SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires Census Bureau to collect comprehensive data on federal benefits, market income, and tax data to develop a more accurate measure of poverty that includes the value of government assistance programs, establishes an 8-member bipartisan Commission on Valuation of Federal Benefits to recommend how to value non-cash benefits for poverty measurement purposes. Authorized appropriation of 1 million dollars, and requires GAO to submit biennial reports starting in 2028 comparing poverty rates under current methods versus the new supplementary data collection method. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, definition changes, and appropriations. The main policy areas are Social Welfare, Agriculture, Poverty, and Food Assistance.
Who Benefits and How
State SNAP fraud investigation units could gain revenue opportunities, Federal government (USDA) could see lower costs, and Federal government (reduced enrollment) could see lower costs.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Census Bureau would take on compliance duties, State governments administering SNAP could face higher costs, and Retail food stores convicted of SNAP trafficking could lose revenue opportunities.
Key Provisions
- Requires Census Bureau to collect comprehensive data on federal benefits, market income, and tax data to develop a more accurate measure of poverty that includes the value of government assistance programs.
- Establishes an 8-member bipartisan Commission on Valuation of Federal Benefits to recommend how to value non-cash benefits for poverty measurement purposes. Authorized appropriation of 1 million dollars.
- Requires GAO to submit biennial reports starting in 2028 comparing poverty rates under current methods versus the new supplementary data collection method.
- Requires strengthens SNAP work requirements by adding program purpose language promoting employment and self-sufficiency, raising age limit for ABAWDs from 55 to 64, reducing state waiver capacity from 15% to 5%...
- Requires Secretary of Agriculture to report on employment outcomes of SNAP participants in training programs, comparing job placement, retention, and wage increases with non-participants.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill requires Census Bureau to collect comprehensive data on federal benefits, market income, and tax data to develop a more accurate measure of poverty that includes the value of government assistance programs, establishes an 8-member bipartisan Commission on Valuation of Federal Benefits to recommend how to value non-cash benefits for poverty measurement purposes. Authorized appropriation of 1 million dollars, and requires GAO to submit biennial reports starting in 2028 comparing poverty rates under current methods versus the new supplementary data collection method.
Key Policy Areas
Social Welfare, Agriculture, Poverty, Food Assistance
Primary Purpose
The bill requires Census Bureau to collect comprehensive data on federal benefits, market income, and tax data to develop a more accurate measure of poverty that includes the value of government assistance programs, establishes an 8-member bipartisan Commission on Valuation of Federal Benefits to recommend how to value non-cash benefits for poverty measurement purposes. Authorized appropriation of 1 million dollars, and requires GAO to submit biennial reports starting in 2028 comparing poverty rates under current methods versus the new supplementary data collection method.
Policy Domains
Title I - Poverty Measurement
Identified Gains
- State SNAP fraud investigation units
- Federal government (USDA)
- Federal government (reduced enrollment)
- State fraud investigation units
- Married couples with children on SNAP
Identified Costs
- Census Bureau
- State governments administering SNAP
- Retail food stores convicted of SNAP trafficking
- Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) ages 55-64
- State SNAP agencies (reduced waiver flexibility)
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Census Bureau, Department of Agriculture, Federal government
Federal government faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Federal government (reduced enrollment)
Negative-direction: Census Bureau, Department of Agriculture, Government Accountability Office, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) ages 55-64, Married couples with children on SNAP, SNAP applicants using categorical eligibility
Positive-direction: Married couples with children on SNAP
Negative-direction: Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) ages 55-64, SNAP applicants using categorical eligibility, SNAP households sharing EBT cards, SNAP participants under fraud investigation
State SNAP agencies, State SNAP agencies (reduced waiver flexibility), State SNAP fraud investigation units
Positive-direction: State SNAP fraud investigation units, State fraud investigation units
Negative-direction: State SNAP agencies, State SNAP agencies (reduced waiver flexibility), State governments administering SNAP
Compliant retail food stores, Retail food stores convicted of SNAP trafficking
Positive-direction: Compliant retail food stores
Negative-direction: Retail food stores convicted of SNAP trafficking
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Census Bureau
- "the_comptroller_general"
- → Comptroller General of the United States
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A benefit, refundable tax credit, or other form of assistance provided under enumerated programs including EITC, CTC, SNAP, Medicaid, housing assistance, and others
All co-resident individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption, plus co-resident unrelated children, foster children, and unmarried partners and their relatives
Individual income from earnings, interest, dividends, rents, royalties, employer-sponsored health insurance, and other forms as determined by the Director
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