Govoptes

HR 1398 · Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Introduced
Feb 18, 2025
Latest action
Mar 20, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC-7]
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Cosponsors
4

Summary

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.

Recent actions

  1. Mar 20, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
  2. Feb 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  3. Feb 18, 2025 Introduced in House
  4. Feb 18, 2025 Introduced in House

Votes

No recorded votes are available for this bill.

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