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| 4 | 4 | | ______________________________ 1 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL 5 |
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| 10 | 10 | | ___________ 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10 |
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| 15 | 15 | | ________________________ 12 |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend the Food Stamp Expansion Act of 2009 to provide increased financial assistance 14 |
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| 18 | 18 | | through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for senior residents of 15 |
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| 19 | 19 | | the District of Columbia, addressing food insecurity among the aging population. 16 |
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| 21 | 21 | | BE IT ENACTED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 18 |
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| 23 | 23 | | act may be cited as the “Senior SNAP Enhancement Act of 2024”. 20 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 2: The Food Stamp Expansion Act of 2009, effective March 3, 2010 (D.C. Law 22 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 18- 38 111; D.C. Official Code § 4-261.01 et seq.) is amended as follows: 24 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) Section 5081 (D.C. Official Code § 4-261.01) is amended as follows: 26 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) A new section 5086 is added to read as follows: 28 |
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| 33 | 33 | | “Sec. 5086. Senior SNAP Enhancement. 30 |
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| 35 | 35 | | “(a) Beginning October 1, 2025, a senior participant in SNAP shall be entitled to receive 32 |
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| 37 | 37 | | locally funded supplemental benefits if the participant’s total monthly allotment is less than 15% 34 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of the federal eligible maximum monthly allotment. 36 |
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| 41 | 41 | | “(b) The locally funded supplemental benefits shall be calculated as the difference 38 |
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| 43 | 43 | | between the federal eligible monthly maximum allotment plus 30% and rounded up to the 40 |
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| 45 | 45 | | nearest dollar.”. 42 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Section 3. Fiscal impact statement. 44 |
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| 49 | 49 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 46 |
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| 53 | 53 | | impact statement required by section 602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, 48 |
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| 55 | 55 | | approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(3)). 50 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Section 4. Effective date. 52 |
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| 59 | 59 | | This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 54 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of Congressional review as 56 |
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| 63 | 63 | | provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 58 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813: D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)) and publication in the District of 60 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Columbia Register. 62 |
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