EATS Act of 2025 in plain language
1: Short title
This section states that the Act may be cited as the Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2025 or the EATS Act of 2025.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2025 or the EATS Act of 2025 .
2: Student eligibility under supplemental nutrition assistance program
This section would change SNAP eligibility rules for students. It adds a new subparagraph (F) to the definition of household in section 3(m)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, covering individuals who are bona fide students enrolled at least half time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education. It removes the clause in section 6(d)(2)(C) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 that made a person enrolled in an institution of higher education ineligible for SNAP unless that person met the separate student eligibility requirements in section 6(e), and it repeals section 6(e) itself, eliminating that separate set of student eligibility requirements. Because subsection (e) is removed, the subsections that had followed it, (f) through (s), are each renumbered one letter earlier, becoming (e) through (r). The section then makes a series of conforming, technical amendments: it updates internal cross-references in sections 5, 6, 7, 11, 16, and 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and in the Social Security Act, so that each reference to an old subsection letter (such as (g), (i), (k), (l), (o), or (r)) is replaced with the new letter that matches the renumbering described above. These conforming changes do not alter what any of those provisions require; they only correct the letter references.
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2. Student eligibility under supplemental nutrition assistance program (a) Definition of household Section 3(m)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(m)(5) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Individuals who are bona fide students enrolled at least half time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education. . (b) Conditions of participation Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(2)(C), by striking (except that any such person enrolled in an institution of higher education shall be ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program unless he or she meets the requirements of subsection (e) of this section) ; (2) by striking subsection (e); and (3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (s) as subsections (e) through (r), respectively. (c) Conforming amendments (1) Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by striking (g), and (r) and inserting (f), and (q) ; and (B) in subsection (i)(1), in the first sentence, by striking section 6(f)(2)(B) of this Act and inserting section 6(e)(2)(B) . (2) Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (d)(4)— (i) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I)(bb)(DD), by striking subsection (o) and inserting subsection (n) ; and (ii) in subparagraph (N), by striking subsection (o) each place it appears and inserting subsection (n) ; and (B) in paragraph (1)(B) of subsection (q) (as so redesignated), by striking subsection (k) and inserting subsection (j) . (3) Section 7(i)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016(i)(1) ) is amended by striking section 6(o)(2) and inserting section 6(n)(2) . (4) Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2020 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (e)— (i) in paragraph (2)(B)(v)(II), by striking section 6(f) and inserting section 6(e) ; and (ii) in paragraph (22), by striking section 6(i) and inserting section 6(h) ; and (B) in subsection (n), by striking section 6(g) and inserting section 6(f) . (5) Section 16(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025(h) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking section 6(o) and inserting section 6(n) ; (ii) in subparagraph (E)— (I) by striking section 6(o)(3) each place it appears and inserting section 6(n)(3) ; (II) by striking section 6(o)(2) each place it appears and inserting section 6(n)(2) ; and (III) in clause (ii)— (aa) in subclause (III), by striking section 6(o)(4) and inserting section 6(n)(4) ; and (bb) in subclause (IV), by striking section 6(o)(6) and inserting section 6(n)(6) ; and (iii) in subparagraph (F)(ii)(III)(ee)(AA), by striking section 6(o) and inserting section 6(n) ; and (B) in paragraph (5)(C)(iv)(I), by striking section 6(o)(2) and inserting section 6(n)(2) . (6) Section 17(m) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2026(m) ) is amended— (A) by striking (l) through (n) each place it appears and inserting (k) through (m) ; and (B) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking section 6(l)(2) and inserting section 6(k)(2) . (7) Section 103(a)(2)(D) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3113(a)(2)(D) ) is amended by striking 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(o) ) and inserting 6(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(n) ) . (8) Section 121(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3151(b)(2)(B)(iv) ) is amended by striking 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(o) ) and inserting 6(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(n) ) . (9) Section 454 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 654 ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (4)(A)(i)(IV), by striking 6(l)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(l)(1) ) and inserting 6(k)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(k)(1) ) ; (B) in paragraph (6)(B)(i), by striking subsection (l) or (m) of section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and inserting subsection (k) or (l) of section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015 ) ; and (C) in paragraph (29)(A)— (i) by striking section 3(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(h) ) each place it appears and inserting section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 ) ; and (ii) in clause (ii), by striking section 6(l)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(l)(2) ) and inserting section 6(k)(2) of that Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(k)(2) ) .
3: Effective date
This section would set January 2, 2026, as the effective date for the Act and all of the amendments it makes.
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3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 2, 2026.