H.R. 5048: SNAP Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-08-17 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-08-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

SNAP Act of 2021

Plain summary

Streamlining Nutrition Assistance Paperwork Act of 2021 or the SNAP Act of 2021 This bill provides statutory authority for a Department of Agriculture (USDA) waiver that allows states to use a written record to document telephonic signatures for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications. Under current law, states may allow individuals to sign their SNAP applications over the telephone, but states must preserve audio recordings of those telephonic signatures. During the COVID-19 emergency, USDA waived the requirement to preserve the audio recording and allowed states to document the telephonic signatures through written records.

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Official text

SNAP Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] · 36 cosponsors

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Alma S. Adams (D-NC), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Ed Case (D-HI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Adam Smith (D-WA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr5048.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5048 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117