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MI HR0264
Resolution
Status
5/19/2020
Primary Sponsor
Donna Lasinski
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AI Summary
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Urges the federal government to approve a waiver excluding Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) from SNAP income calculations, allowing more residents to maintain eligibility for benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Notes that FPUC, providing $600 per week in additional unemployment benefits from March 29 through July 25, 2020, currently counts as unearned income under SNAP regulations, making more households ineligible by exceeding income thresholds or reducing their monthly benefit amounts.
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States Michigan's waiver request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture was denied, despite other state assistance programs (State Emergency Relief, Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) already excluding FPUC from income determinations.
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Directs copies of the resolution be sent to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
Legislative Description
A resolution to urge the federal government to reconsider and approve a federal waiver to exclude Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from counting as income under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Government Operations
5/19/2020