United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3102 (113th)
Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013
Introduced
16 September 2013
Last action
20 December 2013 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sponsors
Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Subjects
Healthcare, Immigration, Agriculture, Energy, Education
Source updated
21 July 2025
Healthcare · Immigration · Agriculture · Energy · Education
Summary
Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the payment of a deposit fee in excess of any state fee reimbursement to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) for the return of empty bottles and cans used to contain food purchased with SNAP benefits. Requires participating retail food stores to: (1) offer perishable goods in at least three staple food categories, and (2) provide adequate electronic benefit transfer (EBT) service. Requires participating retail food stores (including restaurants participating in a state option restaurant program intended to serve the elderly, disabled, and homeless), with certain exceptions, to pay 100% of the costs of acquiring and arranging for the implementation of EBT point-of-sale equipment and supplies. Prohibits a state from issuing manual vouchers unless the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) determines that such vouchers are necessary. Restricts categorical SNAP eligibility to only those households receiving cash assistance through other low-income assistance programs. Includes as eligible retailers governmental or nonprofit food purchasing delivery services that serve elderly or disabled individuals who are unable to shop for food. Reauthorizes the Indian reservation food distribution program. Excludes medical marijuana as an excess medical expense deduction. Requires a household to receive a low-income heating and energy assistance program payment of $20 or more annually in order to receive the SNAP utility allowance deduction. Limits SNAP employment and training programs only to: (1) college students enrolled in specific career and technical education courses; or (2) those in basic adult education, remedial, and literacy, or English as a second language courses. Repeals state work program waiver authority. Makes any household in which a member receives substantial lottery or gambling winnings ineligible for SNAP benefits. States that, if a household makes excessive requests for replacement of its EBT card, the Secretary may require a state agency to decline to issue a replacement card unless the household provides an explanation for the card's loss. Requires states in implementing this practice to protect vulnerable persons. Requires a pilot program to allow retailers to accept SNAP benefits through mobile transactions. Authorizes the use of SNAP benefits for shares of community-supported agriculture. Sets forth additional responsibilities for state agencies before restaurants may participate in a restaurant meals program. Prohibits a private establishment that contracts with a state agency to offer meals at concessional prices from being authorized to accept SNAP benefits unless the Secretary determines that the establishment's participation is required to meet a documented need. Requires a state agency to use an income and eligibility, or an immigration status, verification system. Prescribes requirements for: (1) data exchange standardization, and (2) pilot projects to improve federal-state cooperation in reducing SNAP fraud. Prohibits: (1) federal funds from being used to recruit SNAP recipients, and (2) recruitment activities by entities that receive SNAP funds. Repeals the performance bonus program. Reduces funding for employment and training programs. Requires pilot projects to: (1) identify best practices for employment and training programs to increase the number of work registrants who obtain unsubsidized employment and reduce public assistance dependence, and (2) permit states to run a work program to increase employment and self-sufficiency through increased accountability. Authorizes SNAP appropriations through FY2018. Prohibits funds for Puerto Rico from being used to provide nutrition assistance in cash. Provides funds for: (1) community food projects, and (2) emergency food assistance. Reduces FY2014 funding for nutrition education. Provides funding for the prevention of retailer trafficking. Requires: (1) a study to assess the capabilities of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to operate the SNAP program in the same manner it is operated in the states, and (2) establishment of a pilot program if the study determines that it is feasible for the CNMI to operate such a SNAP program. Terminates the U.S-Mexico partnership for nutrition assistance initiative. Authorizes the donation to and serving of traditional food through a food service program at a public facility, nonprofit facility, including facilities operated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization. Authorizes a state, at its own expense, to provide for testing any individual who is a member of a household applying for SNAP benefits for the unlawful use of controlled substances as a condition for receiving such benefits. Disqualifies certain convicted felons from SNAP eligibility. Requires a state agency to expunge from a household's EBT account any benefits that are not used within 60 days. Extends: (1) the commodity distribution program, (2) the commodity supplemental food program, (3) the distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects, and (4) the farmers' market nutrition program. Repeals the nutrition information and awareness pilot program. Requires a five-state grant pilot program to purchase locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions participating in specified food service programs. Permits each school food authority with a low annual commodity entitlement value to substitute locally and regionally grown and raised food for the authority's allotment of commodity assistance for the school lunch program. Authorizes farm-to-school demonstration programs to source local food in lieu of commodity assistance for school meal programs. Requires a review of: (1) the economic and public health benefits of white potatoes on low-income families at nutritional risk, and (2) sole-source contracts in federal nutrition programs. Establishes a healthy food financing initiative to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, create quality jobs, and revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to fresh food retailers to overcome higher entry costs in such areas. Directs the Secretary to finalize and implement a plan for the increased purchase of kosher and halal food if such food is cost-neutral as compared to food that is not from food manufacturers with a kosher or halal certification.
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Timeline
16 September 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 September 2013
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
16 September 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 September 2013
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 351 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 687, H.R. 1526 and H.R. 3102. Measures will be considered read.
Source: Floor
19 September 2013
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
19 September 2013
Vote
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 210 (Roll No. 476). (text: CR H5694-5705)
Source: Floor
19 September 2013
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 210 (Roll No. 476).(text: CR H5694-5705)
Source: Floor
19 September 2013
Vote
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 193 - 230 (Roll no. 475). (consideration: CR H5720-5721)
Source: Floor
19 September 2013
Floor
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H5719; text: CR H5719)
Source: Floor
19 September 2013
Floor
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 687, H.R. 1526 and H.R. 3102. Measures will be considered read.
Source: Floor
19 September 2013
Floor
Mr. Gallego moved to recommit with instructions to Agriculture. (consideration: CR H5719-5721; text: CR H5719)
Source: Floor
19 September 2013
Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H5719)
Source: Floor
19 September 2013
Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 351. (consideration: CR H5694-5721)
Source: Floor
19 September 2013
Passed
Rule H. Res. 351 passed House.
Source: Floor
23 September 2013
Introduced
Received in the Senate.
Source: IntroReferral
20 December 2013
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Referred in Senate · 20 December 2013 · Download file
- Engrossed in House · 19 September 2013 · Download file
- Introduced in House · 16 September 2013 · Download file
Documents
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Passed House without amendment
summary · EN · 19 September 2013
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Related records
- related to → Local School Foods Act of 2013
- related to → Halal and Kosher Food Act of 2013
- related to → Enhancing Employment and Training Through Education Act of 2013
- related to → Enhancing Nutrition Services to the Elderly and Disabled Act of 2013
- related to → Providing Relief to Individuals Desiring Employment (PRIDE) Act of 2013
- related to → Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
- related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 687) to facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1526) to restore employment and educational opportunities in, and improve the economic stability of, counties containing National Forest System land, while also reducing Forest Service management costs, by ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of revenue from National Forest System land, to provide a temporary extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3102) to amend the Food and Nutrition Act 2008; and for other purposes.
- related to ← Halal and Kosher Food Act of 2013
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3102
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3102
- us · 113-hr-3102 · source updated 21 July 2025