HRES 856 · in committee · symbolic
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
- economy
What this bill does
- The House urges the USDA to use contingency funds to finance the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
- This affects millions of low-income households receiving food assistance benefits.
- The resolution asserts the administration has legal authority and existing funds to finance SNAP through November 2025.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would using USDA contingency funds for SNAP affect other agricultural programs that rely on those emergency reserves?
- 02
What evidence supports the claim that USDA has sufficient interchange authority and contingency funds to sustain SNAP through November 2025?
- 03
Which low-income households and communities would be most affected if SNAP funding faced a gap without this contingency fund approach?
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Sponsor · D-OR-1
Suzanne Bonamici
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
51/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-11-04
Joining the bill

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
D-GA-2 · original

Joyce Beatty
D-OH-3 · original

Julia Brownley
D-CA-26 · original

Nikki Budzinski
D-IL-13 · original

Wesley Bell
D-MO-1 · original

Judy Chu
D-CA-28 · original

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
D-CA-31 · original

Troy A. Carter
D-LA-2 · original

Danny K. Davis
D-IL-7 · original

Suzan K. DelBene
D-WA-1 · original

Cleo Fields
D-LA-6 · original

Alma S. Adams
D-NC-12 · original
+ 39 more
Legislative timeline
2025-11-04 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2025-11-04 · IntroReferral
Submitted in House
2025-11-04 · IntroReferral
Submitted in House
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