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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4797 
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 
JULY 29, 2025 
Mr. GOMEZ (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. HARDER of California, 
Mr. PANETTA, Ms. BALINT, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BELL, Mr. BERA, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. BUDZINSKI, 
Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CASTEN, 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCOR-
MICK, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CORREA, 
Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of North 
Carolina, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. 
ESCOBAR, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. FOSTER, 
Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCIA of California, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mrs. 
HAYES, Mr. HERNA´NDEZ, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. JACKSON 
of Illinois, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 
KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LANDSMAN, Ms. LEE of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. LIEU, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAGAZINER, 
Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. 
MCGARVEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MFUME, 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MRVAN, 
Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, 
Mr. RASKIN, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. ROSS, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Ms. SIMON, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. 
STRICKLAND, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 
TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mrs. 
TORRES of California, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
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WHITESIDES, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. AMO, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. FROST, and Ms. 
BARRAGA´N) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture 
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 2025’’ or the ‘‘EATS Act of 2025’’. 
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— 
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(A) in subsection (d)(2)(C) by striking 
‘‘(except that any such person enrolled in an in-
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, 2026. 
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