Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act
Latest action · May 20, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that receive grants to operate work-study programs to notify a student receiving work-study assistance that the student may be eligible for participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Department of Education must provide guidance to states and IHEs on how to identify and communicate with students who are potentially eligible for SNAP.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2021 to Aug 9, 2022; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Original | May 20, 2021 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jun 25, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Aug 24, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Aug 24, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Oct 15, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Nov 9, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jan 13, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Aug 9, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 20, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2021Introduced in House
- May 20, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H2652–H2654H.R. 3362–3457 | — | May 20, 2021 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 88, May 20, 2021, page H2652.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 309 | Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 12, 2023 |
| HR 4637 | Opportunity to Address College Hunger Act | Reintroduction of | Oct 11, 2019 |
| HR 8343 | Opportunities for Success Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jul 13, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to provide notice to students receiving work-study assistance about potential eligibility for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
