SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025
Latest action (27 Mar 2025): Introduced
What this bill does
H.R. 2407, the SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025, would make two main sets of changes. First, it directs the Census Bureau to collect additional data—covering participation in dozens of federal benefit programs, market income, taxes paid, and household composition—to develop new, supplementary measures of poverty alongside the official poverty line and the existing supplemental poverty measure. It creates an eight-member "Commission on Valuation of Federal Benefits" to recommend how non-cash benefits should be valued for these calculations, sets confidentiality protections and felony penalties for misuse of personally identifiable data, and requires periodic GAO reports comparing the different poverty measures. The bill specifies these changes cannot be used to alter eligibility for federal benefits or redefine the official poverty line.
Second, the bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 governing SNAP (food stamps). It raises the age threshold for general work requirements from 60 to 65 and adjusts the age range and exemption criteria for "able-bodied adults without dependents" work rules, tightens waiver criteria for high-unemployment areas, and adds new rules on work hours for married couples and on job-search programs. It phases in a state matching-fund requirement for SNAP administrative costs, rising from 10% in FY2025 to 50% by FY2033. It also modifies eligibility criteria tied to categorical eligibility, requires new reporting on SNAP employment and training program outcomes, and includes provisions on retailer reauthorization, EBT card use, fraud-investigation compliance, and states' retention of recaptured funds.
These changes would primarily affect SNAP recipients, state agencies administering SNAP, and federal statistical agencies. Recipients could face altered work requirements and eligibility rules; states would bear increasing funding shares and new reporting duties. The bill was introduced March 27, 2025, referred to the House Committees on Agriculture and Oversight and Government Reform, and has taken no further action; it would need committee consideration and votes in both chambers before becoming law.
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Official summary
SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025
This bill amends how U.S. poverty levels are determined and modifies Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and enforcement provisions.
The Bureau of the Census must (1) collect specified data regarding the receipt of federal benefits and individual income, and (2) use the data to provide an alternative poverty measure. The bill also establishes a commission to recommend the valuation of specific federal benefits for the purpose of estimating the Federal Poverty Level.
The bill also expands the applicability of the general work requirements for SNAP recipients to include those who are ages 16-64 (currently 16-59) with exemptions.
This bill also expands the applicability of the work requirements for SNAP recipients who are able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) to include those who are ages 18-64 (currently 18-55). In general, ABAWDs have work requirements in addition to the general SNAP work-related requirements and are limited to receiving 3 months of SNAP benefits in a 36-month period, unless the additional work-related requirements are met. Further, the bill allows married individuals with a dependent over the age of six to jointly fulfill hour-based work requirements.
Additional changes to SNAP include
• requiring states participating in SNAP to contribute specified matching funds, beginning at 10% for FY2025 and increasing annually until the matching requirement reaches 50% for FY2033 and each subsequent fiscal year;
• requiring SNAP beneficiaries to participate in fraud investigations; and
Common questions
- What does H.R. 2407 do?
- H.R. 2407, the SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025, would make two main sets of changes. First, it directs the Census Bureau to collect additional data—covering participation in dozens of federal benefit programs, market income, taxes paid, and household composition—to develop new, supplementary measures of poverty alongside the official poverty line and the existing supplemental poverty measure. It creates an eight-member "Commission on Valuation of Federal Benefits" to recommend how non-cash benefits should be valued for these calculations, sets confidentiality protections and felony penalties for misuse of personally identifiable data, and requires periodic GAO reports comparing the different poverty measures. The bill specifies these changes cannot be used to alter eligibility for federal benefits or redefine the official poverty line. Second, the bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 governing SNAP (food stamps). It raises the age threshold for general work requirements from 60 to 65 and adjusts the age range and exemption criteria for "able-bodied adults without dependents" work rules, tightens waiver criteria for high-unemployment areas, and adds new rules on work hours for married couples and on job-search programs. It phases in a state matching-fund requirement for SNAP administrative costs, rising from 10% in FY2025 to 50% by FY2033. It also modifies eligibility criteria tied to categorical eligibility, requires new reporting on SNAP employment and training program outcomes, and includes provisions on retailer reauthorization, EBT card use, fraud-investigation compliance, and states' retention of recaptured funds. These changes would primarily affect SNAP recipients, state agencies administering SNAP, and federal statistical agencies. Recipients could face altered work requirements and eligibility rules; states would bear increasing funding shares and new reporting duties. The bill was introduced March 27, 2025, referred to the House Committees on Agriculture and Oversight and Government Reform, and has taken no further action; it would need committee consideration and votes in both chambers before becoming law.
- Has H.R. 2407 become law?
- Not yet. As of 27 Mar 2025, H.R. 2407 is introduced.
- Who sponsored H.R. 2407?
- H.R. 2407 was sponsored by Rep. Josh Brecheen [R-OK2] (Republican-OK), with 2 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 2407?
- Introduced (27 Mar 2025).
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