H.R. 4845 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4845 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2023Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. Casar, Ms. Norton, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Titus, Mr. Frost, Ms. Pressley, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Omar, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Brown, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Norcross, and Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure that striking workers and their households do not become ineligible for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023. 2. Eligibility of striking workers Section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(D)— (A) by striking clause (iv); and (B) by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program at any time that and inserting be ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a result of; (B) by striking is on strike and inserting being on strike; and (C) by striking : Provided, That and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting a period.