S 302 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act

This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act to require state SNAP agencies to recover all overpayments made to recipients, eliminating their previous tolerance for small errors. Starting in fiscal year 2025, states must recoup every overpayment (previously, small errors could be excluded), and their liability for payment errors will now be calculated using both their error rate and the percentage of overpayments they fail to recover. The change directly affects state agencies administering SNAP benefits, increasing their accountability for accurate payments. It shifts the focus from tolerating minor errors to actively recovering all overpayments, with financial consequences tied to recoupment rates.
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Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Last action Jan 29, 2025
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Jan 29, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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