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)
**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)
LMLaMonica McIver
Democrat · Primary
SBShontel Brown
Democrat · Primary
JTJill Tokuda
Democrat · Cosponsor
WKWilliam Keating
Democrat · Cosponsor
EHNEleanor Holmes Norton
Democrat · Cosponsor
LSLateefah Simon
Democrat · Cosponsor
SPStacey Plaskett
Democrat · Cosponsor
VFValerie Foushee
Democrat · Cosponsor
ASAdam Smith
Democrat · Cosponsor
JBJoyce Beatty
Democrat · Cosponsor
WBWesley Bell
Democrat · Cosponsor
BWCBonnie Watson Coleman
Democrat · Cosponsor
TCTroy Carter
Democrat · Cosponsor
BTBennie Thompson
Democrat · Cosponsor
SMSeth Moulton
Democrat · Cosponsor
KMKevin Mullin
Democrat · Cosponsor
JMJennifer McClellan
Democrat · Cosponsor
TSTerri Sewell
Democrat · Cosponsor
STShri Thanedar
Democrat · Cosponsor
SLStephen Lynch
Democrat · Cosponsor
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