H.R. 8403: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food.

119th Congress · introduced 2026-04-21 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Official title

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food.

Plain summary

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

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Official text

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food.

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Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] · 26 cosponsors

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Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Tony Wied (R-WI), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Steve Womack (R-AR), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Mark Harris (R-NC), Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Andy Harris (R-MD), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Riley M. Moore (R-WV), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), Michael Guest (R-MS), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Ben Cline (R-VA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr8403.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr8403 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills