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H.R.1025

H.R.1025: SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2015

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Introduced Feb. 24, 2015
Latest Major Action March 9, 2015
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Bill Sponsor

Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

Bill Cosponsors

29 (All Democrats)

Suzan K. DelBene (D-Wash.)
Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)
Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)
Mark Takano (D-Calif.)
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
Jared Huffman (D-Calif.)
Rick Larsen (D-Wash.)
Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio)
Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)
Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)
Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.)
Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.)
Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)
Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.)
Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
Bill Keating (D-Mass.)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)
Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
Michael M. Honda (D-Calif.)

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Introduced in House - Feb. 24, 2015

Bill Summary

SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2015 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exempt Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) beneficiaries from work requirements if they are not offered a position in a state job training or workfare program.

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Date	Description
March 9, 2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Feb. 24, 2015	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb. 24, 2015	Introduced in the House by Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

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