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This bill would make it harder for some people to get food assistance and housing help without meeting work rules. It changes the work requirements for SNAP, the federal food assistance program, and also applies those same work rules to some people living in public housing or getting rental assistance. The bill also changes who is exempt from the rules and gives some parents and caregivers more time before the work requirement starts.
- For SNAP, certain parents or adults responsible for a dependent child would have 6 months, instead of 3, before the work requirement applies.
- The bill would change some of the current exemptions from SNAP work rules, including rules for older adults and caregivers.
- People in families living in public housing or receiving tenant-based rental help would have to follow the same SNAP work requirements unless they are exempt.
- The bill says those housing work rules would apply only to individuals who are not already exempt under the SNAP rules.
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]
[S. 87 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 87
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 14, 2025
Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry
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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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