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The bill protects SNAP recipients and strengthens food security (especially for children and marginalized communities) and simplifies administration, but it does so at the likely cost of higher federal spending and reduced policy levers to encourage employment and referrals to workforce services.
Low-income individuals and families (including parents, children, and seniors) will keep SNAP eligibility because federal work-testing and subsection (o)-based sanctions are removed, reducing risk of benefit loss.
Recipients will face fewer interruptions in benefits, improving food security and supporting better child health and educational outcomes for children in poverty.
Maintaining or expanding SNAP participation would stimulate local economies, since SNAP dollars circulate in communities and boost local demand during downturns.
Taxpayers may face higher federal SNAP spending because fewer recipients will be subject to work-testing or sanctions, increasing program costs.
The bill reduces statutory tools and incentives that states and federal policymakers use to encourage labor market attachment, which could make it harder to promote employment among some SNAP participants.
Some unemployed recipients may lose automatic links or referrals to workforce services that were triggered by prior work requirements, potentially reducing access to training and job placement supports.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Eliminates the federal SNAP work requirement and updates statutes to remove related cross‑references; no new funding provided.
Introduced May 6, 2025 by Peter Welch · Last progress May 6, 2025
Removes the federal work requirement for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and updates federal statutes to delete and renumber cross‑references tied to that requirement. All changes take effect 180 days after the Act is enacted. The bill makes conforming edits across the Food and Nutrition Act, the Internal Revenue Code, and workforce statutes to reflect the removal of the SNAP work requirement, without creating new programs or adding direct appropriations.