November 4, 2025
Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Norton, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Adams, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Ross, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Tran, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Chu, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Simon, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Titus, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Fields, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Bell, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Hernández, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Torres of New York, and Mrs. Sykes) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
RESOLUTION
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.
- (1) the Trump administration is legally obligated to fund the supplemental nutrition assistance program (referred to in this resolution as “SNAP”) through the use of the contingency fund;
- (2) the Trump administration has the legal authority and the funds to finance SNAP through the month of November;
- (3) exercising this power is extremely important for the health and wellness of families experiencing hunger, including about 16,000,000 children, 8,000,000 seniors, 4,000,000 people with disabilities, and 1,200,000 veterans; and
- (4) the administration should immediately exercise its legal authority to fund SNAP in November 2025.