Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023

H.R. 4845 · 118th Congress · Jul 25, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure that striking workers and their households do not become ineligible for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023”.

Sec. 2 Eligibility of striking workers

Section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (1)(D)—

(A)

by striking clause (iv); and

(B)

by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and

(2)

in paragraph (3)—

(A)

by striking “participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program at any time that” and inserting “be ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a result of”;

(B)

by striking “is on strike” and inserting “being on strike”; and

(C)

by striking “: Provided, That” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting a period.

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Jul 25, 2023viewing Introduced in House Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. Casar, Ms. Norton, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Titus, Mr. Frost, Ms. Pressley, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Omar, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Brown, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Norcross, and Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Eligibility of striking workers

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