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Student Loan Deduction Act of 2025
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow for deductions of student loan payments from income.
Summary
This bill modifies the SNAP program (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to allow households to deduct student loan payments when calculating their income for eligibility and benefit amounts. The deduction applies to both federal student loans and private education loans, and covers monthly loan payments made by any household member. By reducing the income counted for SNAP purposes, households with student loans could potentially receive higher benefits. The deduction takes effect 180 days after the bill is enacted and applies when households certify or recertify for SNAP benefits.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
9 cosponsors
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Peter Welch’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $8,600
- THE OLD MOUNTAIN COMPANY, INC. $3,300
- WEST FRONT STRATEGIES $2,500
- UCAR $2,300
- MINILEC SERVICE $2,000
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Peter Welch → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Sep 4, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Sep 4, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 4, 2025
Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Booker) 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 allow for deductions of student loan payments from income.
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 “Student Loan Deduction Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS.
Section 5(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(7) Deduction for student loan payments.—
“(A) Definition of student loan.—In this paragraph, the term ‘student loan’ means any of the following:
“(i) A loan that is made, insured, or guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).
“(ii) A private education loan (as defined in section 140(a) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1650(a))).
“(B) Deduction.—Beginning 180 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, a household shall be entitled, at certification or recertification, as applicable, with respect to expenses other than expenses paid on behalf of the household by a third party, to a deduction for the amount of monthly payments made by a household member on a student loan of that household member or any other household member.”. <all>
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