This bill changes who can get SNAP food benefits. It says every household must meet SNAP’s income and asset limits. It ends the practice where people could qualify just by getting a tiny non-cash benefit (like a pamphlet) from another program, which some states used to make more people automatically eligible. In short, if you want SNAP, you must pass both the income test and the asset test, even if you get help from other programs. The bill updates the law to state that no household is eligible unless it meets those income and resource rules, and it takes effect one year after it becomes law. It won’t change ongoing SNAP certification periods that start before that date.

Key points:

• Who is affected: All SNAP applicants and participants, including those who qualified automatically through other benefit programs.
• What changes: Everyone must meet SNAP’s income and asset limits; states can’t use minimal non-cash benefits to bypass these tests.
• When: The change takes effect one year after the law is enacted; current certification periods that begin before then are not affected.