Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025

Chamber: United States House of Representatives (The United States of America)
Session: 119th Congress Current
**SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025** This bill repeals the shelter deduction cap for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit, thereby allowing a household to deduct all allowable housing expenses (e.g., rent or mortgage, electricity, and water costs) that exceed 50% of a household's income after other deductions when calculating net income to determine SNAP benefits. Under current law, the shelter deduction is capped (unless at least one household member is an elderly or disabled individual), and the cap is adjusted annually for inflation. In FY2025, the shelter deduction is capped at $712 for households in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.

Sponsors

(21)
LM
LaMonica McIver
Democrat · Primary
SB
Shontel Brown
Democrat · Primary
JT
Jill Tokuda
Democrat · Cosponsor
WK
William Keating
Democrat · Cosponsor
EHN
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democrat · Cosponsor
LS
Lateefah Simon
Democrat · Cosponsor
SP
Stacey Plaskett
Democrat · Cosponsor
VF
Valerie Foushee
Democrat · Cosponsor
AS
Adam Smith
Democrat · Cosponsor
JB
Joyce Beatty
Democrat · Cosponsor
WB
Wesley Bell
Democrat · Cosponsor
BWC
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democrat · Cosponsor
TC
Troy Carter
Democrat · Cosponsor
BT
Bennie Thompson
Democrat · Cosponsor
SM
Seth Moulton
Democrat · Cosponsor
KM
Kevin Mullin
Democrat · Cosponsor
JM
Jennifer McClellan
Democrat · Cosponsor
TS
Terri Sewell
Democrat · Cosponsor
ST
Shri Thanedar
Democrat · Cosponsor
SL
Stephen Lynch
Democrat · Cosponsor
JC
Judy Chu
Democrat · Cosponsor

Legislative Votes

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