119th Congress

SR481

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Senate resolution to urge USDA to use contingency funds to finance the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

The Senate urges the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The resolution highlights that approximately 1 in 8 people in the United States rely on SNAP, and in 2024, SNAP helped approximately 42,000,000 people avoid hunger or malnutrition. The contingency fund, now totaling more than $4,500,000,000, was created to ensure SNAP funding availability during emergencies, such as a government shutdown.

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Current: Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
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