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No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 2025
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to close the nominal benefits loophole.
Summary
This bill would amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The amendment would require that all households meet both the income and resource criteria to receive benefits, eliminating what the bill describes as a "nominal benefits loophole." The change would take effect one year after the law is enacted and would not apply to existing certification periods that began before the effective date. The modification establishes stricter eligibility verification for the program.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA)
11 cosponsors
- Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2] (R-OK)
- Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27] (R-TX)
- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] (R-TX)
- Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN)
- Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] (R-MS)
- Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8] (R-NC)
- Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA)
- Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] (R-PA)
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX)
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI)
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ)
Actions (3)
- Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. · house
- Jan 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Jan 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2025
Mr. Cline (for himself, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Brecheen, and Mr. Green of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to close the nominal benefits loophole.
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 “No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.
Section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(a)) is amended to read as follows: “No household shall be eligible to receive benefits pursuant to this section if it does not meet the income and resource criteria under subsections (c) and (g).”.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.
(a) Effective Date.—Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Application of Amendment.—The amendment made by this Act shall not apply with respect to certification periods that begin before the effective date of this Act. <all>
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