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Bills · S 5429
IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS
Senate BillS 5429
Hot Meals for College Students Act of 2026
The bill would change federal law to allow SNAP benefits to pay for on-campus meals, but its full text is not available in the provided record.AI-written
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SNAP benefits could be used for on-campus meals. The title leaves the rules and details unspecified.
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WHAT THE BILL DOES
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The bill would add on-campus meals as a permitted use of SNAP benefits. That could give recipients another place to use their benefits, but the title does not describe eligibility rules, limits, or how the change would be carried out.
KEY PROVISIONS
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PROVISION 01
Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
That is the federal law the bill would change.
PROVISION 02
Allows SNAP benefits to be used to purchase on-campus meals.
This is the bill's central proposed change to how benefits may be used.
PROVISION 03
The title does not specify which campus meals would qualify or how the change would be implemented.
Those details would be needed to understand exactly how recipients and meal providers would be affected.
IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS · AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY COMMITTEE · INTRODUCED SEP 17, 2026
Senate BillS 5429
Hot Meals for College Students Act of 2026
The bill would change federal law to allow SNAP benefits to pay for on-campus meals, but its full text is not available in the provided record.AI-written
The bill would add on-campus meals as a permitted use of SNAP benefits. That could give recipients another place to use their benefits, but the title does not describe eligibility rules, limits, or how the change would be carried out.
KEY PROVISIONS
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Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
That is the federal law the bill would change.
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Allows SNAP benefits to be used to purchase on-campus meals.
This is the bill's central proposed change to how benefits may be used.
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The title does not specify which campus meals would qualify or how the change would be implemented.
Those details would be needed to understand exactly how recipients and meal providers would be affected.
GLOSSARY
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SNAP
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal food-benefit program named in the bill title.
Benefits
The assistance provided through SNAP that the bill would allow recipients to use for on-campus meals.
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
The federal law that the bill would amend.
On-campus meals
Meals served on a campus; the bill title does not give further details about which meals qualify.