S 1156 ยท Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Introduced
- Mar 26, 2025
- Latest action
- Mar 26, 2025
- Sponsor
- Sen. John Fetterman [D-PA]
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Cosponsors
- 15
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.
Recent actions
- Mar 26, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Mar 26, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Votes
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