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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Introduction
Jan 2025
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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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Jan 29, 2025
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Joni Ernst
RRepublican
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Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
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Katie Boyd Britt
RRepublican
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