SNAP Citizenship and Residency Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9456 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9456

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to restrict the eligibility 
of aliens to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits 
 to aliens admitted to the United States as lawful permanent residents 
and who thereafter lawfully reside in the United States for at least 10 
                                 years.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2026

 Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to restrict the eligibility 
of aliens to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits 
 to aliens admitted to the United States as lawful permanent residents 
and who thereafter lawfully reside in the United States for at least 10 
                                 years.

    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 ``SNAP Citizenship and Residency Act 
of 2026''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS FOR SNAP.

    Section 5 of the of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2016) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o) Limitation on Eligibility of Aliens.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no individual who is a member of a household 
otherwise eligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program under this Act shall be eligible to participate in 
such program as a member of that or any other household unless such 
individual is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence as an 
immigrant (as defined by sections 101(a)(15) and 101(a)(20) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act) and has lawfully resided in the United 
States for a 10-year period beginning on the date of being so 
admitted.''.
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