EATS Act of 2023

Subjects: Agriculture and Food


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1488 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1488

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2023

 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, 
 Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Casey, 
 Mr. Wyden, Mr. Fetterman, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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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 
 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. STUDENT ELIGIBILITY UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Definition of Household.--Section 3(m)(5) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(m)(5)) is amended by adding at the 
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.''.
    (b) Conditions of Participation.--Section 6 of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended--
            (1) 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)'';
            (2) by striking subsection (e); and
            (3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (s) as 
        subsections (e) through (r), respectively.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
        U.S.C. 2014) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by 
                striking ``(g), and (r)'' and inserting ``(f), and 
                (q)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (i)(1), in the first sentence, by 
                striking ``section 6(f)(2)(B) of this Act'' and 
                inserting ``section 6(e)(2)(B)''.
            (2) Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
        U.S.C. 2015) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (d)(4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I)(bb)(DD), by 
                        striking ``subsection (o)'' and inserting 
                        ``subsection (n)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (N), by striking 
                        ``subsection (o)'' each place it appears and 
                        inserting ``subsection (n)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(B) of subsection (q) (as so 
                redesignated), by striking ``subsection (k)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (j)''.
            (3) Section 7(i)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
        (7 U.S.C. 2016(i)(1)) is amended by striking ``section 
        6(o)(2)'' and inserting ``section 6(n)(2)''.
            (4) Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
        U.S.C. 2020) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (e)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)(B)(v)(II), by striking 
                        ``section 6(f)'' and inserting ``section 
                        6(e)''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (22), by striking 
                        ``section 6(i)'' and inserting ``section 
                        6(h)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (n), by striking ``section 6(g)'' 
                and inserting ``section 6(f)''.
            (5) Section 16(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
        U.S.C. 2025(h)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 
                        ``section 6(o)'' and inserting ``section 
                        6(n)'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (E)--
                                    (I) by striking ``section 6(o)(3)'' 
                                each place it appears and inserting 
                                ``section 6(n)(3)'';
                                    (II) by striking ``section 
                                6(o)(2)'' each place it appears and 
                                inserting ``section 6(n)(2)''; and
                                    (III) in clause (ii)--
                                            (aa) in subclause (III), by 
                                        striking ``section 6(o)(4)'' 
                                        and inserting ``section 
                                        6(n)(4)''; and
                                            (bb) in subclause (IV), by 
                                        striking ``section 6(o)(6)'' 
                                        and inserting ``section 
                                        6(n)(6)''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (F)(ii)(III)(ee)(AA), 
                        by striking ``section 6(o)'' and inserting 
                        ``section 6(n)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5)(C)(iv)(I), by striking 
                ``section 6(o)(2)'' and inserting ``section 6(n)(2)''.
            (6) Section 17(m) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
        U.S.C. 2026(m)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(l) through (n)'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``(k) through (m)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ``section 
                6(l)(2)'' and inserting ``section 6(k)(2)''.
            (7) Section 103(a)(2)(D) of the Workforce Innovation and 
        Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3113(a)(2)(D)) is amended by 
        striking ``6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
        2015(o))'' and inserting ``6(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
        of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(n))''.
            (8) Section 121(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the Workforce Innovation 
        and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151(b)(2)(B)(iv)) is amended by 
        striking ``6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
        2015(o))'' and inserting ``6(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
        of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(n))''.
            (9) Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) 
        is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4)(A)(i)(IV), by striking 
                ``6(l)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
                U.S.C. 2015(l)(1))'' and inserting ``6(k)(1) of the 
                Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(k)(1))'';
                    (B) in paragraph (6)(B)(i), by striking 
                ``subsection (l) or (m) of section 6 of the Food and 
                Nutrition Act of 2008'' and inserting ``subsection (k) 
                or (l) of section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
                2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015)''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (29)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``section 3(h) of the Food 
                        and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h))'' 
                        each place it appears and inserting ``section 3 
                        of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
                        2012)''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``section 
                        6(l)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
                        (7 U.S.C. 2015(l)(2))'' and inserting ``section 
                        6(k)(2) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2015(k)(2))''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
January 2, 2024.
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