SNAP Student Eligibility (EATS Act)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-01-28 — Closing the College Hunger Gap Act: cross-connection with snap-college-student-eligibility-outreach: Outreach bill and EATS Act address the same underlying college student SNAP access gap from different angles — one via FAFSA-based notification, the other via loosening the student eligibility rules themselves. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-07-29 — EATS Act of 2025: HR4797 (EATS Act of 2025) introduced and referred to House Agriculture Committee on 2025-07-29; would remove SNAP eligibility restrictions for otherwise-eligible students enrolled at least half-time in institutions of higher education and treat such students as individual households rather than institutional residents. (novelty: 2)