EATS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1488
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2023-05-09
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2023 or the EATS Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for certain students.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill removes the restriction on SNAP eligibility for students to allow otherwise eligible students who are attending institutions of higher education (IHEs) at least half time to participate in SNAP. Under current law, students 18-49 years old are restricted, with exceptions, from participating in SNAP. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 temporarily exempted some students from certain SNAP eligibility requirements; these temporary student exemptions are currently scheduled to expire after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11, 2023.</p> <p>Further, the bill provides that students enrolled at least half time in a recognized school, training program, or IHE constitute individual <i>households</i> (not <i>residents of</i> <i>institutions</i>) and may be eligible for SNAP benefits. (Participation in SNAP is limited to households.)</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1488 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 9, 2023 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Booker , Mr. Welch , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Padilla , Mr. Casey , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Fetterman , Ms. Hirono , and Ms. Baldwin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students from participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2023 or the EATS Act of 2023 . 2. Student eligibility under supplemental nutrition assistance program (a) Definition of household Section 3(m)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(m)(5) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Individuals who are bona fide students enrolled at least half time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education. . (b) Conditions of participation Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(2)(C), by striking (except that any such person enrolled in an institution of higher education shall be ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program unless he or she meets the requirements of subsection (e) of this section) ; (2) by striking subsection (e); and (3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (s) as subsections (e) through (r), respectively. (c) Conforming amendments (1) Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by striking (g), and (r) and inserting (f), and (q) ; and (B) in subsection (i)(1), in the first sentence, by striking section 6(f)(2)(B) of this Act and inserting section 6(e)(2)(B) . (2) Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (d)(4)— (i) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I)(bb)(DD), by striking subsection (o) and inserting subsection (n) ; and (ii) in subparagraph (N), by striking subsection (o) each place it appears and inserting subsection (n) ; and (B) in paragraph (1)(B) of subsection (q) (as so redesignated), by striking subsection (k) and inserting subsection (j) . (3) Section 7(i)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016(i)(1) ) is amended by striking section 6(o)(2) and inserting section 6(n)(2) . (4) Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2020 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (e)— (i) in paragraph (2)(B)(v)(II), by striking section 6(f) and inserting section 6(e) ; and (ii) in paragraph (22), by striking section 6(i) and inserting section 6(h) ; and (B) in subsection (n), by striking section 6(g) and inserting section 6(f) . (5) Section 16(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025(h) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking section 6(o) and inserting section 6(n) ; (ii) in subparagraph (E)— (I) by striking section 6(o)(3) each place it appears and inserting section 6(n)(3) ; (II) by striking section 6(o)(2) each place it appears and inserting section 6(n)(2) ; and (III) in clause (ii)— (aa) in subclause (III), by striking section 6(o)(4) and inserting section 6(n)(4) ; and (bb) in subclause (IV), by striking section 6(o)(6) and inserting section 6(n)(6) ; and (iii) in subparagraph (F)(ii)(III)(ee)(AA), by striking section 6(o) and inserting section 6(n) ; and (B) in paragraph (5)(C)(iv)(I), by striking section 6(o)(2) and inserting section 6(n)(2) . (6) Section 17(m) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2026(m) ) is amended— (A) by striking (l) through (n) each place it appears and inserting (k) through (m) ; and (B) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking section 6(l)(2) and inserting section 6(k)(2) . (7) Section 103(a)(2)(D) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3113(a)(2)(D) ) is amended by striking 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(o) ) and inserting 6(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(n) ) . (8) Section 121(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3151(b)(2)(B)(iv) ) is amended by striking 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(o) ) and inserting 6(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(n) ) . (9) Section 454 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 654 ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (4)(A)(i)(IV), by striking 6(l)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(l)(1) ) and inserting 6(k)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(k)(1) ) ; (B) in paragraph (6)(B)(i), by striking subsection (l) or (m) of section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and inserting subsection (k) or (l) of section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015 ) ; and (C) in paragraph (29)(A)— (i) by striking section 3(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(h) ) each place it appears and inserting section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 ) ; and (ii) in clause (ii), by striking section 6(l)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(l)(2) ) and inserting section 6(k)(2) of that Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(k)(2) ) . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 2, 2024.