H.R. 1398 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025
Cosponsors: 4 (0 D, 4 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-02-18
Latest action (2025-03-20): Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
What H.R. 1398 does, in plain terms
Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025 This bill establishes additional limitations on the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The bill requires that a state agency suspend a SNAP household account when the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card transactions are made exclusively out-of-state for a period longer than 60 days. The state agency must maintain the suspension until (1) the household affirmatively provides substantiating evidence that the participating household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits, or (2) an investigation conclusively determines that the participating household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits. In addition, a SNAP household may not redeem SNAP benefits at a SNAP-approved retail food store or wholesale food concern that is owned by a household member. This does not apply to a retail food store or a wholesale food concern that is owned by a publicly owned corporation or a government.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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