Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2021 or the EATS Act of 2021
This bill expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to students attending institutions of higher education.
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to treat attendance at an 
  institution of higher education the same as work for the purpose of 
 determining eligibility to participate in the supplemental nutrition 
                          assistance program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2021'' 
or ``EATS Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ATTENDANCE AT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION 
              FOR PURPOSES OF SNAP ELIGIBILITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2015) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)(4), by striking ``employed'' and 
        inserting ``attending an institution of higher education (as 
        defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1002)) or employed, in the aggregate,''; and
            (2) in subsection (o)(2)(A), by striking ``work'' and 
        inserting ``attend an institution of higher education (as 
        defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1002)) or work, in the aggregate,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on January 2, 2022.
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EATS Act of 2021
A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to treat attendance at an institution of higher education the same as work for the purpose of determining eligibility to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
EATS Act of 2021
Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2021
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E.