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To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to authorize funds for certain employment and training activities, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to authorize State agencies to use administrative funds to provide employment and training activities to certain SNAP recipients who are unemployed or underemployed and not currently receiving other assistance programs. The bill allows States to recruit participants from SNAP for employment and training programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The bill also allows State agencies to develop publicly available online employment calculators to help SNAP recipients compare their current benefits to potential income from employment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- May 15, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- May 15, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 15, 2025
Mr. Ricketts (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to authorize funds for certain employment and training activities, 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 Next Step Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT ELIGIBILITY.
Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(P) Workforce innovation and opportunity act eligibility.—
“(i) Definition of covered individual.—In this subparagraph, the term ‘covered individual’ means an individual that—
“(I) is in a household that is receiving assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program;
“(II) meets the requirements for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program under this subsection or is exempt from those requirements pursuant to this subsection;
“(III) is unemployed or underemployed;
“(IV) is in a family that is not receiving assistance through the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); and
“(V) is not enrolled in a State program that is identified as an Employment First program by the State workforce agency.
“(ii) Eligibility.—A State agency may use administrative funds to recruit participants for and carry out a program that provides employment and training activities (as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)) under subtitle B of title I of that Act (29 U.S.C. 3151 et seq.) to covered individuals.”.
SEC. 3. EMPLOYMENT CALCULATOR.
Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)) (as amended by section 2) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(Q) Employment calculator.—
“(i) In general.—Each State agency may develop a publicly available employment calculator on the website of the State agency that assists participants receiving benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program in calculating whether the amount of benefits received would be greater or lesser than income from future employment.
“(ii) Administrative cost.—Carrying out clause (i) shall be an administrative cost for purposes of section 16(a).”. <all>
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