I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 777 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of 
Education to send to certain students who submit a Free Application 
for Federal Student Aid information regarding potential eligibility for 
assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program under 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2025 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. GARCI´A of Illi-
nois, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. CHU, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, 
Ms. SCANLON, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. BROWN, Ms. PLASKETT, and Mrs. RAMIREZ) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 
the Secretary of Education to send to certain students 
who submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid 
information regarding potential eligibility for assistance 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Closing the College 
Hunger Gap Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INFORMATION ON SNAP ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 483 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) INFORMATION ON SNAP ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each year for which a 
student described in paragraph (2) submits a form 
described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall send 
to such student information regarding potential eli-
gibility for assistance under, and application process 
for, the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) in written and elec-
tronic form. Both the written and electronic commu-
nication shall include contact information for the 
State agency responsible for administering the sup-
plemental nutrition assistance program in the State 
in which the student resides. 
‘‘(2) STUDENTS.—A student is described in this 
paragraph if the student has a negative or zero stu-
dent aid index for the year.’’. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Education 
shall consult with the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 
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head of any other applicable Federal or State agency, in 
designing the written and electronic communication re-
garding potential eligibility for assistance under, and ap-
plication process for, the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) as described in section 
483(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1090(e)). 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall 
take effect 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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