Recognizing the critical importance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), formerly called…

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Recognizing the critical importance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), formerly called the food stamp program.

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 112th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D SchakowskySponsor

48 cosponsors · 48 D

32 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Recognizes: (1) that no ethnic, demographic, religious, or cultural group has been unaffected by our economic struggles; and (2) the significance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP).

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 27, 2012

Supports adequate funding for SNAP as a means of preventing hunger and strengthening the nation.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Recognizing the critical importance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), formerly called the food stamp program.

Latest action (Apr 12, 2012): Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .

Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 27, 2012

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.