SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025
Latest action · May 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025
This bill directs the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to pay Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) state agencies for 100% of SNAP administrative personnel costs. The bill also requires that state SNAP agency administrators be paid at least the same amount as federal employees. (Under current law, FNS generally pays 50% of a state's administrative costs for SNAP.)
Specifically, FNS must pay a state agency for 100% of all SNAP administrative personnel costs that are part of an FNS-approved state agency personnel wage plan. This must include all costs associated with hiring and training new employees, maintaining those personnel costs, and complying with wage standards. The state agency must use these funds (1) to supplement, not supplant, nonfederal funds used for existing administrative personnel costs; and (2) for existing or additional full-time positions that are above the number of positions that were held in FY2024.
The bill also requires that the wage standards for SNAP state agency administrators be (1) at least the same amount as the General Schedule (GS) pay rate for federal employees; and (2) updated annually based on any increase in the GS pay rate, including locality adjustments.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2025 to Apr 16, 2026; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | May 15, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | May 20, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Luz M. Rivas | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Apr 16, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 15, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 15, 2025Introduced in House
- May 15, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 82, May 15, 2025, page H2105.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1905 | SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025 | Identical bill | May 22, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the Federal cost share for supplemental nutrition assistance program administration to improve staffing and retention, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
