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H.R.5423

H.R.5423: SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2016

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Introduced June 9, 2016
Latest Major Action June 30, 2016
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Bill Sponsor

Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)

Bill Cosponsors

27 (All Democrats)

Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.)
Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)
Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.)
Jim Langevin (D-R.I.)
Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)
Jared Polis (D-Colo.)
Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)
Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.)
Mark Takano (D-Calif.)
Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.)
Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.)
Grace Meng (D-N.Y.)
John Lewis (D-Ga.)
Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)
Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.)
John Garamendi (D-Calif.)
Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)

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Introduced in House - June 9, 2016

Bill Summary

SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2016 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide a financial incentive for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) participants to purchase fruits and vegetables.

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Date	Description
June 30, 2016	Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
June 9, 2016	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
June 9, 2016	Introduced in the House by Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)

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Introduced in the House by Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)