To appropriate funds to ensure uninterrupted benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Provides automatic appropriations to keep SNAP benefits flowing during shutdowns affecting the Department of Agriculture, including missed benefits.
Who Benefits and How
SNAP households could avoid interruptions in food assistance and receive any missed benefits.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal funding resources would automatically support SNAP during the lapse and USDA would need to administer the temporary appropriation.
Key Provisions
- Appropriates the sums necessary to provide uninterrupted SNAP benefits during fiscal year 2026 shutdown periods affecting USDA.
- Requires the appropriation to cover missed benefits from September 30, 2025, through enactment and to last until USDA appropriations are enacted.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Provides automatic appropriations to keep SNAP benefits flowing during shutdowns affecting the Department of Agriculture, including missed benefits.
Key Policy Areas
Social Welfare, Agriculture, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Provides automatic appropriations to keep SNAP benefits flowing during shutdowns affecting the Department of Agriculture, including missed benefits.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- SNAP households receiving uninterrupted benefits
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal funding resources and USDA administrators supporting the temporary SNAP appropriation
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself and Mr. Miller of Ohio) introduced …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Federal funding resources supporting SNAP during the shutdown period, SNAP households receiving uninterrupted benefits
Positive-direction: SNAP households receiving uninterrupted benefits
Negative-direction: Federal funding resources supporting SNAP during the shutdown period
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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