FNS Documents & Resources

The resolution extends a number of the SNAP flexibilities approved under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and permits state SNAP agencies to adopt certain options without FNS approval. 

HR 8337 - This bill provides continuing FY 2021 appropriations to federal agencies and extends expiring programs that address health care, surface transportation, agriculture, veterans benefits, and other issues.

FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2008 
[Public Law 88–525; Enacted Aug. 31, 1964; 78 Stat. 703] 
[As Amended Through P.L. 116–94, Enacted December 20, 2019]

Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 
[Public Law 115–334] 
[As Amended Through P.L. 116–94, Enacted December 20, 2019] 

AN ACT To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes. 

To provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 

This memorandum is to reaffirm Food and Nutrition Service  (FNS) policy regarding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) medical deduction and medicinal marijuana. Due to the increase in the number of states with laws that permit the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, FNS is now reaffirming its long standing policy that a household may not utilize the SNAP medical deduction for the cost of any substance considered illegal under federal law.

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