Expanding Head Start Eligibility Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 728 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 728

   To amend the Head Start Act to include TANF, SSI, SNAP, WIC, and
       federal housing assistance as eligible public assistance.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2025

    Mr. Garamendi (for himself, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. Jackson of
Illinois, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Ansari,
   Mr. Thanedar, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Titus, Mr. Correa, Ms. Moore of
Wisconsin, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez
   of Texas, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, and Mrs. Hayes) introduced the
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL

   To amend the Head Start Act to include TANF, SSI, SNAP, WIC, and
       federal housing assistance as eligible public assistance.

    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 ``Expanding Head Start Eligibility Act
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

     Section 637 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (25) and (26) as paragraphs
        (26) and (27), respectively, and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (24) the following:
            ``(25) The term `public assistance', as defined by the
        Secretary, shall include--
                    ``(A) assistance received under part A of title IV
                of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
                    ``(B) benefits received under title XVI of the
                Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.);
                    ``(C) supplemental nutrition assistance program
                benefits received under the Food and Nutrition Act of
                2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
                    ``(D) the nutrition assistance program (NAP) under
                section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
                U.S.C. 2018) and the food distribution program on
                Indian Reservations (FDPIR) under section 4(a) of the
                Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note);
                    ``(E) State-funded food assistance programs, with
                income eligibility standards identical or substantially
                identical to those of the supplemental nutrition
                assistance program under of the Food and Nutrition Act
                of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
                    ``(F) assistance received under section 17 of the
                Child Nutrition Act (42 U.S.C. 1786 et seq.);
                    ``(G) assistance received under section 8 of the
                United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f et
                seq.); and
                    ``(H) additional benefits and assistance provided
                under Federal law as determined by the Secretary.''.
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