I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3841 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2017 Mr. Rogers of Alabama (for himself, Ms. Sinema , Mrs. Love , and Mr. Cárdenas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make certain multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2017 . 2. Multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with supplemental nutrition assistance benefits Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (k), by— (A) striking and (9) and inserting (9) ; and (B) inserting before the period at the end the following: , and (10) a multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement for home consumption ; (2) by inserting after subsection (m) the following: (m–1) Multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement means a substance that— (1) provides at least half of the vitamins and minerals for which the National Academy of Medicine establishes dietary reference intakes, at 50 percent or more of the daily value for the intended life stage per daily serving as determined by the Food and Drug Administration; and (2) does not exceed the tolerable upper intake levels for those nutrients for which an established tolerable upper intake level is determined by the National Academy of Medicine. ; and (3) in subsection (q)(2), by striking and spices and inserting spices, and multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements .