HR 777 · in committee · major
Closing the College Hunger Gap Act
- education
What this bill does
- The bill requires the Department of Education to notify certain college students about their potential eligibility for SNAP food assistance.
- Students who submit FAFSA and have zero or negative expected family contribution are affected.
- The Department of Education must coordinate with the Department of Agriculture to design and distribute written and electronic notifications with state SNAP agency contact information.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should the Department of Education balance the costs of designing and distributing SNAP notifications against the potential benefit of reaching eligible college students?
- 02
What barriers prevent low-income college students from currently accessing SNAP benefits, and would notification alone address those obstacles?
- 03
Which college students would be excluded from these notifications under the zero or negative expected family contribution requirement, and should the eligibility threshold be different?
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Sponsor · D-CT-5
Jahana Hayes
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
32/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-28
Joining the bill

Ro Khanna
D-CA-17 · original

Jonathan L. Jackson
D-IL-1 · original

Shontel M. Brown
D-OH-11 · original

Jesús G. "Chuy" García
D-IL-4 · original

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
D-GA-4 · original

Alma S. Adams
D-NC-12 · original

Jasmine Crockett
D-TX-30 · original

Danny K. Davis
D-IL-7 · original

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
D-GA-2 · original

Raúl M. Grijalva
D-AZ-7 · original

Judy Chu
D-CA-28 · original

James P. McGovern
D-MA-2 · original
+ 20 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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