S 1905 · in committee · significant
SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- The federal government will pay 100% of states' SNAP administrative personnel costs instead of the current 50%.
- State agencies that administer the food assistance program are affected, along with their employees.
- States must use new funds to add positions beyond FY2024 levels and align admin salaries with federal employee pay scales.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would fully federalizing SNAP administrative costs change states' ability to fund other programs with their current budgets?
- 02
What evidence suggests that aligning state SNAP administrator salaries to federal pay scales would improve program efficiency or reduce fraud?
- 03
Which states would benefit most from this funding shift, and how might administrative quality differ between high-capacity and under-resourced state agencies?
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Sponsor · D-NM
Ben Ray Luján
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Introduced 2025-05-22
Legislative timeline
2025-05-22 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-05-22 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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