SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025
SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# SNAP Reform and Uptitular Mobility Act of 2025 - Summary **What the Bill Would Do:** This bill proposes changes to how the federal government measures poverty and manages the food assistance program (SNAP). It would require the Census Bureau to collect more detailed data about federal benefits people receive and use that information to create an alternative way of calculating the official poverty level. The bill also establishes a commission to recommend how various federal benefits should be counted when determining poverty eligibility. **Key Changes and Who It Affects:** The bill primarily affects SNAP recipients by expanding work requirements.
Currently, most SNAP recipients ages 16-59 must work or participate in work programs; this bill would extend that requirement to ages 16-64. For a stricter category of recipients (able-bodied adults without dependents), work requirements would expand from ages 18-55 to 18-64. These changes would require more recipients to work or engage in work-related activities to maintain their benefits, though the bill includes some exemptions. **Current Status:** The bill (HR 2407) was introduced in the 119th Congress by Representative Josh Brecheen (R-OK) and is currently in committee, meaning it has not yet been debated or voted on by the full House of Representatives.
CRS Official Summary
SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025This bill amends how U.S. poverty levels are determined and modifies Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and enforcement provisions.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 the Federal Poverty Level.The bill also expands the applicability of the general work requirements for SNAP recipients to include those who are ages 16-64 (currently 16-59) with exemptions.This bill also expands the applicability of the work requirements for SNAP recipients who are able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) to include those who are ages 18-64 (currently 18-55). In general, ABAWDs have work requirements in addition to the general SNAP work-related requirements and are limited to receiving 3 months of SNAP benefits in a 36-month period, unless the additional work-related requirements are met. Further, the bill allows married individuals with a dependent over the age of six to jointly fulfill hour-based work requirements.Additional changes to SNAP includerequiring 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;requiring SNAP beneficiaries to participate in fraud investigations; andestablishing penalties (e.g., benefit suspensions) for unauthorized uses of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards.
Latest Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.