On the recordMay 16, 2018
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: SEC. __. 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''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 891, the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.…
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