EATS Act of 2023

Subjects: Agriculture and Food


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3183 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3183

     To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain 
eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students 
enrolled in institutions of higher education from participating in the 
   supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2023

Mr. Gomez (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Costa, Mr. Harder of California, 
Mr. Panetta, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Blumenauer, 
Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
Cardenas, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of 
  Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
    Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Correa, Ms. Crockett, Mr. 
Cuellar, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DelBene, 
 Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Ms. 
  Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
     Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Robert Garcia of 
California, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of 
Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. 
  Huffman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. 
  Jayapal, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. 
  Khanna, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. 
  Kuster, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Lee of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Matsui, 
   Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore of 
  Wisconsin, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal, Mr. 
 Norcross, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. 
 Payne, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, 
   Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Ross, Ms. Salinas, Ms. 
Sanchez, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Smith of 
 Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. 
  Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of 
California, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of 
California, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, 
 Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Mr. 
    Mrvan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain 
eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students 
enrolled in institutions of higher education from participating in the 
   supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2023'' 
or the ``EATS Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 3(m)(5) by adding at end the following:
            ``(F) Individuals who are bona fide students enrolled at 
        least half time in any recognized school, training program, or 
        institution of higher education.'', and
            (2) in section 6--
                    (A) in subsection (d)(2)(C) by striking ``(except 
                that any such person enrolled in an institution of 
                higher education shall be ineligible to participate in 
                the supplemental nutrition assistance program unless he 
                or she meets the requirements of subsection (e) of this 
                section)'', and
                    (B) by striking subsection (e).

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on January 2, 2024.
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