Ending Restaurant Purchases with SNAP Act of 2026

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Ends SNAP restaurant meal option for elderly, disabled, and homeless individuals.

This bill would end a program that lets elderly, disabled, and homeless people use their SNAP benefits to buy meals at certain restaurants. If passed, these individuals would no longer be able to use their food assistance for restaurant meals. This change would take effect 180 days after the bill becomes law.

What Would Change

Today, some states allow elderly, disabled, and homeless individuals to use SNAP benefits for meals at contracted restaurants. If this bill passes, this program would be abolished, and these individuals would no longer be able to use their SNAP benefits for restaurant meals.

Key Provisions

Ends the restaurant meals program under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Removes language from SNAP rules that defines restaurant meals from contracted establishments as 'food'.
Stops the use of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards at restaurants that participate in the state option program.
Removes rules related to state agency responsibilities for the restaurant meals program.

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Ending Restaurant Purchases with SNAP Act of 2026

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