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HRES856Referred to Committee

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-11-04
Introduced
51
Cosponsors
HRES
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Type

Sponsor

Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
Democrat · OR · Representative
Votes with party: 98.1% (645 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001278

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (51)

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

2025-12-02

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

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  • House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-11-04

Plain-English Summary

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Trump Administration is legally obligated to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through the use of the contingency fund, the Administration has the legal authority and the funds to finance SNAP through November 2025, exercising this power is extremely important for the health and wellness of families experiencing hunger, and the Administration should immediately exercise this authority.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food
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