SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025 · Introduced in Senate (2025-05-22) · Congress.wiki

S. 1905

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the Federal cost share for supplemental nutrition assistance program administration to improve staffing and retention, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · May 22, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Luján · Committee: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

S. 1905
- SEC. 1. Short title
- SEC. 2. Cost share for SNAP administration for staffing and retention

SEC. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025.

Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 () is amended— 7 U.S.C. 2025
- in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subsection (k)and inserting subsections (k) and (m); and
  - (l) Wage standards for State agency personnel
    - Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the , wages of State agency personnel administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall be—
      - not less than the appropriate rate of pay that would be payable to Federal employees under subchapter III of of title 5, United States Code; and chapter 53
      - updated annually by not less than any increase in that rate of pay, including locality adjustments.
  - (m) Administrative cost-Sharing for staffing and retention
    - Administrative cost-Sharing for staffing and retention
    - (1) In General
      - On approval of a wage plan submitted by a State agency under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall pay to each State agency an amount equal to 100 percent of all administrative personnel costs incurred by the State agency in carrying out the supplemental nutrition assistance program, including all costs associated with—
        
        processing, hiring, and training new employees in accordance with the standards described in section 11(e)(6)(B);
        
        maintaining those personnel costs; and
        
        complying with the wage standards described in subsection (l).
    - (2) Approval of wage plans
      - Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the , a State agency shall submit to the Secretary for approval the personnel wage plans implemented by the State agency to carry out subsection (l), including the position titles, duties, wages, and appropriate rates of pay of employees.
    - (3) Maintenance of effort
      - The Secretary shall make payments to a State agency under paragraph (1) only if the State agency uses the funds received—
        
        to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds used for existing administrative personnel costs under subsection (a); and
        
        for existing or additional full-time equivalent positions above the number of positions that were held in the State or sub-State area in fiscal year 2024.
- by adding at the end the following:

S. 1905

Table of contents

SEC. 1. Short title

SEC. 2. Cost share for SNAP administration for staffing and retention