CORTEZ MASTO, MURRAY INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO EXPAND FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR TRIBAL HOUSEHOLDS IN NEVADA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:

Tribal communities suffer disproportionately from food insecurity;new legislation would dramatically increase nutritionassistancefor individuals eligible for both SNAP and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)

Washington, D.C.-U.S. SenatorsCatherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) introduced legislation that would expand nutritionassistanceto Tribal families by allowing individuals who are eligible for both Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) to use both programs in the same month. TheTribal Access to Nutrition Assistance Ac...