Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 3/20/2025
Actions
- 2025-03-20Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- 2025-02-18Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2025-02-18Introduced in House
- 2025-02-18Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-18 (00)
Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025
This bill establishes additional limitations on the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
The bill requires that a state agency suspend a SNAP household account when the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card transactions are made exclusively out-of-state for a period longer than 60 days. The state agency must maintain the suspension until (1) the household affirmatively provides substantiating evidence that the participating household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits, or (2) an investigation conclusively determines that the participating household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits.
In addition, a SNAP household may not redeem SNAP benefits at a SNAP-approved retail food store or wholesale food concern that is owned by a household member. This does not apply to a retail food store or a wholesale food concern that is owned by a publicly owned corporation or a government.
Cosponsors (4)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Austin Scott (R-GA)
- Mark Alford (R-MO)
- Young Kim (R-CA)
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