HR1398-119

Introduced

To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to limit the conditions applicable to the use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to purchase food, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Feb 18, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to limit the conditions applicable to the use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to purchase food, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers. The main policy domain is Social Welfare, Agriculture, Trade.

Who Benefits and How

families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HA0373C75491B42A0B33362A6F35566BB: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025.
  • Section H12DD19826C744AF3A9D55494B58699E5: 2. Amendment to Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 Section 501 of title IV of division HH of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, is amended by adding...
  • Section HFD88E38D183C4BC3909B061BBFABC03B: 3. Limitation on redemption of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by owners of approved retail food stores and wholesale food concerns Section...
  • Section HAAB560E9BC9B4212A3D22081ADAAB133: 4. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Evidence Chain:

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

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to limit the conditions applicable to the use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to purchase food, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Social Welfare, Agriculture, Trade

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to limit the conditions applicable to the use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to purchase food, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers.

Policy Domains

Social Welfare Agriculture Trade

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 18, 2025

Mr. Rouzer (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Austin Scott of …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Social Welfare Agriculture Trade
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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