Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023

S. 2553 · 118th Congress · Jul 26, 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 26, 2023viewing Introduced in Senate Mr. Fetterman (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Casey, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Eligibility of striking workers

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