119-s1794

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1794 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1794

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to authorize funds for 
 certain employment and training activities, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 15, 2025

Mr. Ricketts (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
 Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to authorize funds for 
 certain employment and training activities, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``SNAP Next Step Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT ELIGIBILITY.

 

Section 6
            (d) (4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015
            (d) (4) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (P) Workforce innovation and opportunity act 
 eligibility.--
 ``
            (i) Definition of covered individual.--In 
 this subparagraph, the term `covered 
 individual' means an individual that--
 ``
            (I) is in a household that is 
 receiving assistance under the 
 supplemental nutrition assistance 
 program;
 ``
            (II) meets the requirements for 
 participation in the supplemental 
 nutrition assistance program under this 
 subsection or is exempt from those 
 requirements pursuant to this 
 subsection;
 ``
            (III) is unemployed or 
 underemployed;
 ``
            (IV) is in a family that is not 
 receiving assistance through the 
 program of block grants to States for 
 temporary assistance for needy families 
 established under part A of title IV of 
 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 
 et seq.); and
 ``
            (V) is not enrolled in a State 
 program that is identified as an 
 Employment First program by the State 
 workforce agency.
 ``
            (ii) Eligibility.--A State agency may use 
 administrative funds to recruit participants 
 for and carry out a program that provides 
 employment and training activities (as defined 
 in 

section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)) under 
 subtitle B of title I of that Act (29 U.S.C. 
 3151 et seq.) to covered individuals.''.

SEC. 3. EMPLOYMENT CALCULATOR.

 

Section 6
            (d) (4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015
            (d) (4) ) (as amended by 

section 2) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
 ``
        (Q) Employment calculator.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--Each State agency may 
 develop a publicly available employment 
 calculator on the website of the State agency 
 that assists participants receiving benefits 
 under the supplemental nutrition assistance 
 program in calculating whether the amount of 
 benefits received would be greater or lesser 
 than income from future employment.
 ``
            (ii) Administrative cost.--Carrying out 
 clause
            (i) shall be an administrative cost for 
 purposes of 

section 16

    (a) .''.
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