Emergency Ensuring Access to SNAP (EATS) Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6565
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2020-04-21
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Education of the disadvantaged

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Food assistance and relief

Higher education

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Emergency Ensuring Access to SNAP (EATS) Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill temporarily suspends eligibility requirements for certain students under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) during a public health emergency declaration due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), allowing students enrolled at least half-time in an institution of higher education who would have lost eligibility due to such requirements to continue to receive SNAP benefits.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6565 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2020 Mr. Gomez (for himself, Mr. Harder of California , Mr. Panetta , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Soto , Ms. Barragán , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Cox of California , Mr. Cohen , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Carbajal , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Jackson Lee , and Mr. Ted Lieu of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To ensure that low-income college students are eligible for emergency supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Ensuring Access to SNAP (EATS) Act of 2020 . 2. SNAP preventing hunger among low-income college students Beginning with the first month that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act, and for each subsequent month through the end of the month following— (1) the month the current public health emergency declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act based on an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) is terminated, or (2) the end of the first college term following the end of such public health emergency, whichever is later, eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits shall not be limited under section 6(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(e) ).