[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10268 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10268

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to abolish the restaurant 
   meals program under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 2026

 Mr. Gill of Texas (for himself, Mr. Fine, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Self, Mr. 
 Moore of Alabama, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Norman) 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 abolish the restaurant 
   meals program under 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 ``Ending Restaurant Purchases with 
SNAP Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 3(k)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``private 
                establishments that contract with the appropriate 
                agency of the State to offer meals for such persons at 
                concessional prices subject to section 9(h),'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or by a private 
                establishment that contracts with the appropriate State 
                agency to perform such services at concessional prices 
                subject to section 9(h),''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (9), by striking ``and by private 
                establishments that contract with the appropriate 
                agency of the State to offer meals for such individuals 
                at concessional prices subject to section 9(h)'';
            (2) in section 7(f)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(including 
                restaurants participating in a State option restaurant 
                program intended to serve the elderly, disabled, and 
                homeless)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``, other 
                than restaurants participating in a State option 
                restaurant program'';
            (3) in section 9--
                    (A) by striking subsection (h); and
                    (B) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 
                subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and
            (4) in section 11(e)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (25); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (26) as paragraph 
                (25).

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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