Feed Hungry Veterans Act of 2025
This bill expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for certain disabled veterans, including those determined to be catastrophically disabled. In addition, those disabled veterans who are eligible for SNAP under this bill are exempt from the general SNAP work registration and employment and training requirements.
The bill takes effect on October 1, 2030.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2195 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2195
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility
of disabled veterans to receive supplemental nutrition assistance
program benefits.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 18, 2025
Mrs. Hayes (for herself, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Adams, Ms.
Ansari, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Carbajal, Mr.
Carson, Mr. Casar, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Costa, Mr.
Courtney, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Garcia of
Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Jackson of
Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna,
Mr. Landsman, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs.
McIver, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Neal, Ms. Norton, Ms.
Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Mrs.
Ramirez, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Ross, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, Ms.
Scanlon, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Smith of Washington,
Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus,
Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Vargas) 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 disabled veterans to receive supplemental nutrition assistance
program benefits.
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 ``Feed Hungry Veterans 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(j)(4)--
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as
follows:
``(A) has at least--
``(i) one service-connected disability
which is rated at 60 percent or higher under
title 38, United States Code; or
``(ii) two or more service-connected
disabilities, at least one of which is rated at
40 percent or higher and the combined rating is
70 percent or higher under such title;'', and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following:
``(C) has a determination of being catastrophically
disabled under such title; or
``(D) is under the age of 65 and receiving a
pension under section 1521 of such title;'', and
(2) in the 1st sentence of section 6(d)(2)--
(A) by striking ``or (F)'' and inserting ``(F)'',
and
(B) by inserting before the period at the end the
following:
``; or (G) a veteran described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of
section 3(j)(4)''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on
October 1, 2030.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
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