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Ending Restaurant Purchases with SNAP Act of 2026

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to abolish the restaurant meals program under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Introduced Sep 3, 2026

Latest action (Sep 3, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Referred to
Agriculture Committee
Issues
Economy & Taxes

Summary
  • Abolishes the restaurant meals program under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that allowed certain participants to purchase prepared meals at participating restaurants
  • Removes authorization for states to operate optional restaurant meal programs for elderly, disabled, and homeless individuals
  • Eliminates provisions allowing restaurants to contract with state agencies to serve SNAP beneficiaries at discounted prices
  • Takes effect 180 days after the bill becomes law

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Brandon Gill’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $82,288
  • ENTREPRENEUR $21,308
  • DSOUZA MEDIA $13,200
  • LEXINGTON MANAGEMENT $6,600
  • DELTA AIR LINES $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Brandon Gill → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Sep 3, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
  2. Sep 3, 2026 Introduced in House

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Sep 3, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 3, 2026

Mr. Gill of Texas (for himself, Mr. Fine, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Self, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Norman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to abolish the restaurant meals program under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

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 “Ending Restaurant Purchases with SNAP Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended—

(1) in section 3(k)—

(A) in paragraph (3), by striking “private establishments that contract with the appropriate agency of the State to offer meals for such persons at concessional prices subject to section 9(h),”;

(B) in paragraph (4), by striking “or by a private establishment that contracts with the appropriate State agency to perform such services at concessional prices subject to section 9(h),”; and

(C) in paragraph (9), by striking “and by private establishments that contract with the appropriate agency of the State to offer meals for such individuals at concessional prices subject to section 9(h)”;

(2) in section 7(f)(2)—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “(including restaurants participating in a State option restaurant program intended to serve the elderly, disabled, and homeless)”; and

(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking “, other than restaurants participating in a State option restaurant program”;

(3) in section 9—

(A) by striking subsection (h); and

(B) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and

(4) in section 11(e)—

(A) by striking paragraph (25); and

(B) by redesignating paragraph (26) as paragraph

(25).

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>

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