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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2195 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility |
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| 6 | 6 | | of disabled veterans to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program |
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| 7 | 7 | | benefits. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH18, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | AYES(for herself, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof Georgia, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. |
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| 13 | 13 | | NSARI, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. CARBAJAL, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Mr. C |
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| 15 | 15 | | ARSON, Mr. CASAR, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. COHEN, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Mr. C |
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| 17 | 17 | | OSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVISof North Caro- |
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| 18 | 18 | | lina, Ms. G |
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| 19 | 19 | | ARCIAof Texas, Mr. GOLDMANof New York, Mr. |
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| 21 | 21 | | OTTHEIMER, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Mr. |
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| 23 | 23 | | ENNEDYof New York, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mrs. MCCLAIN |
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| 25 | 25 | | ELANEY, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. MOORE |
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| 26 | 26 | | of Wisconsin, Mr. M |
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| 27 | 27 | | OULTON, Mr. NEAL, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-COR- |
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| 28 | 28 | | TEZ, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. RA- |
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| 29 | 29 | | MIREZ, Mr. RILEYof New York, Ms. ROSS, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Ms. S |
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| 31 | 31 | | CANLON, Mr. SCOTTof Virginia, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SMITHof |
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| 32 | 32 | | Washington, Ms. S |
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| 33 | 33 | | TANSBURY, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. THOMPSONof Mis- |
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| 34 | 34 | | sissippi, Ms. T |
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| 35 | 35 | | ITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, and Mr. |
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| 36 | 36 | | V |
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| 37 | 37 | | ARGAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 38 | 38 | | mittee on Agriculture |
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| 39 | 39 | | A BILL |
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| 40 | 40 | | To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand |
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| 41 | 41 | | the eligibility of disabled veterans to receive supplemental |
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| 42 | 42 | | nutrition assistance program benefits. |
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| 43 | 43 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | •HR 2195 IH |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Feed Hungry Veterans 2 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act of 2025’’. 3 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 4 |
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| 52 | 52 | | The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 5 |
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| 53 | 53 | | et seq.) is amended— 6 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) in section 3(j)(4)— 7 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 8 |
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| 56 | 56 | | as follows: 9 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(A) has at least— 10 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(i) one service-connected disability 11 |
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| 59 | 59 | | which is rated at 60 percent or higher 12 |
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| 60 | 60 | | under title 38, United States Code; or 13 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(ii) two or more service-connected 14 |
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| 62 | 62 | | disabilities, at least one of which is rated 15 |
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| 63 | 63 | | at 40 percent or higher and the combined 16 |
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| 64 | 64 | | rating is 70 percent or higher under such 17 |
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| 65 | 65 | | title;’’, and 18 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 19 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the following: 20 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(C) has a determination of being cata-21 |
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| 69 | 69 | | strophically disabled under such title; or 22 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(D) is under the age of 65 and receiving 23 |
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| 71 | 71 | | a pension under section 1521 of such title;’’, 24 |
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| 72 | 72 | | and 25 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (2) in the 1st sentence of section 6(d)(2)— 26 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (A) by striking ‘‘or (F)’’ and inserting 1 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(F)’’, and 2 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (B) by inserting before the period at the 3 |
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| 80 | 80 | | end the following: 4 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘; or (G) a veteran described in subparagraph (A), (B), 5 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (C), or (D) of section 3(j)(4)’’. 6 |
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| 83 | 83 | | SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 7 |
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| 84 | 84 | | This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 8 |
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| 85 | 85 | | shall take effect on October 1, 2030. 9 |
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