Making Essentials Available and Lawful (MEAL) Act of 2020
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 14, 2020)
Making Essentials Available and Lawful (MEAL) Act of 2020
This bill repeals a lifetime ban that prohibits individuals convicted of certain offenses related to the possession, use, or distribution of controlled substances from receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or assistance under programs funded by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grants. In addition, individuals who are incarcerated and scheduled to be released within 30 days shall qualify as individual households for purposes of SNAP eligibility. Under current law, unless specifically excepted, individuals residing in institutions do not constitute a household.
Existing state laws that removed or modified the federal ban at the state level shall have no force or effect.
What just happenedMar 5, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 14, 2020
- Mar 5, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture - Feb 14, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Work and Welfare Subcommittee - Feb 14, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 14, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Agriculture Committee - Feb 14, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House