[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5643 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5643

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2023

  Ms. Kuster (for herself and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following 
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining Nutrition Paperwork Act 
of 2023'' or the ``SNP Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 11(e)(2)(C) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2020(e)(2)(C)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) in the heading, by inserting ``or video'', 
                after ``telephonic'', and
                    (B) by inserting ``or by gesture over a video phone 
                for hearing impaired applicants'' before the period at 
                the end, and
            (2) in clause (iii)(I) by inserting ``as audio or in 
        writing'' after ``record''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a)  Effective Date.--This Act, and the amendments made by this 
Act, shall take effect on January 1, 2024.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by section 2 
shall apply with respect to applications made after the effective date 
of this Act.
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