SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2017
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 26, 2017)
SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2017
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits to be used to purchase multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements for home consumption.
The supplements: (1) must provide at least half of the vitamins and minerals for which the National Academy of Medicine establishes dietary reference intakes at 50% or more of the daily value for the intended life stage per daily serving, as determined by the Food and Drug Administration; and (2) may not exceed the tolerable upper intake levels for those nutrients for which an established tolerable upper intake level is determined by the National Academy of Medicine.
What just happenedOct 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 26, 2017
- Oct 5, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture - Sep 26, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture Committee - Sep 26, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
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Introduced in House