# 119-hr-2407: SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025

119-hr-2407, SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2] (R-OK); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2407
- Congress: 119
- Title: SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-03-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Tightening SNAP eligibility and fraud controls** would be the bill's central aim. It would also overhaul how the federal government measures poverty and publish new unit-level data and a Commission to value benefits. - Families and households: Would add an eligibility gate requiring at least 6 consecutive months of receiving a means-tested cash or noncash benefit and would cap registered EBT card users at 5, while imposing progressive sanctions for unauthorized card use. - States and program administration: Would force a ramp-up in State matching funds to participate in SNAP and would let States retain more recaptured funds, raising the retention share from 35% to 50%. It would also require the Department of Agriculture to report employment and training outcomes and create GAO and Commission reporting tied to measurement changes. - Retailers and enforcement: Would require annual reauthorization for medium- or high-risk stores, allow permanent disqualification for trafficking, and authorize civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation and up to $40,000 per investigation.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stricter SNAP rules for households: cost, high. This bill would add a new gate to qualify for SNAP. Your household would need to have received a means-tested benefit for 6 straight months worth at least $50. States could also apply their own income and resource tests within federal rules. Work rules would get tougher: some hour limits would rise…
- Tighter SNAP rules for stores: cost, medium. Stores the USDA flags as medium or high fraud risk would need yearly approval to keep taking SNAP. States would have to permanently bar stores convicted of trafficking food instruments or exchanging them for firearms, ammo, explosives, or controlled substances. Disqualified stores would not get pai…
- New poverty and benefit data system: mixed, high. Starting in FY2025, the Census would collect extra data on benefits, income, and taxes and publish an alternative poverty measure from 2027; OMB could not use it to set the official poverty line. Agencies would have to provide requested data within 6 months, and states would send annual recipient l…
- States would pay more for SNAP: mixed, high. States would have to match federal SNAP administrative funds. The match would be 10% in FY2025, rising each year to 50% in FY2033 and after. The required payment equals the federal admin funds times that year’s percent. States could keep 50% of recovered SNAP overpayments (up from 35%), and any sha…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4448: Restoring Equal Opportunity Act
- 119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2407 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2407)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7651)
- [119-hr-4448: Restoring Equal Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4448)
- [119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-925)
- [119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2407 (as of 2026-04-21).