Congress restores food-aid exemption for veterans facing work requirements
H.R. 7383 — Feed Our Veterans Act · Filed by Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez (D-NM) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 4, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill restores an exemption that allows veterans to receive SNAP (food stamps) without meeting work requirements. Currently, most able-bodied adults must work or participate in work programs to qualify for SNAP; this bill carves out veterans from that requirement, letting them receive benefits based on veteran status alone.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to restore a work-requirement exemption for veterans in the SNAP program. It is a straightforward eligibility carve-out with no secondary mechanisms or riders.
What the text implies
- The bill does not specify whether the veteran exemption applies to all veterans or only those meeting other eligibility criteria (income, citizenship, etc.); the scope depends on how Section 6(o)(3) defines the exempted categories and whether 'veteran' status alone is sufficient or must be combined with other conditions.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Veterans gain access to nutrition assistance without work-requirement barriers, reducing food insecurity among a population that has served the country and may face employment challenges. The exemption is narrowly targeted and does not expand the program to non-veterans, so the fiscal impact is modest and the public benefit is clear.
Named in the bill
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Veterans, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 5 Democrats.
- Feb 4, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 4, 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.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $112,137 in lobbying spend. A filing names 109 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez, the sponsor, reported $1,043,736 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Paralyzed Veterans of America — $112,137 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 17, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (385 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 16,222 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 17, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-21.
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