Expressing support for the designation of October 2025 as "National Learning Disabilities Awareness Month".
- Last Action
- 10/8/2025
Actions
- 2025-02-28Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- 2025-02-06Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H510-511)
- 2025-01-28Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2025-01-28Introduced in House
- 2025-01-28Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-01-28 (00)
SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025
This bill repeals the shelter deduction cap for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit, thereby allowing a household to deduct all allowable housing expenses (e.g., rent or mortgage, electricity, and water costs) that exceed 50% of a household's income after other deductions when calculating net income to determine SNAP benefits.
Under current law, the shelter deduction is capped (unless at least one household member is an elderly or disabled individual), and the cap is adjusted annually for inflation. In FY2025, the shelter deduction is capped at $712 for households in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.
Cosponsors (20)
- Shontel Brown (D-OH)
- Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
- William Keating (D-MA)
- Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA)
- Stacey Plaskett (D-VI)
- Valerie Foushee (D-NC)
- Adam Smith (D-WA)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Wesley Bell (D-MO)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Troy Carter (D-LA)
- Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
- Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
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