[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2680 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2680

   To require the provision of information and counseling regarding 
 Federal food assistance programs as part of the Transition Assistance 
                                Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the provision of information and counseling regarding 
 Federal food assistance programs as part of the Transition Assistance 
                                Program.

    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 ``Transitioning Servicemember Food 
Security Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INFORMATION AS PART OF 
              TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(20) Information and counseling developed and provided in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, regarding 
        Federal food and nutrition assistance programs, including the 
        supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the 
        Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and the 
        special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
        children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act 
        of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).''.
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