Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 8
- Latest action
- Jun 26, 2025
What it does
The Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025 would make permanent a moratorium on fees for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit transactions by prohibiting states and their agents from charging fees to SNAP-authorized retailers for electronic benefit transfer (EBT) transactions, including switching or routing benefits. The ban would not apply to costs related to equipment rentals. The bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and supersedes conflicting provisions from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, taking effect October 1, 2025. It affects state agencies, contractors, and SNAP retailers involved in administering or processing SNAP benefits.
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