EATS Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4297 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to treat attendance at an institution of higher education the same as work for the purpose of determining eligibility to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 Mr. GOMEZ (for himself, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. BASS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COX of California, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi- nois, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GON- ZALEZ of Texas, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali- fornia, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. POCAN, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SOTO, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. VELA, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. KHANNA, and Mr. LOWENTHAL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to treat attendance at an institution of higher education the same as work for the purpose of determining eligibility to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance pro- gram. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Sep 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4297.IH H4297 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4297 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhance Access To 2 SNAP Act of 2019’’ or ‘‘EATS Act of 2019’’. 3 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 4 Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 5 U.S.C. 2015) is amended— 6 (1) in subsection (e)(4) by striking ‘‘employed’’ 7 and inserting ‘‘attending an institution of higher 8 education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher 9 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) or em- 10 ployed, in the aggregate,’’; and 11 (2) in subsection (o)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘work’’ 12 and inserting ‘‘attending an institution of higher 13 education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher 14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) or work, 15 in the aggregate,’’. 16 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 17 This Act shall take effect on January 2, 2020. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Sep 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4297.IH H4297 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS