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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.

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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  1. 01

    How would using USDA contingency funds for SNAP affect other agricultural programs that rely on those emergency reserves?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the claim that USDA has sufficient interchange authority and contingency funds to sustain SNAP through November 2025?

  3. 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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Suzanne Bonamici

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-11-04 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

  2. 2025-11-04 · IntroReferral

    Submitted in House

  3. 2025-11-04 · IntroReferral

    Submitted in House

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