Ending Restaurant Purchases with SNAP Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10268 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10268 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to abolish the restaurant meals program under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. _______________________________________________________________________ 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