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House Bill 3875
115th Congress(2017-2018)
College Student Hunger Act of 2017
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H. R. 3875 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3875


To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 28, 2017

Mr. Lawson of Florida (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore, Mr. Payne, Mr. Correa, Mr. Hastings, and Mr. Nadler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

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 “College Student Hunger Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Eligibility of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

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

(1) in paragraph (7) by striking “or” at the end;

(2) in paragraph (8) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(9) has an expected family contribution of zero, as determined by the procedures established in part F of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087kk–1087vv); or

“(10) is determined to be ‘independent’ based on one of the criteria specified in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (G), and (H) of section 480(d)(1) of the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1087vv).”.

SEC. 3. Effective date.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2018.