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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 728 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Head Start Act to include TANF, SSI, SNAP, WIC, and |
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| 6 | 6 | | federal housing assistance as eligible public assistance. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY24, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. G |
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| 10 | 10 | | ARAMENDI(for himself, Mr. TURNERof Texas, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mrs. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | HERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Ms. ANSARI, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. T |
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| 14 | 14 | | HANEDAR, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CORREA, Ms. MOORE |
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| 15 | 15 | | of Wisconsin, Mr. Q |
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| 16 | 16 | | UIGLEY, Mr. GARCIAof California, Mr. VICENTE |
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| 18 | 18 | | ONZALEZof Texas, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illinois, and Mrs. HAYES) introduced |
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| 19 | 19 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Workforce |
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| 21 | 21 | | A BILL |
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| 22 | 22 | | To amend the Head Start Act to include TANF, SSI, SNAP, |
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| 23 | 23 | | WIC, and federal housing assistance as eligible public |
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| 24 | 24 | | assistance. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Head Start 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Eligibility Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 637 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832) 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | is amended— 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) by redesignating paragraphs (25) and (26) 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | as paragraphs (26) and (27), respectively, and 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (24) the fol-6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | lowing: 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(25) The term ‘public assistance’, as defined 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | by the Secretary, shall include— 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(A) assistance received under part A of 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 601 et seq.); 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(B) benefits received under title XVI of 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | seq.); 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(C) supplemental nutrition assistance 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | program benefits received under the Food and 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(D) the nutrition assistance program 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (NAP) under section 19 of the Food and Nutri-20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018) and the food 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | distribution program on Indian Reservations 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (FDPIR) under section 4(a) of the Consumer 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(E) State-funded food assistance pro-25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | grams, with income eligibility standards iden-26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •HR 728 IH |
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| 62 | 62 | | tical or substantially identical to those of the 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | supplemental nutrition assistance program 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | under of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(F) assistance received under section 17 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | of the Child Nutrition Act (42 U.S.C. 1786 et 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | seq.); 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(G) assistance received under section 8 of 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | U.S.C. 1437f et seq.); and 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(H) additional benefits and assistance 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | provided under Federal law as determined by 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | the Secretary.’’. 13 |
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