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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. ROUZER:H.R. 1398.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII[Page H723]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill establishes additional limitations on the use of&amp;nbsp;Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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&amp;nbsp;household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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        <title>To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to limit the conditions applicable to the use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to purchase food, and for other purposes.</title>
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