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H.R.5223

RESTORE Act of 2025 Re-Entry Support Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials Act of 2025

Introduced·9/9/25

RESTORE Act of 2025 allows drug offense convicts to receive SNAP benefits and nullifies state restrictions on SNAP eligibility based on drug.

The RESTORE Act of 2025 amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to enable individuals with drug offenses to receive benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). It also nullifies any state laws, policies, or regulations that impose conditions on SNAP eligibility based on drug convictions. Additionally, the act modifies the definition of household under SNAP to include incarcerated individuals scheduled for release within 30 days.

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Where it stands

Current
Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Committee
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History

Dec 5, 2025

House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Sep 9, 2025

House

Introduced in House

Sep 9, 2025

House

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.