Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025
Latest action · Oct 21, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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.
- IntroducedOct 21, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025
This bill provides appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide uninterrupted benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during any period in which legislation has not been enacted to provide continuing or full-year FY2026 appropriations to USDA.
The bill also provides appropriations for retroactive payments for SNAP benefits that were missed on or after September 30, 2025, and before this bill is enacted.
The appropriations provided by this bill are available until legislation is enacted to provide FY2026 appropriations for USDA (including continuing appropriations).
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 22, 2025 to Nov 3, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | James Lankford | Oct 22, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Bernie Moreno | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Jon Husted | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Oct 27, 2025 | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Oct 29, 2025 | |
| R-PA | David McCormick | Nov 3, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Nov 3, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Appropriations Committee | Referred Oct 21, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Oct 21, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7894 | Amy Klobuchar D-MN | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7837 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Oct 30, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7794, S7809 | Ben Ray Luján D-NM, Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Oct 29, 2025 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-312 | IMPACTS OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS AND AGENCY REDUCTIONS IN FORCE ON NATIVE COMMUNITIES126 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Oct 29, 2025 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3071 | Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025 | Related bill | Oct 29, 2025 |
| HR 5822 | Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Oct 24, 2025 |
| HR 5950 | Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025 | Related bill | Nov 7, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to appropriate funds to ensure uninterrupted benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Keep SNAP Funded 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.
- Oct 21, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
