119-hr2195

[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.

_______________________________________________________________________

 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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