# 116-hr-6582: Food for Working Families Act of 2020

116-hr-6582, Food for Working Families Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6582
- Congress: 116
- Title: Food for Working Families Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
- Introduced: 2020-04-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 24
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Food for Working Families Act of 2020 This bill revises the requirements for calculating income under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to exclude from income and resources emergency federal pandemic unemployment compensation paid to an individual under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

## Cosponsors (24)

- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2020-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2020-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2020-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2020-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2020-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2020-06-18T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

## Sources
- [116-hr-6582 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6582)

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