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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2357 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure that striking |
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| 6 | 6 | | workers and their households do not become ineligible for benefits under |
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| 7 | 7 | | the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH26, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. A |
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| 11 | 11 | | DAMS(for herself, Mr. CASAR, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCGARVEY, Ms. LEE |
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| 12 | 12 | | of Pennsylvania, Mr. G |
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| 13 | 13 | | ARCI´Aof Illinois, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. TONKO, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Mr. G |
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| 15 | 15 | | ARCIAof California, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. POCAN, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. |
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| 17 | 17 | | CBATH, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DAVISof Illi- |
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| 18 | 18 | | nois, Ms. O |
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| 19 | 19 | | CASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. GOLDMANof New York, Mr. FROST, Ms. |
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| 21 | 21 | | HU, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. CARSON, Mr. KENNEDYof New York, Mr. NAD- |
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| 22 | 22 | | LER, Mr. EVANSof Pennsylvania, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mr. |
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| 24 | 24 | | MITHof Washington, Ms. OMAR, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. |
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| 26 | 26 | | HANNA, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. WATERS, and Ms. |
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| 28 | 28 | | NSARI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 29 | 29 | | mittee on Agriculture |
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| 30 | 30 | | A BILL |
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| 31 | 31 | | To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure |
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| 32 | 32 | | that striking workers and their households do not become |
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| 33 | 33 | | ineligible for benefits under the supplemental nutrition |
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| 34 | 34 | | assistance program, and for other purposes. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | •HR 2357 IH |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 41 | 41 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Food Secure Strikers 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act of 2025’’. 3 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF STRIKING WORKERS. 4 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 5 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) is amended— 6 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) in paragraph (1)(D)— 7 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (A) by striking clause (iv); and 8 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (B) by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) 9 |
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| 49 | 49 | | as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and 10 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) in paragraph (3)— 11 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (A) by striking ‘‘participate in the supple-12 |
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| 52 | 52 | | mental nutrition assistance program at any 13 |
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| 53 | 53 | | time that’’ and inserting ‘‘be ineligible to par-14 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ticipate in the supplemental nutrition assistance 15 |
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| 55 | 55 | | program as a result of’’; 16 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (B) by striking ‘‘is on strike’’ and inserting 17 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘being on strike’’; and 18 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (C) by striking ‘‘: Provided, That’’ and all 19 |
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| 59 | 59 | | that follows through the period at the end and 20 |
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| 60 | 60 | | inserting a period. 21 |
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