Feed Hungry Veterans Act of 2023
HR 3698, the Feed Hungry Veterans Act of 2023, amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand eligibility for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits to more veterans. It adds four new categories of veterans who can qualify: those with a "catastrophically disabled" status under military disability law, veterans under 65 receiving a pension under specific veteran benefits law, and those meeting existing high-disability rating thresholds. This change directly affects veterans who previously did not meet the program’s eligibility criteria but now qualify under these expanded definitions. The bill takes effect on October 1, 2023, making these eligibility changes operational for SNAP enrollment.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 25, 2023
Last action Jun 23, 2023
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Jun 23, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
lower
May 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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May 25, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 70 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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State
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Jahana Hayes
DDemocratic
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Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
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Adam Smith
DDemocratic
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Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
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Andrea Salinas
DDemocratic
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Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
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Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Becca Balint
DDemocratic
Co
Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
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Betty McCollum
DDemocratic
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
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