117th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit States to record in writing that applicants for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits have signed an application through a recorded verbal assent over the telephone.
Ms. Kuster (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Case, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jacobs of California, Ms. Newman, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Strickland, and Mrs. Trahan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit States to record in writing that applicants for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits have signed an application through a recorded verbal assent over the telephone.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the Streamlining Nutrition Assistance Paperwork Act of 2021 or the SNAP Act of 2021 .
Section 11(e)(2)(C)(iii)(I) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(2)(C)(iii)(I)) is amended by inserting as audio or in writing after record .
SEC. 3. Effective date; Application of amendment.
(a) Effective date. This Act, and the amendment made by this Act, shall take effect on January 1, 2023.
(b) Application of amendment. The amendment made by section 2 shall apply with respect to applications made after the effective date of this Act.