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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

Republican · AR · Representative

Votes with party: 98.4% (636 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (26)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2026-04-21

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2026-04-21

Previously

Agriculture CommitteeReferred To · 2026-04-21

Plain-English Summary

This bill includes hot rotisserie chicken as an eligible food to purchase with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8403 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8403 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2026 Mr. Crawford (for himself, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Figures, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Wied, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Womack, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Costa, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Ms. McBride, Mr. Moran, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Vasquez, and Mr. Evans of Colorado) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SNAP ELIGIBLE FOOD. Section 3(k)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)(1)) is amended-- (1) by inserting ``hot rotisserie chicken and'' before ``those authorized''; (2) by striking ``clauses'' and inserting ``paragraphs''; and (3) by striking ``of this subsection''. <all>

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