I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6423 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide certain alternative 
eligibility requirements applicable to foster care youth, and homeless 
youth, who are enrolled at least half-time in an institution of higher 
education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2023 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, and Ms. BROWN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide 
certain alternative eligibility requirements applicable to 
foster care youth, and homeless youth, who are enrolled 
at least half-time in an institution of higher education, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foster and Homeless 
Youth Food Security Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after subsection (j) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j–1) ‘foster care individual’— 
‘‘(1) means an individual whose care and place-
ment are the responsibility of the State or Tribal 
agency that administers a State or Tribal plan 
under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), without regard to 
whether foster care maintenance payments are made 
under section 472 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 672) on 
behalf of such individual; and 
‘‘(2) includes an individual who was age 13 or 
older when the individual’s care and placement were 
the responsibility of a State or Tribal agency that 
administered a State or Tribal plan under part B or 
E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
621 et seq.) and who is no longer under the care 
and responsibility of such a State or tribal agency, 
without regard to any such individual’s subsequent 
adoption, guardianship arrangement, or other form 
of permanency outcome.’’, and 
(2) in subsection (l)— 
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(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) a homeless child or youth as defined in 
section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act; or’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF PREPARED MEALS.—Section 
3(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2012(k)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and (9)’’ the 1st place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘(9), and (10)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and (9)’’ the last place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘(9)’’; and 
(3) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: 
‘‘and, (10) meals prepared and served by an institution 
of higher education (as defined in the Higher Education 
Act of 1965) that has has in effect a program participa-
tion agreement with the Secretary of Education in accord-
ance with section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, for consumption by a foster care individual, or a 
homeless individual, over 17 and not over 26 years of age 
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enrolled at least half-time in such institution (as deter-
mined by such institution) that provides such individual 
with housing that lacks an individualized cooking facility’’. 
(c) TREATMENT AS SEPARATE HOUSEHOLD.—Sec-
tion 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) Foster care individuals, or homeless indi-
viduals, over 17 and not over 26 years of age en-
rolled at least half-time in an institution of higher 
education (as determined by such institution) that 
provides such individuals with housing that lacks in-
dividualized cooking facilities.’’. 
(d) RETAIL FOOD STORE.—Section 3(o)(2) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘institution’’ after ‘‘program’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘(9), 
and (10)’’. 
(e) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY EXCLUSION.—Sec-
tion 6(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
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