HR 793 · in committee · significant
SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- This bill removes the cap on how much housing costs households can deduct when calculating SNAP food assistance benefits.
- Low-income households paying high rent or mortgage costs are affected by this change to benefit calculations.
- The bill increases SNAP benefits for eligible households immediately by allowing larger housing expense deductions.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would removing the housing cost cap affect SNAP benefit amounts for renters in high-cost urban areas versus rural regions?
- 02
What evidence supports that increased deductions for housing expenses will improve food security outcomes for low-income households?
- 03
How would this policy change impact the total federal cost of SNAP, and who would bear those budgetary consequences?
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Sponsor · D-NJ-10
LaMonica McIver
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
28/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-28
Joining the bill
Shontel M. Brown
D-OH-11 · original
Jill N. Tokuda
D-HI-2
Lateefah Simon
D-CA-12
William R. Keating
D-MA-9
Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC
Stacey E. Plaskett
D-VI
Adam Smith
D-WA-9
Joyce Beatty
D-OH-3
Valerie P. Foushee
D-NC-4
Bonnie Watson Coleman
D-NJ-12
Wesley Bell
D-MO-1
Troy A. Carter
D-LA-2
+ 16 more
Legislative timeline
2025-02-28 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
2025-02-06 · IntroReferral
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H510-511)
2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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