Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5860
SNAP BACK Act.
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Introduced 2025-10-28Topic: social services · agriculture food · budgetSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would automatically fund SNAP (food stamps) and WIC benefits starting in fiscal year 2026 whenever Congress has not passed regular or temporary funding for the Department of Agriculture. It would require the Secretary of Agriculture to immediately release all funds Congress has provided for these programs and bar executive branch officials from withholding or delaying them unless a law allows it. States would have to keep accepting and approving applications, could not freeze enrollment, and would have to keep EBT cards working and loaded during funding gaps. The federal government would also pay back states and federally recognized tribes that use their own money to cover SNAP or WIC during a federal funding lapse.
Sponsors
- Melanie A. Stansbury Democrat sponsor
- 2 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. | refer |
| 2025-10-28 | House | Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-10-28 | House | Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-10-28 | House | Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-10-28 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-10-28 | Introduced in House | introduce |