HR 793 119th Congress House Agriculture and Food

SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025

Introduced: January 28, 2025 Introduced by: McIver, LaMonica Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov

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Feb 28, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Feb 6, 2025

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H510-511)

Jan 28, 2025

Introduced in House

Jan 28, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025

This bill repeals the shelter deduction cap for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit, thereby allowing a household to deduct all allowable housing expenses (e.g., rent or mortgage, electricity, and water costs) that exceed 50% of a household's income after other deductions when calculating net income to determine SNAP benefits.

Under current law, the shelter deduction is capped (unless at least one household member is an elderly or disabled individual), and the cap is adjusted annually for inflation. In FY2025, the shelter deduction is capped at $712 for households in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.

What's happening now February 28, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Agriculture Committee

Lobbying activity 9

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER
for FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER
for FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER
for FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.
for ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INC · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER
for FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.
for ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025

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Cosponsors 36

Barragán, Nanette Diaz

California · Sep 2, 2026

Espaillat, Adriano

New York · Sep 2, 2026

Randall, Emily

Washington · Sep 2, 2026

Casar, Greg

Texas · Jul 30, 2026

Wilson, Frederica S.

Florida · Jul 30, 2026

Frost, Maxwell

Florida · Jul 22, 2026

Meng, Grace

New York · Jul 21, 2026

Whitesides, George

California · May 21, 2026

Kamlager-Dove, Sydney

California · Jan 21, 2026

Mfume, Kweisi

Maryland · Jan 16, 2026

Figures, Shomari

Alabama · Jan 9, 2026

Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila

Florida · Sep 10, 2025

Tlaib, Rashida

Michigan · Sep 10, 2025

Lee, Summer L.

Pennsylvania · Aug 8, 2025

Williams, Nikema

Georgia · Jul 23, 2025

Ansari, Yassamin

Arizona · Jul 22, 2025

Chu, Judy

California · Jul 21, 2025

Lynch, Stephen F.

Massachusetts · Jul 16, 2025

Thanedar, Shri

Michigan · Jun 24, 2025

McClellan, Jennifer L.

Virginia · Jun 9, 2025

Mullin, Kevin

California · Jun 9, 2025

Sewell, Terri A.

Alabama · Jun 9, 2025

Moulton, Seth

Massachusetts · Jun 6, 2025

Carter, Troy A.

Louisiana · Jun 5, 2025

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Jun 5, 2025

Bell, Wesley

Missouri · Jun 4, 2025

Watson Coleman, Bonnie

New Jersey · Jun 4, 2025

Beatty, Joyce

Ohio · May 8, 2025

Foushee, Valerie P.

North Carolina · May 8, 2025

Plaskett, Stacey E.

Virgin Islands · May 8, 2025

Smith, Adam

Washington · May 8, 2025

Keating, William R.

Massachusetts · May 7, 2025

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · May 7, 2025

Simon, Lateefah

California · May 7, 2025

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