S. 1794 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, May 15, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summarySNAP funding expands job training programs
This bill allows states to use money set aside for managing SNAP (the food assistance program) to help people find jobs through workforce training programs. States can recruit SNAP participants who are unemployed or underemployed, get them into job training, and even create an online tool to help SNAP recipients see how their benefits might change if they got a job.
How it affects you
If you're receiving SNAP benefits and looking for work, your state might now have more resources to connect you with job training and employment opportunities. The bill could also give you a clearer picture of how getting a job might affect your benefits, thanks to a new calculator states can create.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, May 15, 2025)
SNAP Next Step Act of 2025
This bill allows a state agency to use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administrative funding for certain Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs.
Specifically, a state agency may recruit eligible SNAP participants for, and carry out employment and training activities under, WIOA programs. Participants must (1) be in a household that is receiving SNAP assistance, (2) meet SNAP participation requirements (e.g., work requirements) or be exempt from those requirements, (3) be unemployed or underemployed, (4) be in a family that is not receiving assistance under a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, and (5) not be enrolled in a state program that is identified as an Employment First program by a state workforce agency.
Further, a state agency may develop a publicly available employment calculator for the state agency's website to assist SNAP recipients in calculating whether the amount of benefits received would be greater or lesser than income from future employment. Developing the calculator must be considered an administrative cost, which is shared by a state agency and the Department of Agriculture.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 1794
A BILL
SNAP Next Step Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) · Introduced May 15, 2025 · Agriculture and Food · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action May 15, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.”