# 119-hr-8403: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food.

119-hr-8403, To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8403
- Congress: 119
- Title: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 26
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Adds hot rotisserie chicken to the list of foods SNAP benefits can buy.** This bill would amend Section 3(k)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to insert the phrase "hot rotisserie chicken and" into the SNAP definition of eligible food and to change internal cross-reference wording by replacing "clauses" with "paragraphs" and removing the phrase "of this subsection".

## Cosponsors (26)

- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] (R-AR), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8] (R-NC), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] (R-MD), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Riley M. [R-WV-2] (R-WV), 2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] (R-AL), 2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] (R-MS), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28] (R-FL), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Allow SNAP purchase of rotisserie chicken: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would add hot rotisserie chicken to the list of foods SNAP benefits can buy. The change would take effect upon enactment. SNAP households would be able to use benefits to buy hot rotisserie chicken at stores that accept SNAP.

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## Sources
- [119-hr-8403 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8403)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8403 (as of 2026-09-21).