Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Vegetables Are Really Important Eating Tools for You (VARIETY) Act of 2014”.
Vegetables Are Really Important Eating Tools for You (VARIETY) Act of 2014
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide an incentive for households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables that are beneficial to good health.
Sec. 2 Amendments
in subsection (k) by inserting “, unless the context specifies otherwise,” after “means”;
redesignating subsections (u) and (v) as subsections (v) and (w), respectively; and
by inserting after subsection (t) the following:
“(u) Supplemental fruits and vegetables means those fruits and vegetables containing nutrients that promote the health of the population served by the supplemental nutrition assistance program, as determined by the Secretary by rule.”
Increase in value of allotment— Section 8 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(m) The value of an allotment, determined under this section without regard to this subsection and issued to a household for a month, shall be increased by 30 percent of the cost of supplemental fruits and vegetables purchased by such household during such month, but not to exceed an aggregate monthly amount determined by the Secretary on the basis of household size.”
Sec. 3 Effective date
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2014.