119-hr728

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 728 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 728

 To amend the Head Start Act to include TANF, SSI, SNAP, WIC, and 
 federal housing assistance as eligible public assistance.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 24, 2025

 Mr. Garamendi (for himself, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. Jackson of 
Illinois, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Ansari, 
 Mr. Thanedar, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Titus, Mr. Correa, Ms. Moore of 
Wisconsin, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez 
 of Texas, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, and Mrs. Hayes) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
 Workforce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Head Start Act to include TANF, SSI, SNAP, WIC, and 
 federal housing assistance as eligible public assistance.

 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 ``Expanding Head Start Eligibility Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

 

Section 637 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraphs

    (25) and

    (26) as paragraphs

    (26) and

    (27) , respectively, and

    (2) by inserting after paragraph

    (24) the following:
 ``

    (25) The term `public assistance', as defined by the 
 Secretary, shall include--
 ``
        (A) assistance received under part A of title IV 
 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
 ``
        (B) benefits received under title XVI of the 
 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.);
 ``
            (C) supplemental nutrition assistance program 
 benefits received under the Food and Nutrition Act of 
 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
 ``
            (D) the nutrition assistance program

    (NAP) under 
 

section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
 U.S.C. 2018) and the food distribution program on 
 Indian Reservations

    (FDPIR) under 

section 4

    (a) of the 
 Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note);
 ``
        (E) State-funded food assistance programs, with 
 income eligibility standards identical or substantially 
 identical to those of the supplemental nutrition 
 assistance program under of the Food and Nutrition Act 
 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
 ``
        (F) assistance received under 

section 17 of the 
 Child Nutrition Act (42 U.S.C. 1786 et seq.);
 ``
        (G) assistance received under 

section 8 of the 
 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f et 
 seq.); and
 ``
        (H) additional benefits and assistance provided 
 under Federal law as determined by the Secretary.''.
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