College Student Hunger Act of 2017

College Student Hunger Act of 2017

This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of students to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to include individuals enrolled in an institution of higher education who: (1) have an expected family contribution of zero, as determined by the procedures established the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA); or (2) are determined to be independent based on specified criteria included in the HEA.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3875 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3875

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility 
  of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2017

Mr. Lawson of Florida (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. 
Wilson of Florida, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore, Mr. Payne, Mr. Correa, Mr. 
  Hastings, and Mr. Nadler) 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 expand the eligibility 
  of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance 
                                program.

    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 ``College Student Hunger Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL 
              NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 6(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7) by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (8) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) has an expected family contribution of zero, as 
        determined by the procedures established in part F of title IV 
        of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087kk-1087vv); 
        or
            ``(10) is determined to be `independent' based on one of 
        the criteria specified in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (G), and 
        (H) of section 480(d)(1) of the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
        1087vv).''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
October 1, 2018.
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