Bill would end SNAP restaurant meal program for elderly, disabled, homeless
H.R. 10268 — Ending Restaurant Purchases with SNAP Act of 2026 · Filed by Brandon Gill (R-TX) · 8 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill stops the restaurant meals program under SNAP. The program lets elderly, disabled, and homeless people use food stamps at certain restaurants. States would no longer be able to run these programs. The bill removes all rules about this program from federal law. The change takes effect 180 days after the bill becomes law.
Who it affects
Elderly, disabled, and homeless people who use restaurant meals would lose this benefit. States that run these programs would have to stop. People without kitchens or stable homes would have fewer ways to get meals.
One thing to notice
States and restaurants have only 180 days to stop the program after it becomes law.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
8 cosponsors: 8 Republicans.
- Sep 3, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 3, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- SNAP — A federal program that gives money to low-income people to buy food.
- restaurant meals program — A SNAP option that lets certain states let elderly, disabled, and homeless people buy meals at restaurants.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,472 characters) on Sep 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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