Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Food Secure Strikers Act narrows a SNAP disqualification tied to labor strikes. Current law prevents certain households from participating in SNAP during a strike or caps eligibility based on pre-strike participation. The bill strikes the clause excluding strikers and rewrites section 6(d)(3) so a worker is ineligible only if ineligibility results from being on strike under the remaining statute, rather than using strike status itself as a categorical barrier. In practical terms, striking workers and their households would be judged under ordinary SNAP rules instead of a special striker penalty.
Who Benefits and How
Striking workers benefit because strike status would no longer automatically block SNAP participation. Households of striking workers benefit because food assistance eligibility would turn on ordinary income and household rules rather than the labor dispute. Labor unions benefit because members have less food-security pressure to leave a strike solely to preserve SNAP access. Food banks in strike-affected communities benefit indirectly if eligible households can use SNAP instead of relying entirely on emergency food aid.
Who Bears the Burden and How
State SNAP agencies must update eligibility systems and caseworker guidance for households with members on strike. USDA Food and Nutrition Service staff must issue conforming guidance and monitor state implementation. Employers in labor disputes may face less economic leverage from food-insecurity pressure on striking employees. Federal SNAP spending may rise if more strike-affected households remain eligible for benefits.
Key Provisions
- Amends the Food and Nutrition Act to remove a clause that made striking workers ineligible for SNAP.
- Requires strike-related eligibility to be handled without the categorical striker disqualification.
- Allows households with striking workers to be assessed under ordinary SNAP eligibility rules.
- Shifts the practical burden from workers in labor disputes to SNAP administrators and federal benefit costs.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Removes the Food and Nutrition Act rule that treats workers as SNAP-ineligible because they are on strike, allowing eligibility to be determined under ordinary SNAP income and household rules instead.
Key Policy Areas
Public Benefits, Labor, Food Assistance
Primary Purpose
Removes the Food and Nutrition Act rule that treats workers as SNAP-ineligible because they are on strike, allowing eligibility to be determined under ordinary SNAP income and household rules instead.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Striking workers
- Households of striking workers
- Labor unions
- Food banks in strike-affected communities
Identified Costs
- State SNAP agencies
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service staff
- Employers in labor disputes
- Federal SNAP spending
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. Casar, Ms. Norton, Mr. McGarvey, …
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
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