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To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make certain multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-3841| House 
| Updated: 10/5/2017
Mike D. Rogers

Mike D. Rogers

Republican Representative

Alabama

Cosponsors (5)
Mia B. Love (Republican)Lee M. Zeldin (Republican)John R. Curtis (Republican)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)

Agriculture Committee, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow 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. 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.
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Timeline
Sep 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
  • September 26, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • September 26, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.


  • October 5, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

Agriculture and Food

Food assistance and reliefNutrition and diet

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make certain multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-3841| House 
| Updated: 10/5/2017
SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow 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. 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.
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Timeline
Sep 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
  • September 26, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • September 26, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.


  • October 5, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Mike D. Rogers

Mike D. Rogers

Republican Representative

Alabama

Cosponsors (5)
Mia B. Love (Republican)Lee M. Zeldin (Republican)John R. Curtis (Republican)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)

Agriculture Committee, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee

Agriculture and Food

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Food assistance and reliefNutrition and diet