US Congress House Bill 2715 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 95-1)
Status: Introduced on June 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Department of Agriculture to establish a program providing eligible households with summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards in order to give children access to food during the summer months to: (1) reduce or eliminate children's food insecurity and hunger, and (2) improve their nutritional status. An "eligible household" is a household that includes one or more children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs. The amount on each summer EBT card is set at $150 per child in 2017, with adjustments thereafter reflecting changes in reimbursement rates for school meals under the school lunch program. If children are enrolled to receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs, they must be enrolled in this program without further application. Summer EBT cards may be used only to purchase food from retail food stores that have been approved for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).

Stop Child Summer Hunger Act of 2015

Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2015-06-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2015-06-10	House	Introduced in House

SB1539 (Same As) 2015-06-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2715/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2715/BILLS-114hr2715ih.pdf