Streamlining Nutrition Assistance Paperwork Act of 2021 or the SNAP Act of 2021
This bill provides statutory authority for a Department of Agriculture (USDA) waiver that allows states to use a written record to document telephonic signatures for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications.
Under current law, states may allow individuals to sign their SNAP applications over the telephone, but states must preserve audio recordings of those telephonic signatures. During the COVID-19 emergency, USDA waived the requirement to preserve the audio recording and allowed states to document the telephonic signatures through written records.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5048 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5048
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
August 17, 2021
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
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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 Assistance
Paperwork Act of 2021'' or the ``SNAP Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.
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.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
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