5181 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 8, 2023 Ms. Tokuda introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the thrifty food plan to apply to the urban and rural parts of the State of Hawaii.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Feeding Rural Families Act of 2023 . 2. Amendment Section 3(u)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(u)(2) ) is amended— (1) by inserting urban and rural parts of before Hawaii the 1st place it appears, and (2) by inserting urban and rural before Hawaii the 2d place it appears.