HR 3442 ยท SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Introduced
- May 15, 2025
- Latest action
- May 15, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT-5]
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Cosponsors
- 26
Summary
SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025 This bill directs the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to pay Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) state agencies for 100% of SNAP administrative personnel costs. The bill also requires that state SNAP agency administrators be paid at least the same amount as federal employees. (Under current law, FNS generally pays 50% of a state's administrative costs for SNAP.) Specifically, FNS must pay a state agency for 100% of all SNAP administrative personnel costs that are part of an FNS-approved state agency personnel wage plan. This must include all costs associated with hiring and training new employees, maintaining those personnel costs, and complying with wage standards. The state agency must use these funds (1) to supplement, not supplant, nonfederal funds used for existing administrative personnel costs; and (2) for existing or additional full-time positions that are above the number of positions that were held in FY2024. The bill also requires that the wage standards for SNAP state agency administrators be (1) at least the same amount as the General Schedule (GS) pay rate for federal employees; and (2) updated annually based on any increase in the GS pay rate, including locality adjustments.
Recent actions
- May 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- May 15, 2025 Introduced in House
- May 15, 2025 Introduced in House
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.