Feeding Families Not Fear Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Brown
Introduced
Summary
Restoring SNAP benefits is the bill's primary aim. It would undo recent cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and return SNAP rules to how they worked before Public Law 119-21 was changed. It would also repeal the specific sections that raised funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and rescind the unobligated balances tied to those increases.
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- Families and low-income households: Would see SNAP benefit levels and eligibility rules restored to their prior form, reversing the reductions made by Subtitle A of Title I of Public Law 119-21.
- Immigration enforcement agencies: Would lose the additional appropriations created by Sections 90003 and 100052 of Public Law 119-21 and have the unobligated balances of those amounts rescinded.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
More grocery help for SNAP families
If enacted, the bill would repeal Subtitle A of title I of Public Law 119-21. This would restore SNAP rules to how they worked before that subtitle. SNAP recipients would regain eligibility or larger monthly benefits under the prior rules. State SNAP offices would return to previous administration rules. The text shows no dollar amounts.
Cuts to immigration enforcement funding
If enacted, the bill would repeal two sections of Public Law 119-21 that provided funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It would also rescind the unobligated balances of amounts made available under those sections as they existed the day before enactment. This would reduce funding available to ICE and would affect ICE operations. The text gives no dollar amounts.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Brown
OH • D
Cosponsors
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 3/18/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Carbajal
CA • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Elfreth
MD • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Salinas
OR • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Scholten
MI • D
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Quigley
IL • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
McCollum
MN • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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