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This bill would change the work rules for food help under SNAP and connect those same work rules to some federal housing aid. It would give some parents and caregivers a longer time before the SNAP work rule applies, widen and update a few exemption categories, and require people in public housing or receiving rental assistance to follow the same work rules unless they are exempt. In short, the bill would make work requirements broader and apply them to more low-income households that receive federal benefits.
- For SNAP, the bill appears to change the time limit from 3 months to 6 months for some people who are parents or who have responsibility for a dependent child.
- It updates who can be exempt from the SNAP work rule, including people over 60, people responsible for a child under 6, and some people caring for a dependent individual.
- It also adds an exemption for a married person who lives with a spouse that is already meeting the work rule.
- For public housing and tenant-based rental assistance, the bill says the same SNAP work rules would apply to family members who are not exempt, making work requirements part of those housing programs too.
Official Summaries
Let's Get to Work Act of 2025
This bill modifies and expands work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and certain housing programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Specifically, the bill expands the applicability of the work requirements for SNAP recipients who are able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs). As background, SNAP recipients who are ABAWDs have work-related requirements in addition to the general SNAP work registration and employment and training requirements.
The bill applies the work requirements for ABAWDs to adults who are not over 60 years old, whereas these requirements currently apply to adults who are not over 55 years old.
Further, the ABAWD exemption for a parent or household member with responsibility for a dependent child is restricted under the bill to a dependent child under the age of six. Currently, the child must be under the age of 18.
The bill allows a member of a household with responsibility for a dependent child to participate in SNAP for up to 6 months (currently 3 months) over a 36-month period without meeting the ABAWD work requirements.
The bill also includes an exception for an individual who (1) is responsible for a dependent individual, and (2) is married to and resides with an individual who complies with the SNAP work requirements.
Additionally, the bill establishes work requirements for families residing in public housing by applying the SNAP work requirements for ABAWDs to the HUD public housing and tenant-based rental assistance (voucher) programs.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1198 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1198
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify work requirements
under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 2025
Mr. Kennedy of Utah (for himself and Mr. Brecheen) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and
in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify work requirements
under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Let's Get to Work Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. SNAP WORK REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by inserting ``, or, in the case of a parent or other
member of a household with responsibility for a dependent
child, 6 months (consecutive or otherwise),'' before ``during
which'';
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (ii)
and inserting the following:
``(ii) over 60 years of age;'';
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``under 6
years of age'' before the semicolon at the end;
(C) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``or'' at the
end;
(D) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
``(I)(i) responsible for a dependent individual;
and
``(ii) married to, and resides with, an individual
who is in compliance with the requirements of paragraph
(2).''; and
(3) in paragraph (6)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``(I)'' and
inserting ``(H)'';
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``(G) and
(I)'' and inserting ``(F) and (H)'';
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``(G) through
(I)'' and inserting ``(F) through (H)'';
(D) by striking subparagraph (F);
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) through (J)
as subparagraphs (F) through (I), respectively; and
(F) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated), by
striking ``(C), (D),, (E), or (F)'' and inserting
``(C), (D), or (E)''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 16(h)(1)(E)(ii)(I) of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(E)(ii)(I)) is amended by
striking ``3-month period'' and inserting ``3-month or 6-month period,
as applicable,''.
SEC. 3. WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND TENANT-BASED RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
(a) Public Housing.--Section 3 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Work Requirements for Families.--The requirements described
in section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2015(o)) shall apply with respect to any individual who--
``(1) is a member of a family residing in a public housing
dwelling; and
``(2) is not exempted from those requirements under
paragraph (3) of such section.''.
(b) Tenant-Based Rental Assistance.--Section 8(o) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(22) Work requirements for families.--The requirements
described in section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) shall apply with respect to any individual
who--
``(A) is a member of a family receiving tenant-
based assistance; and
``(B) is not exempted from those requirements under
paragraph (3) of such section.''.
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