3.0.0 2110 2022-11-01T13:50:38Z 2022-11-01T13:50:38Z Senate S 2019-07-15 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-15T19:35:04Z Closing the College Hunger Gap Act of 2019 116 3718 HR 2019-07-11 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-07-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-07-15 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-07-15 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-07-15 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-07-15 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-07-17 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-03-05 False Education Food assistance and relief Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Higher education Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance State and local government operations Education 00 2019-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-20T17:51:10Z Closing the College Hunger Gap Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to collect data on the food and housing insecurity of college students.

Specifically, ED must add questions that measure rates of food and housing insecurity to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. In addition, ED must collect data on student eligibility under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).

]]> Closing the College Hunger Gap Act of 2019 Display Title Closing the College Hunger Gap Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Closing the College Hunger Gap Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to address food and housing insecurity on college campuses. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2110is/xml/BILLS-116s2110is.xml 2019-07-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.