,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cadb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjai,mr4  
,rogers of ,alabama 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,crdenas7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend the ,food and ,nutrition ,act 
of #bjjh to make certain                
multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements
 eligible for purchase with supplemental
 nutrition assistance program benefits1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,snap ,vitamin and ,mineral            
,improvement ,act of #bjai4  #b4        
,multivitamin-mineral dietary           
supplements  7a7 ,in general ,section #c
 of the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of    
#bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjab7 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subsection 7k7-- 7,a7 by        
striking shelters1 and 7#i7 in and      
inserting the following3  shelters2 7#i7
 in  2  7,b7 by striking arrangement1   
7#h7 in and inserting the following3    

arrangement2 7#h7 in  2  7,c7 by        
striking subsistence1 7#g7 in and       
inserting the following3  subsistence2  
7#g7 in  2  7,d7 by striking programs1  
7#f7 in and inserting the following3    
programs2 7#f7 in  2  7,e7 by striking  
section #i7;h71 7#e7 in and inserting   
the following3  section #i7;h72 7#e7 in 
2  7,f7 by striking elderly1 7#d7 in and
 inserting the following3  elderly2 7#d7
 in  2  7,g7 by striking household1 7#c7
 in and inserting the following3        
household2 7#c7 in  2  7,h7 by striking 
product1 7#b7 seeds and inserting the   
following3  product2 7#b7 seeds  2  7,i7
 by striking the subsection designation 
and all that follows through 7#a7 any   
food and inserting the following3  7k7  
,food ,the term food means-- 7#a7 any   
food  2  7,j7 in paragraph 7#a7 7as so  
amended7-- 7i7 by striking clauses and  
inserting paragraphs2 and  7ii7 by      
striking of this subsection2  7,k7 in   
paragraph 7#i7 7as so amended71 by      
striking the period at the end and      

inserting 2 and2 and  7,l7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#aj7 a         
multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement 
for home consumption4  2  7#b7 by       
redesignating subsections 7n7 through   
7v7 as subsections 7o7 through 7w71     
respectively2  7#c7 by inserting after  
subsection 7m7 the following3  7n7      
,multivitamin-,mineral dietary          
supplement ,the term                    
multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement 
means a substance that-- 7#a7 provides  
at least half of the vitamins and       
minerals--  7,a7 for which the ,national
 ,academy of ,medicine establishes      
dietary reference intakes2 and  7,b7 at 
#ej percent or more of the daily value  
for the intended life stage per daily   
serving1 as determined by the ,food and 
,drug ,administration2 and  7#b7 does   
not exceed the tolerable upper intake   
levels for those nutrients for which an 
established tolerable upper intake level
 is determined by the ,national ,academy
 of ,medicine4  2 and  7#d7 in          

subsection 7r7 7as so redesignated7--   
7,a7 by striking the subsection         
designation and all that follows through
 ,except and inserting the following3   
7r7 ,staple foods  7#a7 ,in general     
,except  2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#a7 7as  
so amended71 by indenting subparagraphs 
7,a7 through 7,d7 appropriately2 and    
7,c7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 by striking
 the paragraph designation and all that 
follows through do not and inserting the
 following3  7#b7 ,exclusions ,the term 
staple foods does not  2 and  7ii7 by   
striking and spices and inserting       
spices1 and multivitamin-mineral dietary
 supplements4  7b7 ,conforming          
amendments  7#a7 ,section #aj of the    
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjai7 is amended in the first
 sentence by striking section #c7o77#d7 
and inserting section #c7p77#d74  7#b7  
,section #aa of the ,food and ,nutrition
 ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjbj7 is  
amended-- 7,a7 in subsection 7a77#b71 by
 striking section #c7s77#a7 and         

inserting section #c7t77#a72  7,b7 in   
subsection 7d7-- 7i7 by striking section
 #c7s77#a7 each place it appears and    
inserting section #c7t77#a72 and  7ii7  
by striking section #c7s77#b7 each place
 it appears and inserting section       
#c7t77#b72 and  7,c7 in subsection      
7e77#ag71 by striking described in      
section #c7s77#a74  7#c7 ,section       
#af7;c77#a77;,a77ii77,,ii7 of the ,food 
and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g        
,u4,s4,c4 #bjbe7;c77#a77;,a77ii77,,ii77 
is amended by striking section #c7u77#d7
 and inserting section #c7v77#d74  7#d7 
,section #ai7;a77#b77;,a77ii7 of the    
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjbh7;a77#b77;,a77ii77 is    
amended by striking section #c7u77#d7   
and inserting section #c7v77#d74  7#e7  
,section #bg7;a77#b7 of the ,food and   
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjcf7;a77#b77 is amended by striking   
section #c7u77#d7 each place it appears 
and inserting section #c7v77#d74  7#f7  
,section #djd of title ,,iv of the      

,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fjd7 is amended in each of subsections 
7i7 and 7j7 by striking section #c7l7 of
 the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 
and inserting section #c of the ,food   
and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g        
,u4,s4,c4 #bjab74  7#g7 ,section        
#djh7;a77#ab77;,b77i7 of title ,,iv of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #fjh7;a77#ab77;,b77i77 is     
amended in the second sentence by       
striking 7within and all that follows   
through the period at the end and       
inserting 7as defined in section #c of  
the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh  
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjab7744  7#h7 ,section  
#ded7bi7 of title ,,iv of the ,social   
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fed7bi77 
is amended by striking section #c7;h7 of
 the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjab7;h77 each place it  
appears and inserting section #c of the 
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjab74