OHH SNAP Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4456 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4456

To allow certain students, including those who have an expected family 
contribution of zero, to qualify for supplemental nutrition assistance 
       program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2023

Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. 
Lee of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Norton, and Ms. Crockett) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow certain students, including those who have an expected family 
contribution of zero, to qualify for supplemental nutrition assistance 
       program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

    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 ``Overcoming Higher Education Hunger 
Through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Act of 2023'' or 
the ``OHH SNAP Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. SNAP TREATMENT OF LIVING EXPENSES INCLUDED IN EDUCATIONAL 
              LOANS.

    Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking ``other than'' 
                and inserting ``including''; and
                    (B) in the proviso of paragraph (5) by striking ``, 
                and no portion'' and all that follows through 
                ``expenses,''; and
            (2) in subsection (k)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (3); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (3).

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL 
              NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``employed'' and 
                inserting ``attending an institution of higher 
                education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) or employed, in 
                the aggregate,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (D) 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).''; and
            (2) in subsection (o)(2)(A), by striking ``work'' and 
        inserting ``attending an institution of higher education (as 
        defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1002)) or work, in the aggregate,''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a)  Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall not apply with respect to certification periods that begin before 
the effective date of this Act.
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