1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food for Thought Act of 2023 . 2. Free meals for low-income college students Part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after subpart 7 the following: 8 Meals for low-Income students 420A. Free meals for low-income students (a) Authorization From amounts made available under subsection (j), the Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to provide free meals to low-income students through on-campus meal programs. (b) Applications (1) In general An eligible entity desiring to receive an award under subsection (a) shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Such application shall include— (A) a plan for identifying eligible students and conducting outreach; and (B) an assurance that the eligible entity will— (i) conduct outreach to students with respect to the grant program under this section, encourage student participation in such program, and inform students of— (I) their potential eligibility for participation in other Federal, State, and local benefit and support programs, including means-tested Federal benefits programs such as SNAP; and (II) the processes for obtaining more information, confirming eligibility, and accessing benefits under such programs; (ii) evaluate institutional policies relating to the purchase of on-campus meal plans and whether such policies create barriers to enrollment and persistence for low-income students; (iii) identify ways to mitigate any institutional policies that are found, through the evaluation described in clause (ii), to create barriers described in such clause