Closing the Meal Gap Act – H.R. 3037(Adams)/S. 1336 (Gillibrand): Improve SNAP benefit adequacy to help SNAP participants meet their household’s dietary, cultural, and other food needs by permanently adopting the Low-Cost Food Plan to replace the inadequate Thrifty Food Plan.
提高关键人群对 SNAP 的可及性:
Improve Access to Nutrition Act – H.R. 1510 (Lee)/ S. 2435 (Welch): Repeal the three-month time limit on SNAP for certain working-age adults who struggle with deep-set barriers to finding consistent employment. | FRAC Brief
EATS Act – H.R. 3183 (Gomez)/S. 1488(Gillibrand): End the unjust rule preventing SNAP access for low-income college students. | Rep. Gomez Factsheet
Restore Act–H.R. 3479 (Cohen)/S. 1753 (Booker) : Repeals the lifetime federal ban on individuals with felony drug convictions from receiving SNAP | FRAC Factsheet
LIFT the BAR Act – H.R. 4170 (Jayapal)/S. 2038 (Hirono): Reverse the racially discriminatory policy of prohibiting SNAP to immigrants by repealing the five-year bar for SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid.
Hot Foods Act – H.R. 3519 (Meng)/ S. 2258 (Bennet): Expand the accessibility of using SNAP to purchase hot food and meals. This will increase accessibility to nutritious meals for people who have limited food preparation space or physical ability.
Use the California Farm Bill Social Media Toolkit to educate your audience and urge your Member Of Congress (MOC) to support strengthening food and nutrition assistance programs in the Farm Bill.
Email your member of congress to co-sponsor key marker bills.
Step 2: Send your member of congress an email asking them to become a co-sponsor. For example, use this email template to reach out to your member asking them to co-sponsor H.R. 1510 (Lee).