Feed Our Veterans Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Feed Our Veterans Act amends the Food and Nutrition Act's SNAP work-requirement exemptions by adding veterans back to the list of people exempt from the able-bodied adult without dependents work requirement. The practical effect is that veterans do not lose SNAP eligibility solely because they fail to meet that specific work, workfare, or employment-training requirement.
Who Benefits and How
Veterans who need food assistance benefit because SNAP eligibility is protected from the ABAWD time-limit and work-rule consequences. State SNAP agencies and USDA Food and Nutrition Service gain a clearer statutory category for veteran exemptions. Food retailers may see modest additional SNAP spending when veterans retain benefits.
Who Bears the Burden and How
State SNAP agencies must update eligibility systems, notices, staff guidance, and verification processes to apply the veteran exemption. USDA Food and Nutrition Service must provide implementation guidance and oversight. Federal taxpayers bear the benefit cost when veterans remain eligible for SNAP rather than losing benefits under the work requirement.
Key Provisions
- Adds veterans to the Food and Nutrition Act list of SNAP recipients exempt from the ABAWD work requirement.
- Protects veterans from losing SNAP solely because they do not meet that work-rule category.
- Requires USDA and state SNAP agencies to administer the restored veteran exemption.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Restores veterans as an exemption from the SNAP able-bodied-adult work requirement.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans, Social Services
Primary Purpose
Restores veterans as an exemption from the SNAP able-bodied-adult work requirement.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Veterans
- State SNAP agencies
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
- Food retailers
Identified Costs
- State SNAP agencies
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Mr. Vasquez (for himself, Mr. Riley of New York, and …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "fns"
- → USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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