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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3183 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain eligibility 
disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students enrolled in insti-
tutions of higher education from participating in the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2023 
Mr. GOMEZ (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. HARDER of California, 
Mr. PANETTA, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BALINT, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. 
CASAR, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. 
CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Mr. CORREA, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL 
of Florida, Mr. FROST, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCI´A of 
Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. 
VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. 
KHANNA, 
Mr. 
KILMER, 
Mr. 
KIM
of 
New 
Jersey, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. LEE 
of California, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIEU, Ms. LOF-
GREN, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ROSS, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. SOTO, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. TORRES of New 
York, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Mr. MRVAN) intro-
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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 remove 
certain eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise 
eligible students enrolled in institutions of higher edu-
cation from participating in the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program, 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 ‘‘Enhance Access To 
SNAP Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘EATS Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(m)(5) by adding at end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) Individuals who are bona fide students en-
rolled at least half time in any recognized school, 
training program, or institution of higher edu-
cation.’’, and 
(2) in section 6— 
(A) in subsection (d)(2)(C) by striking 
‘‘(except that any such person enrolled in an in-
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stitution of higher education shall be ineligible 
to participate in the supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program unless he or she meets the re-
quirements of subsection (e) of this section)’’, 
and 
(B) by striking subsection (e). 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on January 2, 2024. 
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