Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025 - Plain Language Summary **What the bill does:** This legislation would change the rules for food assistance (SNAP/food stamps) to help workers who go on strike. Currently, if someone in a household goes on strike, they can lose food assistance benefits or be denied an increase in benefits due to lost strike income. This bill would allow striking workers and their households to keep or obtain SNAP benefits regardless of the strike, and would allow them to receive increased benefits if their household income drops due to the strike. It also extends these protections to government employees who are fired for striking. **Who it affects and key provisions:** The bill primarily helps low-income households that include someone participating in a labor strike or a government employee terminated for striking.
It removes two current restrictions: one that generally cuts off SNAP benefits during strikes (unless the family was already receiving them), and another that prevents increased benefit amounts when strike-related income loss occurs. Essentially, it treats striking workers' lost income the same way the program treats other income reductions. **Current status:** The bill (HR 2357) was introduced by Representative Alma S. Adams (D-NC) and is currently in committee, meaning it has not yet been voted on by the full House of Representatives.
CRS Official 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.
Latest Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.