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HR 416 · in committee · significant

No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill requires all SNAP participants to meet the program's income and asset tests, eliminating alternative eligibility pathways.
  • Low-income households currently qualifying through categorical eligibility or broad-based categorical eligibility would be affected.
  • The bill takes effect upon enactment and would reduce SNAP enrollment by removing eligibility exceptions.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would eliminating categorical eligibility pathways affect low-income households currently receiving SNAP who fall just above the standard income threshold?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that alternative eligibility pathways are being misused, and how significant are those cases compared to total SNAP enrollment?

  3. 03

    Which specific groups—such as homeless individuals, elderly recipients, or families with disabilities—currently rely on categorical eligibility and would face changed access under this bill?

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Sponsor · R-VA-6

Ben Cline

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Introduced 2025-02-14

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-14 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

  2. 2025-01-15 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

  3. 2025-01-15 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-01-15 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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