STOP Campus Hunger Act

Bill: 116-hr-3743
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2019-07-12
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

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Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Supporting Transparency to Overcome Poverty and Campus Hunger Act or the STOP Campus Hunger Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to provide students with certain information related to nutrition assistance.</p> <p>Specifically, such IHEs must annually provide students with</p> <ul> <li>information on the most recent student eligibility guidance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);</li> <li>contact information for the state agencies that administer SNAP and WIC; and</li> <li>information on food pantries, food assistance facilities, and other services that are available to enrolled students.</li> </ul> <p>The bill also requires the Department of Education to annually update its College Navigator website with the most recent student eligibility guidance for SNAP and WIC.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3743 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 12, 2019 Ms. Fudge (for herself, Mrs. Hayes , and Ms. Adams ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that certain information with respect to nutrition assistance programs be annually disclosed, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Transparency to Overcome Poverty and Campus Hunger Act or the STOP Campus Hunger Act . 2. Student eligibility information for nutrition assistance programs (a) Information dissemination activities Section 485(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1092(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (U), by striking the and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (V), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (W) the most recent relevant student eligibility guidance with respect to the nutrition assistance programs established under— (i) section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014 ); and (ii) section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 ); (X) the contact information for the State agencies responsible for administration of the programs specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (W); and (Y) the food pantries and other food assistance facilities and services available to students enrolled in such institution. . (b) College Navigator website Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall make available and annually update on the College Navigator Website the most recent relevant student eligibility guidance with respect to the nutrition assistance programs established under— (1) section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014 ); and (2) section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 ).