HR 2357

Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025

Summary

Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025  This bill allows certain striking workers and their households to maintain their eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Specifically, the bill provides that a household that would otherwise be eligible to participate in SNAP is eligible for benefits if any member of the household is on strike because of a labor dispute. Current law generally prohibits a household from participating in SNAP if any member of the household is on strike unless the household was eligible for SNAP immediately prior to the strike. Also, under current law, households are not eligible for an increased SNAP allotment as a result of the decreased income of a striking member of the household. The bill expands SNAP eligibility for households with striking workers by repealing both of these restrictions. The bill also allows a government employee who is dismissed for striking and their household to maintain SNAP program eligibility. Specifically, current law prohibits certain individuals who voluntarily and without good cause quit a job from participating in SNAP. Further, a federal, state, or local government employee who participates in a strike against the government that results in their dismissal is considered to have voluntarily quit without good cause. The bill eliminates the provision that considers the dismissed government employee to have voluntarily quit without good cause, thereby allowing the employee and their household to maintain SNAP program eligibility if they are otherwise eligible for the program.

Bill status

Status
In committee
Sponsor
Rep. Alma S. Adams [D-NC-12]
Cosponsors
83
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Introduced
2025-03-26
Latest action
2025-04-18: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Committee referrals

Recent actions

  • 2025-04-18: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
  • 2025-03-26: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • 2025-03-26: Introduced in House
  • 2025-03-26: Introduced in House