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SRES 481 · in committee · symbolic

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate 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 Senate urges the USDA to use contingency and exchange funds to pay for SNAP food assistance.
  • This affects millions of low-income Americans who rely on food stamps to buy groceries.
  • The resolution asserts the Trump Administration has legal authority and funds available through November 2025.

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  1. 01

    How would redirecting USDA contingency and interchange funds to SNAP affect other agricultural programs or priorities that depend on those same resources?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the claim that the USDA has sufficient available funds to sustain SNAP benefits through November 2025 without additional congressional appropriations?

  3. 03

    If the USDA uses contingency funds for SNAP now, what happens to food assistance when those reserves are depleted after November 2025?

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Jeff Merkley

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-11-03 · senate · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  2. 2025-11-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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