SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 37
- Latest action
- Feb 28, 2025
What it does
SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025 This bill repeals the shelter deduction cap for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit, thereby allowing a household to deduct all allowable housing expenses (e.g., rent or mortgage, electricity, and water costs) that exceed 50% of a household's income after other deductions when calculating net income to determine SNAP benefits. Under current law, the shelter deduction is capped (unless at least one household member is an elderly or disabled individual), and the cap is adjusted annually for inflation. In FY2025, the shelter deduction is capped at $712 for households in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.
Official summary · Introduced in House · Jan 28, 2025
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Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- LaMonica McIver
- Adam Smith
- Adriano Espaillat
- Bennie Thompson
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Eleanor Norton
- Emily Randall
- Frederica Wilson
- George Whitesides
- Grace Meng
- Gregorio Casar
- Jennifer McClellan
- Jill Tokuda
- Joyce Beatty
- Judy Chu
- Kevin Mullin
- Kweisi Mfume
- Lateefah Simon
- Maxwell Frost
- Nanette Barragán
- Nikema Williams
- Rashida Tlaib
- Seth Moulton
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
- Shomari Figures
- Shontel Brown
- Shri Thanedar
- Stacey Plaskett
- Stephen Lynch
- Summer Lee
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove
- Terri Sewell
- Troy Carter
- Valerie Foushee
- Wesley Bell
- William Keating
- Yassamin Ansari
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