Closing the College Hunger Gap Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to send to certain students who submit a Free Application for Federal Student A… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to send to certain students who submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid information regarding potential eligibility for assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Closing the College Hunger Gap Act
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to send information regarding potential eligibility for assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to certain college students.
Specifically, ED must send this information, in both written and electronic form, to a student who submits the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and has a negative or zero student aid index for the year. ED must also provide the student with contact information for the state agency that administers SNAP in the state in which the student resides.
ED must consult with the Department of Agriculture and other applicable federal or state agencies to design the written and electronic communications regarding potential SNAP eligibility and the SNAP application process.
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- FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER
- RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
- FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER
- RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Education, Dept of
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 777: Closing the College Hunger Gap Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-777/
"H.R. 777: Closing the College Hunger Gap Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-777/.
H.R. 777, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-777/.
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