,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ghfj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjbj,mr4 
,crdenas 7for himself and ,ms4 ,fudge7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,robert ,t4       
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act to ensure   
food assistance during a major disaster 
or emergency declared under such ,act4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,expanding ,access to ,emergency
 ,meals ,act4  #b4 ,exception to        
duplication of ,benefits ,section       
#cab7;b7 of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford   
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4         
#eaee7;b77 is amended by adding at the  
end the following3  7#e7 ,exception to  
prohibition on duplication of assistance
 ,during the period of a major disaster 
or emergency declared under this ,act1  
this section shall not prohibit the     

provision of ,federal assistance under  
this ,act to any person who is or may be
 entitled to receive nutrition          
assistance through a program            
administered by the ,secretary of       
,agriculture1 and receipt of such       
assistance shall not be considered      
duplicative assistance1 except that a   
person receiving benefits 7as defined in
 section #c of the ,food and ,nutrition 
,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjab77     
under only section #e7;h77#a7 of the    
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjad7;h77#a77 may not        
simultaneously receive food for         
distribution to households authorized   
under section #dac of this ,act or be   
certified to receive benefits under     
section #e7;a7 of the ,food and         
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjad7;a774  4