H.R. 4797

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4797 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4797

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.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 29, 2025

Mr. Gomez (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Costa, Mr. Harder of California, 
Mr. Panetta, Ms. Balint, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bera, Ms. Bonamici, 
Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Carbajal, 
Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, 
Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of 
New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Correa, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Davis 
of Illinois, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. 
DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. 
Dingell, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. 
Foster, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Garcia of Texas, 
Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gottheimer, Mrs. 
Hayes, Mr. Hernandez, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jackson of 
Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Keating, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. 
Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Lee of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. 
Matsui, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McCollum, Ms. McClellan, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. 
McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, 
Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
Neal, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. 
Peters, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Mr. 
Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. 
Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. 
Sherman, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. 
Strickland, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of 
California, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. 
Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Torres of California, 
Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman 
Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Whitesides, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
Ms. Ansari, Mr. Amo, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Williams of Georgia, 
Mr. Frost, and Ms. Barragan) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2025'' 
or the ``EATS Act of 2025''.

SEC. 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).

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act shall take effect on January 2, 2026.
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