H.R. 1398 · 119th Congress
Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025
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Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 18, 2025
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025
Latest action (Mar 20, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 18, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
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