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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 increases federal funding for state SNAP (food assistance) program administration to improve employee retention. It requires state SNAP administrators to be paid at rates comparable to federal employees, with annual increases matching federal pay adjustments. The federal government would cover 100% of state administrative personnel costs, including hiring, training, and payroll expenses, for states that submit approved wage plans. States must maintain their existing funding levels and can use federal funds only to supplement existing costs or create new positions beyond their 2024 staffing levels. The wage standards and federal cost-sharing must be implemented within one year of the law's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
Actions (2)
- May 22, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- May 22, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 22, 2025
Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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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