Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act to change SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) eligibility rules for workers on strike. It removes a provision that automatically made workers ineligible for SNAP benefits "at any time that" they participated in a strike, replacing it with a clearer rule stating workers are ineligible "as a result of being on strike." The change directly affects workers participating in labor strikes, ensuring SNAP eligibility is tied specifically to their current strike status rather than past participation. The amendment clarifies existing law without creating new benefits or altering other SNAP requirements.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 26, 2023
Last action Jul 26, 2023
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Jul 26, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
upper
Jul 26, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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John Fetterman
DDemocratic
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
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Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
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Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
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Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
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Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
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Kirsten E. Gillibrand
DDemocratic
Co
Martin Heinrich
DDemocratic
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Peter Welch
DDemocratic
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Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Robert Menendez
DDemocratic
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