H.R. 1398

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to limit the conditions applicable to the use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to purchase food, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · February 18, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Rouzer · Committee: Committee on Agriculture

Table of contents

• H.R. 1398
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Amendment to Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
  • SEC. 3. Limitation on redemption of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by owners of approved retail food stores and wholesale food concerns
  • SEC. 4. Effective date

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025.

SEC. 2. Amendment to Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

• Section 501 of title IV of division HH of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, is amended by adding at the end the following:
  • (f) Exclusively out-of-State purchases
    • The State agency shall suspend the accounts of households for which EBT card transactions are made exclusively out-of-State for a period longer than 60 days, until—
      • the household affirmatively provides substantiating evidence that the members of the household who are program participants still reside in the state from which they receive benefits; or
      • an investigation is conducted and conclusively determines that the members of the household who are program participants still reside in the state from which they receive benefits.

SEC. 3. Limitation on redemption of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by owners of approved retail food stores and wholesale food concerns

• Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 () is amended by adding at the end the following: 7 U.S.C. 2020
  • (k) Limitation on redemption of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by households that include members who are owners of approved retail food stores or wholesale food concerns
    • A household that includes a member who is an owner of an approved retail food store or wholesale food concern may not redeem supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits at such store or such concern.
    • Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a retail food store, or a wholesale food concern, that is owned by a publicly owned corporation or by a government.

SEC. 4. Effective date

• This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.