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SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the Federal cost share for supplemental nutrition assistance program administration to improve staffing and retention, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to establish wage standards for State agency personnel administering SNAP, requiring their wages to be at least equal to comparable Federal employee rates under title 5 of the U.S. Code, with annual adjustments matching Federal increases. The bill changes federal cost-sharing by requiring the Federal government to pay 100 percent of all SNAP administrative personnel costs, including hiring, training, and wage compliance, instead of the current cost-sharing arrangement. States must submit wage plans for approval within one year and use new federal funds to supplement existing funding for either existing or additional positions above those held in fiscal year 2024.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT)
26 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ)
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA)
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA)
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL)
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS)
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA)
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL)
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL)
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL)
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL)
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA)
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH)
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD)
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA)
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY)
- Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29] (D-CA)
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA)
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jahana Hayes’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $71,461
- BERKSHIRE PARTNERS LLC $14,814
- LOEHMANN BLASIUS $13,200
- TEENLIFE MEDIA $9,900
- JP MORGAN CHASE $9,900
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jahana Hayes → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- May 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 15, 2025
Mrs. Hayes (for herself, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Casten, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Figures) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the Federal cost share for supplemental nutrition assistance program administration to improve staffing and retention, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. COST SHARE FOR SNAP ADMINISTRATION FOR STAFFING AND RETENTION.
Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking “subsection (k)” and inserting “subsections
(k) and (m)”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(l) Wage Standards for State Agency Personnel.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025, wages of State agency personnel administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall be—
“(1) not less than the appropriate rate of pay that would be payable to Federal employees under subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code; and
“(2) updated annually by not less than any increase in that rate of pay, including locality adjustments.
“(m) Administrative Cost-Sharing for Staffing and Retention.—
“(1) In general.—On approval of a wage plan submitted by a State agency under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall pay to each State agency an amount equal to 100 percent of all administrative personnel costs incurred by the State agency in carrying out the supplemental nutrition assistance program, including all costs associated with—
“(A) processing, hiring, and training new employees in accordance with the standards described in section 11(e)(6)(B);
“(B) maintaining those personnel costs; and
“(C) complying with the wage standards described in subsection (l). “ (2) Approval of wage plans.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025, a State agency shall submit to the Secretary for approval the personnel wage plans implemented by the State agency to carry out subsection (l), including the position titles, duties, wages, and appropriate rates of pay of employees.
“(3) Maintenance of effort.—The Secretary shall make payments to a State agency under paragraph (1) only if the State agency uses the funds received—
“(A) to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds used for existing administrative personnel costs under subsection (a); and
“(B) for existing or additional full-time equivalent positions above the number of positions that were held in the State or sub-State area in fiscal year 2024.”. <all>
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