EATS Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4297
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2019-09-12
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

Higher education
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2019 or the EATS Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to students attending institutions of higher education.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4297 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 12, 2019 Mr. Gomez (for himself, Mr. Aguilar , Ms. Bass , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Castro of Texas , Mr. Cisneros , Mr. Correa , Mr. Costa , Mr. Cox of California , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. Gallego , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Gonzalez of Texas , Ms. Haaland , Mr. Harder of California , Ms. Hill of California , Mr. Kennedy , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Ms. Matsui , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Moore , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Omar , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Peterson , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Rouda , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Soto , Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Takano , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. Vela , Ms. Sánchez , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Khanna , and Mr. Lowenthal ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to treat attendance at an institution of higher education the same as work for the purpose of determining eligibility to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2019 or EATS Act of 2019 . 2. Amendments Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)(4) by striking employed 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, ; 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, . 3. Effective date This Act shall take effect on January 2, 2020.