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.
- economy
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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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would redirecting USDA contingency and interchange funds to SNAP affect other agricultural programs or priorities that depend on those same resources?
- 02
What evidence supports the claim that the USDA has sufficient available funds to sustain SNAP benefits through November 2025 without additional congressional appropriations?
- 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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Sponsor · D-OR
Jeff Merkley
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
45/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-11-03
Joining the bill

Tammy Baldwin
D-WI · original

Michael F. Bennet
D-CO · original

Richard Blumenthal
D-CT · original

Cory A. Booker
D-NJ · original

Lisa Blunt Rochester
D-DE · original

Maria Cantwell
D-WA · original

Christopher A. Coons
D-DE · original

Catherine Cortez Masto
D-NV · original

Richard J. Durbin
D-IL · original

Tammy Duckworth
D-IL · original

Kirsten E. Gillibrand
D-NY · original

Angela D. Alsobrooks
D-MD · original
+ 33 more
Legislative timeline
2025-11-03 · senate · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-11-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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