(C) opportunities for collaboration with the 
Department of Education and other relevant 
Federal agencies; and 
(3) to update the State Outreach Plan Guid-
ance under subsection (c). 
(c) UPDATED STATE OUTREACH PLAN GUIDANCE.— 
Not later than 90 days after the Secretary submits to Con-
gress a report under subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
publish an updated State Outreach Plan Guidance that— 
(1) describes existing data on college student 
food insecurity; 
(2) describes the manner in which college stu-
dents can access the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program; 
(3) recommends outreach activities to address 
college student food insecurity and encourages 
States to conduct those and other outreach activi-
ties; 
(4) provides a template for a State to submit 
information to the Secretary describing the outreach 
activities being carried out by the State to address 
college student food insecurity; and 
(5) contains updated guidance based on the 
contents of that report. 
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SEC. 4. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(o) COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY DEM-
ONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) COLLEGE STUDENT.—The term ‘col-
lege student’ means a student enrolled in an in-
stitution of higher education. 
‘‘(B) DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘demonstration program’ means the dem-
onstration program established under para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(C) 
INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher edu-
cation’— 
‘‘(i) has the meaning given the term 
in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); and 
‘‘(ii) includes a postsecondary voca-
tional institution (as defined in section 102 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1002)). 
‘‘(2) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Pursuant to 
subsection (b), the Secretary, in collaboration with 
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the Secretary of Education, shall establish a dem-
onstration program under which the Secretary shall 
carry out demonstration projects in accordance with 
paragraph (3)— 
‘‘(A) to decrease student food insecurity at 
institutions of higher education; and 
‘‘(B) to reduce barriers to college students 
fully utilizing supplemental nutrition assistance 
program benefits at institutions of higher edu-
cation. 
‘‘(3) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—To carry 
out the demonstration program, the Secretary shall 
carry out demonstration projects that test the fol-
lowing new supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram delivery methods: 
‘‘(A) Allowing a college student receiving 
supplemental nutrition assistance program ben-
efits— 
‘‘(i) to use those benefits to purchase 
prepared foods from a campus dining hall, 
on-campus store, or other on-campus mer-
chant or provider that typically sells pre-
pared meals and participates in the stu-
dent meal program at the institution of 
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higher education at which the student is 
enrolled; and 
‘‘(ii) to be exempt from requirements 
to purchase a campus meal plan as part of 
the attendance of the college student at the 
institution of higher education. 
‘‘(B) Allowing a college student to use an 
EBT card or a campus-specific card at any of 
the locations described in subparagraph (A)(i) 
or a retailer authorized under section 9. 
‘‘(4) PROJECT LIMIT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
carry out not more than 10 demonstration 
projects under the demonstration program si-
multaneously. 
‘‘(B) INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary shall 
carry out not more than 1 demonstration 
project under the demonstration program at 
any single institution of higher education. 
‘‘(5) PRIORITY.—In selecting an institution of 
higher education at which to carry out a demonstra-
tion project, the Secretary shall give priority to an 
institution of higher education— 
‘‘(A) at which not less than 25 percent of 
enrolled students are students that are eligible 
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to receive a Federal Pell Grant under subpart 
1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.); or 
‘‘(B) that is described in section 371(a) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1067q(a)). 
‘‘(6) PROJECT ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
establish criteria and parameters for selecting, 
operating, monitoring, and terminating each 
demonstration project under the demonstration 
program. 
‘‘(B) PRICES
CHARGED.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that prices charged by food pro-
viders participating in a demonstration project 
under the demonstration program are com-
parable to prices charged by those food pro-
viders prior to participation. 
‘‘(7) PROJECT
TERMINATION.—To the max-
imum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure 
that the termination of a demonstration project 
under the demonstration program shall not cause 
sudden adverse changes, including a reduction of in-
stitutional financial aid or the elimination of benefits 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
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gram, for students participating in the demonstra-
tion project. 
‘‘(8) PROGRAM TERMINATION.—The demonstra-
tion program shall terminate on the date that is 10 
years after the date on which the demonstration pro-
gram is established. 
‘‘(9) EVALUATION.—For the duration of the 
demonstration program, the Secretary shall, in col-
laboration with the Director of the Institute of Edu-
cation Sciences, conduct an annual evaluation of 
each demonstration project carried out under the 
demonstration program during the year covered by 
the evaluation, including an analysis of the extent to 
which the project is meeting the desired outcomes, 
which include reduction in food insecurity and im-
proved academic performance. 
‘‘(10) REPORT.—For the duration of the dem-
onstration program, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate and the Committees on Agriculture 
and Education and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives an annual report that includes— 
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‘‘(A) a description of each demonstration 
project carried out under the demonstration 
program during the year covered by the report; 
‘‘(B) the evaluation conducted under para-
graph (9); and 
‘‘(C) recommendations for legislation to 
improve the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program to better serve college students. 
‘‘(11) WAIVER
AND
MODIFICATION
AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary may, as may be nec-
essary solely to carry out the demonstration 
program— 
‘‘(i) waive any provision under this 
Act, including— 
‘‘(I) the requirement relating to 
local sales tax under section 4(a); 
‘‘(II) requirements relating to the 
issuance and use of supplemental nu-
trition assistance program benefits 
under section 7; and 
‘‘(III) requirements for approval 
of retail food stores under section 9; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) modify the definitions under this 
Act for the purposes of the demonstration 
program, including the definition of— 
‘‘(I) the term ‘food’ under section 
3(k); 
‘‘(II) the term ‘household’ under 
section 3(m); and 
‘‘(III) the term ‘retail food store’ 
under section 3(o). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may 
not waive a provision or modify a definition 
under subparagraph (A) if the waiver or modi-
fication will— 
‘‘(i) cause increased difficulty for any 
household to apply for or access supple-
mental nutrition assistance program bene-
fits; or 
‘‘(ii) reduce the value of those benefits 
for any household. 
‘‘(12) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
subsection. 
‘‘(13) APPROPRIATIONS
IN
ADVANCE.—Only 
funds appropriated under paragraph (12) in advance 
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specifically to carry out this subsection shall be 
available to carry out this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
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