HR1198-119

In Committee

Let’s Get to Work Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Feb 11, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

The Let's Get to Work Act of 2025 expands work-requirement pressure across SNAP, public housing, and Housing Choice Voucher-style tenant-based assistance. It amends SNAP section 6(o) to change the time-limit framework for parents or household members responsible for dependent children, raises the older-adult exemption to over age 60, narrows dependent-child language to children under age 6, and adds exemptions for people responsible for dependent individuals and for spouses living with someone who is already complying. It then applies SNAP-style work requirements to nonexempt individuals living in public housing and to nonexempt individuals in families receiving tenant-based rental assistance.

Who Benefits and How

Work-requirement advocates benefit because the bill applies employment-related conditions to more benefit recipients. Federal nutrition and housing budget hawks benefit if stricter requirements reduce SNAP or rental-assistance participation. Public housing agencies benefit from a statutory framework they can use to condition housing assistance on work compliance. Employers seeking entry-level workers may benefit if more recipients enter the labor market to maintain benefits.

Who Bears the Burden and How

SNAP recipients with dependent children face tighter work-rule exposure unless they meet a listed exemption. Public housing residents must satisfy SNAP-style work requirements if they are not exempt. Tenant-based rental assistance families risk compliance burdens or benefit loss for nonexempt members. State SNAP agencies and public housing authorities must administer exemptions, compliance tracking, notices, and sanctions.

Key Provisions

  • Tightens SNAP work-requirement rules for parents and household members responsible for dependent children.
  • Raises the older-adult exemption threshold to people over age 60 and narrows child-related exemption language.
  • Applies SNAP-style work requirements to nonexempt public housing residents.
  • Extends the same requirements to nonexempt members of families receiving tenant-based rental assistance.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Tightens SNAP work requirements and extends those work requirements to nonexempt public housing residents and tenant-based rental assistance recipients.

Key Policy Areas

Nutrition, Housing, Workforce

Primary Purpose

Tightens SNAP work requirements and extends those work requirements to nonexempt public housing residents and tenant-based rental assistance recipients.

Policy Domains

Nutrition Housing Workforce

Resolution provisions

Identified Gains
  • Work-requirement advocates
  • Budget hawks
  • Public housing agencies
  • Entry-level employers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
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Entry-level employers: ,
Public housing agencies: ,
Work-requirement advocates: ,
Identified Costs
  • SNAP recipients with dependent children
  • Public housing residents
  • Voucher-assisted families
  • State SNAP agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
State SNAP agencies: ,
Public housing residents: ,
Voucher-assisted families: ,
SNAP recipients with dependent children: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 14, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Feb 11, 2025

Mr. Kennedy of Utah (for himself and Mr. Brecheen) introduced …

Feb 11, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to …

Feb 11, 2025

Introduced in House

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
4 mentions across 2 clauses
-2 negative ?2 uncertain

Public housing agencies, State SNAP agencies

Labor
2 mentions across 2 clauses
?2 uncertain

Work-requirement advocates

Social Welfare
2 mentions across 2 clauses
-2 negative

SNAP recipients with children

2/3
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

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Domains
Nutrition Housing Workforce

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