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H.R. 777

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Summary

H.R. 777, the Closing the College Hunger Gap Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 28, 2025 by Rep. Jahana Hayes (D) with 36 co-sponsors. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Jan 28, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 777 has 36 co-sponsors.

hb777/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 777 IH: Closing the College Hunger Gap Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-28
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 777  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 28, 2025   Mrs. Hayes  (for herself,  Ms. Adams ,  Mr. Davis of Illinois ,  Ms. Titus ,  Ms. Norton ,  Mr. Johnson of Georgia ,  Ms. Crockett ,  Mr. García of Illinois ,  Mr. McGovern ,  Mr. Jackson of Illinois ,  Ms. Chu ,  Ms. Sánchez ,  Ms. Scanlon ,  Ms. Velázquez ,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Mr. Grijalva ,  Mr. Khanna ,  Mr. Bishop ,  Ms. Brown ,  Ms. Plaskett , and  Mrs. Ramirez ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Closing the College Hunger Gap Act  .
2.
Information on SNAP eligibility
(a)
In general
Section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1090 ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(e)
Information on SNAP eligibility
(1)
In general
For each year for which a student described in paragraph (2) submits a form described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall send to such student information regarding potential eligibility for assistance under, and application process for, the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ) in written and electronic form. Both the written and electronic communication shall include contact information for the State agency responsible for administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State in which the student resides.
(2)
Students
A student is described in this paragraph if the student has a negative or zero student aid index for the year.
 .
(b)
Consultation
The Secretary of Education shall consult with the Secretary of Agriculture, and the head of any other applicable Federal or State agency, in designing the written and electronic communication regarding potential eligibility for assistance under, and application process for, the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ) as described in section 483(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1090(e) ).
3.
Effective date
This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-28
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 28, 2025

hb777/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (01/28/2025)

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Jahana Hayes (D) sponsors H.R. 777, and 36 members have co-sponsored it, 20 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 777 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce
Education and Workforce
Referred To · Jan 28, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 777 has taken 2 actions since Jan 28, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 28, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jan 28, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.Education and Workforce Committee

Votes

H.R. 777 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 777 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Closing the College Hunger Gap Act — Display Title
  • Closing the College Hunger Gap Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

5 clients hired 5 firms and 23 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 777 in 22 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Education, Budget/Appropriations, Immigration, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture, Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Defense.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY—District of Columbia17—
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS—Kansas16—
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER—District of Columbia15—
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATIONStudent advocacy organization primarily focused on higher educationDistrict of Columbia13—
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY17—
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS16—
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER15—
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION13—
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 23.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
IAN GRUBMAN117
SAMANTHA BOOTH117
DAVID TULLY116
KATE GILLIARD116
MEGAN MORTIMER116
NATALIE WILLIAMS116
STEPHANIE QUINN116
ANNA WALDMAN115
ELLEN TELLER115
VINCENT RASSO113
BARBARA MOLDAUER111
BONITA WILLIAMS111
CHRISTIN DRISCOLL111
DEBORAH KOOLBECK111
JOYE BARKSDALE111
JUAN RANGEL111
JULIE RILEY111
KIMBERLY TRINCA111
MANDI NEFF111
MARCUS EGAN111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2025 second_quarter$1.2M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2025 first_quarter$1.1M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2026 second_quarter$1M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2025 third_quarter$760.5K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2026 first_quarter$684K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2025 fourth_quarter$667.9K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$650K1st Quarter - Report
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2026 first_quarter$140K1st Quarter - Report
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2025 third_quarter$100K3rd Quarter - Report
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2025 first_quarter$100K1st Quarter - Amendme…
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2025 second_quarter$100K2nd Quarter - Report
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2025 first_quarter$100K1st Quarter - Report
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2026 second_quarter$80K2nd Quarter - Report
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY2025 fourth_quarter$80K4th Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2026 second_quarter$41.4K2nd Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2025 fourth_quarter$33.8K4th Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2025 third_quarter$29.8K3rd Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2026 first_quarter$28.7K1st Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2025 second_quarter$28.4K2nd Quarter - Report
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATIONUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter—3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 777 under Education, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 7 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 777’s is Education.

hr777/policy-areas.txt
EducationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 777 carries 7 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Food assistance and relief to State and local government operations.

hr777/subjects.txt
Food assistance and reliefGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationNutrition and dietPoverty and welfare assistanceState and local government operations

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 777, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. HAYES:H.R. 777.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``To make all Laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H406]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com