3.0.0 1197 2026-02-09T18:47:26Z 2026-02-09T18:47:26Z Senate S S 2025-03-27 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1197 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-03-27T19:50:01Z 119 2407 HR 2025-04-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. Identical bill CRS 2025-03-27 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2025-03-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-05-08T19:50:40Z

00 2025-03-27 Introduced in Senate 2026-02-09T18:46:12Z <p><strong>SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill amends how U.S. poverty levels are determined and modifies Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)&nbsp;eligibility and enforcement provisions.</p><p>The Bureau of the Census must (1) collect specified data regarding the receipt of federal benefits and individual income, and (2) use the data to provide an alternative poverty measure. The bill also establishes a commission to recommend the valuation of specific federal benefits for the purpose of estimating&nbsp;the Federal Poverty Level.</p><p>The bill also expands the applicability of the general work requirements for SNAP recipients to include those who are ages 16-64&nbsp;(currently 16-59) with exemptions.</p><p>This bill also expands the applicability of the work requirements for SNAP recipients&nbsp;who are able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs)&nbsp;to include those who are ages 18-64&nbsp;(currently 18-55). In general, ABAWDs&nbsp;have work requirements in addition to the general SNAP work-related requirements&nbsp;and are limited to receiving 3 months of SNAP benefits in a 36-month period,&nbsp;unless the additional work-related requirements are met. Further, the bill allows married individuals with a dependent over the age of six&nbsp;to jointly fulfill hour-based work requirements.</p><p>Additional&nbsp;changes to SNAP include</p><ul><li>requiring states participating in SNAP to contribute specified matching funds, beginning at 10% for FY2025 and increasing annually until the matching requirement reaches 50% for FY2033 and each subsequent fiscal year;</li><li>requiring SNAP beneficiaries to participate in fraud investigations; and</li><li>establishing penalties (e.g., benefit suspensions) for unauthorized uses of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards.</li></ul>

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