119-s1905

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1905 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1905

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the Federal 
cost share for supplemental nutrition assistance program administration 
 to improve staffing and retention, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 22, 2025

 Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the Federal 
cost share for supplemental nutrition assistance program administration 
 to improve staffing and retention, 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 Administrator Retention Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. COST SHARE FOR SNAP ADMINISTRATION FOR STAFFING AND RETENTION.

 

Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , in the matter preceding paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``subsection

    (k) '' and inserting ``subsections

    (k) and
            (m) ''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (l) Wage Standards for State Agency Personnel.--Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the SNAP Administrator Retention 
Act of 2025, wages of State agency personnel administering the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program shall be--
 ``

    (1) not less than the appropriate rate of pay that would 
 be payable to Federal employees under subchapter III of chapter 
 53 of title 5, United States Code; and
 ``

    (2) updated annually by not less than any increase in 
 that rate of pay, including locality adjustments.
 ``
            (m) Administrative Cost-Sharing for Staffing and Retention.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--On approval of a wage plan submitted by 
 a State agency under paragraph

    (2) , the Secretary shall pay to 
 each State agency an amount equal to 100 percent of all 
 administrative personnel costs incurred by the State agency in 
 carrying out the supplemental nutrition assistance program, 
 including all costs associated with--
 ``
        (A) processing, hiring, and training new 
 employees in accordance with the standards described in 
 

section 11

    (e)

    (6)
        (B) ;
 ``
        (B) maintaining those personnel costs; and
 ``
            (C) complying with the wage standards described 
 in subsection
            (l) .
 ``

    (2) Approval of wage plans.--Not later than 1 year after 
 the date of enactment of the SNAP Administrator Retention Act 
 of 2025, a State agency shall submit to the Secretary for 
 approval the personnel wage plans implemented by the State 
 agency to carry out subsection
            (l) , including the position 
 titles, duties, wages, and appropriate rates of pay of 
 employees.
 ``

    (3) Maintenance of effort.--The Secretary shall make 
 payments to a State agency under paragraph

    (1) only if the 
 State agency uses the funds received--
 ``
        (A) to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal 
 funds used for existing administrative personnel costs 
 under subsection

    (a) ; and
 ``
        (B) for existing or additional full-time 
 equivalent positions above the number of positions that 
 were held in the State or sub-State area in fiscal year 
 2024.''.
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