Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the payment of a deposit fee in excess of any state fee reimbursement to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) for the return of empty bottles and cans used to contain food purchased with SNAP benefits.
Requires participating retail food stores to: (1) offer perishable goods in at least three staple food categories, and (2) provide adequate electronic benefit transfer (EBT) service.
Requires participating retail food stores (including restaurants participating in a state option restaurant program intended to serve the elderly, disabled, and homeless), with certain exceptions, to pay 100% of the costs of acquiring and arranging for the implementation of EBT point-of-sale equipment and supplies.
Prohibits a state from issuing manual vouchers unless the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) determines that such vouchers are necessary.
Restricts categorical SNAP eligibility to only those households receiving cash assistance through other low-income assistance programs.
Includes as eligible retailers governmental or nonprofit food purchasing delivery services that serve elderly or disabled individuals who are unable to shop for food.
Reauthorizes the Indian reservation food distribution program.
Excludes medical marijuana as an excess medical expense deduction.
Requires a household to receive a low-income heating and energy assistance program payment of $20 or more annually in order to receive the SNAP utility allowance deduction.
Limits SNAP employment and training programs only to: (1) college students enrolled in specific career and technical education courses; or (2) those in basic adult education, remedial, and literacy, or English as a second language courses.
Repeals state work program waiver authority.
Makes any household in which a member receives substantial lottery or gambling winnings ineligible for SNAP benefits.
States that, if a household makes excessive requests for replacement of its EBT card, the Secretary may require a state agency to decline to issue a replacement card unless the household provides an explanation for the card's loss. Requires states in implementing this practice to protect vulnerable persons.
Requires a pilot program to allow retailers to accept SNAP benefits through mobile transactions.
Authorizes the use of SNAP benefits for shares of community-supported agriculture.
Sets forth additional responsibilities for state agencies before restaurants may participate in a restaurant meals program.
Prohibits a private establishment that contracts with a state agency to offer meals at concessional prices from being authorized to accept SNAP benefits unless the Secretary determines that the establishment's participation is required to meet a documented need.
Requires a state agency to use an income and eligibility, or an immigration status, verification system.
Prescribes requirements for: (1) data exchange standardization, and (2) pilot projects to improve federal-state cooperation in reducing SNAP fraud.
Prohibits: (1) federal funds from being used to recruit SNAP recipients, and (2) recruitment activities by entities that receive SNAP funds.
Repeals the performance bonus program.
Reduces funding for employment and training programs.
Requires pilot projects to: (1) identify best practices for employment and training programs to increase the number of work registrants who obtain unsubsidized employment and reduce public assistance dependence, and (2) permit states to run a work program to increase employment and self-sufficiency through increased accountability.
Authorizes SNAP appropriations through FY2018.
Prohibits funds for Puerto Rico from being used to provide nutrition assistance in cash.
Provides funds for: (1) community food projects, and (2) emergency food assistance.
Reduces FY2014 funding for nutrition education.
Provides funding for the prevention of retailer trafficking.
Requires: (1) a study to assess the capabilities of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to operate the SNAP program in the same manner it is operated in the states, and (2) establishment of a pilot program if the study determines that it is feasible for the CNMI to operate such a SNAP program.
Terminates the U.S-Mexico partnership for nutrition assistance initiative.
Authorizes the donation to and serving of traditional food through a food service program at a public facility, nonprofit facility, including facilities operated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization.
Authorizes a state, at its own expense, to provide for testing any individual who is a member of a household applying for SNAP benefits for the unlawful use of controlled substances as a condition for receiving such benefits.
Disqualifies certain convicted felons from SNAP eligibility.
Requires a state agency to expunge from a household's EBT account any benefits that are not used within 60 days.
Extends: (1) the commodity distribution program, (2) the commodity supplemental food program, (3) the distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects, and (4) the farmers' market nutrition program.
Repeals the nutrition information and awareness pilot program.
Requires a five-state grant pilot program to purchase locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions participating in specified food service programs.
Permits each school food authority with a low annual commodity entitlement value to substitute locally and regionally grown and raised food for the authority's allotment of commodity assistance for the school lunch program.
Authorizes farm-to-school demonstration programs to source local food in lieu of commodity assistance for school meal programs.
Requires a review of: (1) the economic and public health benefits of white potatoes on low-income families at nutritional risk, and (2) sole-source contracts in federal nutrition programs.
Establishes a healthy food financing initiative to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, create quality jobs, and revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to fresh food retailers to overcome higher entry costs in such areas.
Directs the Secretary to finalize and implement a plan for the increased purchase of kosher and halal food if such food is cost-neutral as compared to food that is not from food manufacturers with a kosher or halal certification.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-20 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | Senate |
| 2013-09-23 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate. | Senate |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Vote | On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 210 (Roll No. 476). (text: CR H5694-5705) | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Vote | On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 193 - 230 (Roll no. 475). (consideration: CR H5720-5721) | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H5719; text: CR H5719) | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gallego motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to prohibit the underlying bill from delaying the issuance of benefits to veterans, the elderly, pregnant women, or children in the event of a Government shutdown or default. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | Mr. Gallego moved to recommit with instructions to Agriculture. (consideration: CR H5719-5721; text: CR H5719) | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H5719) | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | DEBATE - The House continued with debate on H.R. 3102. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3102. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 687, H.R. 1526 and H.R. 3102. Measures will be considered read. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 351. (consideration: CR H5694-5721) | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-19 | Floor | Rule H. Res. 351 passed House. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-18 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 351 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 687, H.R. 1526 and H.R. 3102. Measures will be considered read. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-16 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-16 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-16 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2013-09-16 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |