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HR 1398 119th Congress House Agriculture and Food

Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025

Introduced: February 18, 2025 Introduced by: Rouzer, David Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Mar 20, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Feb 18, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025

This bill establishes additional limitations on the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

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 household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits.

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.

What's happening now March 20, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4