Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 26, 2025)
Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
This bill allows certain striking workers and their households to maintain their eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Specifically, the bill provides that a household that would otherwise be eligible to participate in SNAP is eligible for benefits if any member of the household is on strike because of a labor dispute. Current law generally prohibits a household from participating in SNAP if any member of the household is on strike unless the household was eligible for SNAP immediately prior to the strike. Also, under current law, households are not eligible for an increased SNAP allotment as a result of the decreased income of a striking member of the household. The bill expands SNAP eligibility for households with striking workers by repealing both of these restrictions.
The bill also allows a government employee who is dismissed for striking and their household to maintain SNAP program eligibility. Specifically, current law prohibits certain individuals who voluntarily and without good cause quit a job from participating in SNAP. Further, a federal, state, or local government employee who participates in a strike against the government that results in their dismissal is considered to have voluntarily quit without good cause. The bill eliminates the provision that considers the dismissed government employee to have voluntarily quit without good cause, thereby allowing the employee and their household to maintain SNAP program eligibility if they are otherwise eligible for the program.
What just happenedApr 18, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 26, 2025
- Apr 18, 2025Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee - Mar 26, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture Committee - Mar 26, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2025IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House