118 HR 3183 IH: Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2023
U.S. House of Representatives
2023-05-10
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3183
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 10, 2023
Mr. Gomez (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Costa, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Correa, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Ross, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velázquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Mr. Mrvan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 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 education 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.

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 following:
“(F)
Individuals who are bona fide students enrolled at least half time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education.”, and
(2)
in section 6—
(A)
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)”, and
(B)
by striking subsection (e).
3.

Effective date
This Act shall take effect on January 2, 2024.