HR 6565 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Emergency Ensuring Access to SNAP (EATS) Act of 2020

Introduced Apr 21, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Jimmy Gomez D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Aug 13, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 21, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Emergency Ensuring Access to SNAP (EATS) Act of 2020

This bill temporarily suspends eligibility requirements for certain students under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) during a public health emergency declaration due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), allowing students enrolled at least half-time in an institution of higher education who would have lost eligibility due to such requirements to continue to receive SNAP benefits.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2020 to Jun 15, 2020; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-CAJosh HarderOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-CATed LieuOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-CATj CoxOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalApr 21, 2020
D-WAAdam SmithApr 23, 2020
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalApr 23, 2020
D-WIGwen MooreApr 23, 2020
D-CAJim CostaMay 1, 2020
D-CAJared HuffmanMay 8, 2020
D-CAMike LevinMay 8, 2020
D-CAJudy ChuJun 15, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Apr 21, 2020
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Referred Aug 13, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 13, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
  2. Apr 21, 2020Introduced in House
  3. Apr 21, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 75, April 21, 2020, page H1900.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To ensure that low-income college students are eligible for emergency supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Emergency Ensuring Access to SNAP (EATS) Act of 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 21, 2020Introduced in House

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