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H.R. 3353: Extend Not Cut SNAP Benefits Act

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H.R. 3353: Extend Not Cut SNAP Benefits Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-10-28 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-10-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Extend Not Cut SNAP Benefits Act

Plain summary

Extend Not Cut SNAP Benefits Act - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend through FY2014 the benefit calculation of 113.6 % of the June 2008 value of the thrifty food plan for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) as well as the consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa.

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Official text

Extend Not Cut SNAP Benefits Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · 61 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jared Huffman (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), André Carson (D-IN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Juan Vargas (D-CA) and 1 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3353 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113