[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3698 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3698

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility 
   of disabled veterans to receive supplemental nutrition assistance 
                           program benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2023

 Mrs. Hayes (for herself, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
   Grijalva, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Brown, Ms. 
 Adams, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Costa, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Carbajal, 
Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Bishop of 
 Georgia, Ms. Balint, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Meng, Mr. Payne, Mr. McGovern, 
  Ms. Pingree, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. 
 Williams of Georgia, Ms. Kuster, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Lee of California, 
 Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Tonko, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Brownley, Mr. 
 Case, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Soto, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. 
 Smith of Washington, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Takano, Mr. Moulton, 
 Ms. Titus, and Mr. Landsman) introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility 
   of disabled veterans to receive supplemental nutrition assistance 
                           program benefits.

    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 ``Feed Hungry Veterans Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 3(j)(4)--
                    (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) has as least--
                            ``(i) one service-connected disability 
                        which is rated at 60 percent or higher under 
                        title 38, United States Code; or
                            ``(ii) two or more service-connected 
                        disabilities, at least one of which is rated at 
                        40 percent or higher and the combined rating is 
                        70 percent or higher under such title;'', and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following:
                    ``(C) has a determination of being catastrophically 
                disabled under such title; or
                    ``(D) is under the age of 65 and receiving a 
                pension under section 1521 of such title;'', and
            (2) in the 1st sentence of section 6(d)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``or (F)'' and inserting ``(F)'', 
                and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following:
``; or (G) a veteran described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of 
section 3(j)(4)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on 
October 1, 2023.
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