SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 5, 2019)
SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019
This bill allows 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.
Specifically, 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.
The bill amends the definition of "staple food" to exclude multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements.
What just happenedJun 24, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 5, 2019
- Jun 24, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture - Jun 5, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture Committee - Jun 5, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
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Introduced in House