119-s2512

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2512 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2512

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain 
eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students 
 from participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, 
 and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 29, 2025

 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
 Blumenthal, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Welch, Mr. Padilla, Mr. 
 Booker, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain 
eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students 
 from participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, 
 and for other purposes.

 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 ``Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2025'' 
or the ``EATS Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. STUDENT ELIGIBILITY UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
 PROGRAM.

    (a) Definition of Household.--

Section 3
            (m) (5) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012
            (m) (5) ) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
 ``
        (F) Individuals who are bona fide students 
 enrolled at least half time in any recognized school, 
 training program, or institution of higher 
 education.''.

    (b) Conditions of Participation.--

Section 6 of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (d) (2)
            (C) , by striking ``(except that any 
 such person enrolled in an institution of higher education 
 shall be ineligible to participate in the supplemental 
 nutrition assistance program unless he or she meets the 
 requirements of subsection

    (e) of this section)'';

    (2) by striking subsection

    (e) ; and

    (3) by redesignating subsections

    (f) through

    (s) as 
 subsections

    (e) through

    (r) , respectively.
            (c) Conforming Amendments.--

    (1) Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
 U.S.C. 2014) is amended--
        (A) in subsection

    (a) , in the second sentence, by 
 striking ``

    (g) , and

    (r) '' and inserting ``

    (f) , and

    (q) ''; and
        (B) in subsection
            (i) (1) , in the first sentence, by 
 striking ``

section 6

    (f)

    (2)
        (B) of this Act'' and 
 inserting ``

section 6

    (e)

    (2)
        (B) ''.

    (2) Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
 U.S.C. 2015) is amended--
        (A) in subsection
            (d) (4) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (B)
            (ii) 
            (I) (bb)
            (DD) , by 
 striking ``subsection

    (o) '' and inserting 
 ``subsection

    (n) ''; and
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (N) , by striking 
 ``subsection

    (o) '' each place it appears and 
 inserting ``subsection

    (n) ''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (1)
        (B) of subsection

    (q) (as so 
 redesignated), by striking ``subsection

    (k) '' and 
 inserting ``subsection

    (j) ''.

    (3) Section 7
            (i) (1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
 (7 U.S.C. 2016
            (i) (1) ) is amended by striking ``

section 6

    (o)

    (2) '' and inserting ``

section 6

    (n)

    (2) ''.

    (4) Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
 U.S.C. 2020) is amended--
        (A) in subsection

    (e) --
            (i) in paragraph

    (2)
        (B)
            (v) 
            (II) , by striking 
 ``

section 6

    (f) '' and inserting ``

section 6

    (e) ''; and
            (ii) in paragraph

    (22) , by striking 
 ``

section 6
            (i) '' and inserting ``

section 6

    (h) ''; and
        (B) in subsection

    (n) , by striking ``

section 6

    (g) '' 
 and inserting ``

section 6

    (f) ''.

    (5) Section 16

    (h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
 U.S.C. 2025

    (h) ) is amended--
        (A) in paragraph

    (1) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (B)
            (ii) , by striking 
 ``

section 6

    (o) '' and inserting ``

section 6

    (n) '';
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (E) --
            (I) by striking ``

section 6

    (o)

    (3) '' 
 each place it appears and inserting 
 ``

section 6

    (n)

    (3) '';
            (II) by striking ``

section 6

    (o)

    (2) '' each place it appears and 
 inserting ``

section 6

    (n)

    (2) ''; and
            (III) in clause
            (ii) --

    (aa) in subclause
            (III) , by 
 striking ``

section 6

    (o)

    (4) '' 
 and inserting ``

section 6

    (n)

    (4) ''; and

    (bb) in subclause
            (IV) , by 
 striking ``

section 6

    (o)

    (6) '' 
 and inserting ``

section 6

    (n)

    (6) ''; and
            (iii) in subparagraph
        (F)
            (ii) 
            (III) (ee) 

    (AA) , 
 by striking ``

section 6

    (o) '' and inserting 
 ``

section 6

    (n) ''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (5)
            (C) 
            (iv) 
            (I) , by striking 
 ``

section 6

    (o)

    (2) '' and inserting ``

section 6

    (n)

    (2) ''.

    (6) Section 17
            (m) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
 U.S.C. 2026
            (m) ) is amended--
        (A) by striking ``
            (l) through

    (n) '' each place it 
 appears and inserting ``

    (k) through
            (m) ''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (2)
        (E) , by striking ``

section 6
            (l) (2) '' and inserting ``

section 6

    (k)

    (2) ''.

    (7) Section 103

    (a)

    (2)
            (D) of the Workforce Innovation and 
 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3113

    (a)

    (2)
            (D) ) is amended by 
 striking ``6

    (o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
 2015

    (o) )'' and inserting ``6

    (n) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015

    (n) )''.

    (8) Section 121

    (b)

    (2)
        (B)
            (iv) of the Workforce Innovation 
 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151

    (b)

    (2)
        (B)
            (iv) ) is amended by 
 striking ``6

    (o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
 2015

    (o) )'' and inserting ``6

    (n) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015

    (n) )''.

    (9) Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) 
 is amended--
        (A) in paragraph

    (4)
        (A)
            (i) 
            (IV) , by striking 
 ``6
            (l) (1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
 U.S.C. 2015
            (l) (1) )'' and inserting ``6

    (k)

    (1) of the 
 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015

    (k)

    (1) )'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (6)
        (B)
            (i) , by striking 
 ``subsection
            (l) or
            (m) of 

section 6 of the Food and 
 Nutrition Act of 2008'' and inserting ``subsection

    (k) or
            (l) of 

section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015)''; and
            (C) in paragraph

    (29)
        (A) --
            (i) by striking ``

section 3

    (h) of the Food 
 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012

    (h) )'' 
 each place it appears and inserting ``

section 3 
 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
 2012)''; and
            (ii) in clause
            (ii) , by striking ``

section 6
            (l) (2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
 (7 U.S.C. 2015
            (l) (2) )'' and inserting ``

section 6

    (k)

    (2) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2015

    (k)

    (2) )''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
January 2, 2026.
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