I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4456 
To allow certain students, including those who have an expected family 
contribution of zero, to qualify for supplemental nutrition assistance 
program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2023 
Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 
LEE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. 
CROCKETT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To allow certain students, including those who have an ex-
pected family contribution of zero, to qualify for supple-
mental nutrition assistance program benefits under the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
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 ‘‘Overcoming Higher 
Education Hunger Through the Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘OHH SNAP 
Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. SNAP TREATMENT OF LIVING EXPENSES INCLUDED 
IN EDUCATIONAL LOANS. 
Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking ‘‘other 
than’’ and inserting ‘‘including’’; and 
(B) in the proviso of paragraph (5) by 
striking ‘‘, and no portion’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘expenses,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (k)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3). 
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION 
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2015) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘em-
ployed’’ and inserting ‘‘attending an institution 
of higher education (as defined in section 102 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1002)) or employed, in the aggregate,’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (8), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) has an expected family contribution of 
zero, as determined by the procedures established in 
part F of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087kk–1087vv); or 
‘‘(10) is determined to be ‘independent’ based 
on one of the criteria specified in subparagraphs 
(B), (C), (D), (G), and (H) of section 480(d)(1) of 
the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1087vv).’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (o)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘work’’ 
and inserting ‘‘attending an institution of higher 
education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) or work, 
in the aggregate,’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall not apply with respect to 
certification periods that begin before the effective date 
of this Act. 
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