1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019”.
SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019
A BILL
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.
2. Multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements
in subsection (k)—
by striking “shelters, and (9) in” and inserting the following:
“(9) in”
by striking “arrangement, (8) in” and inserting the following:
“(8) in”
by striking “subsistence, (7) in” and inserting the following:
“(7) in”
by striking “programs, (6) in” and inserting the following:
“(6) in”
by striking “section 9(h), (5) in” and inserting the following:
“(5) in”
by striking “elderly, (4) in” and inserting the following:
“(4) in”
by striking “household, (3) in” and inserting the following:
“(3) in”
by striking “product, (2) seeds” and inserting the following:
“(2) seeds”
by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through “(1) any food” and inserting the following:
“(k) Food—The term “food” means—
“(1) any food”
in paragraph (1) (as so amended)—
by striking “clauses” and inserting “paragraphs”; and
by striking “of this subsection”;
in paragraph (9) (as so amended), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(10) a multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement for home consumption.”
by redesignating subsections (n) through (v) as subsections (o) through (w), respectively;
by inserting after subsection (m) the following:
“(n) Multivitamin-Mineral dietary supplement—The term “multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement” means a substance that—
“(1) provides at least half of the vitamins and minerals—
“(A) for which the National Academy of Medicine establishes dietary reference intakes; and
“(B) at 50 percent or more of the daily value for the intended life stage per daily serving, as determined by the Food and Drug Administration; and
“(2) does 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.”
in subsection (r) (as so redesignated)—
by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through “Except” and inserting the following:
“(r) Staple foods
“(1) In general—Except”
in paragraph (1) (as so amended), by indenting subparagraphs (A) through (D) appropriately; and
in paragraph (2)—
by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through “do not” and inserting the following:
“(2) Exclusions—The term “staple foods” does not”
by striking “and spices” and inserting “spices, and multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements”.
Conforming amendments—
Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is amended in the first sentence by striking “section 3(o)(4)” and inserting “section 3(p)(4)”.
Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended—
in subsection (a)(2), by striking “section 3(s)(1)” and inserting “section 3(t)(1)”;
in subsection (d)—
by striking “section 3(s)(1)” each place it appears and inserting “section 3(t)(1)”; and
by striking “section 3(s)(2)” each place it appears and inserting “section 3(t)(2)”; and
in subsection (e)(17), by striking “described in section 3(s)(1)”.
Section 16(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended by striking “section 3(u)(4)” and inserting “section 3(v)(4)”.
Section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking “section 3(u)(4)” and inserting “section 3(v)(4)”.
Section 27(a)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(2)) is amended by striking “section 3(u)(4)” each place it appears and inserting “section 3(v)(4)”.
Section 404 of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 604) is amended in each of subsections (i) and (j) by striking “section 3(l) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008” and inserting “section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)”.
Section 408(a)(12)(B)(i) of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(12)(B)(i)) is amended in the second sentence by striking “(within” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “(as defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)).”.
Section 454(29) of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(29)) is amended by striking “section 3(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h))” each place it appears and inserting “section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)”.