# 119-s-1197: SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025

119-s-1197, SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1197
- Congress: 119
- Title: SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-27
- Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Modernize how poverty is measured** by requiring the Census Bureau to collect detailed income and benefit data and create valuation methods for noncash federal benefits. The bill would also tighten SNAP work rules, boost program integrity, and shift more administrative costs to states.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New penalties for SNAP stores: cost, high. If enacted, stores convicted of trafficking SNAP instruments or trading food for guns or drugs would be permanently disqualified from SNAP. A State may instead let a store stay if removal would hurt participants or owners were not involved, but then the State must assess civil penalties up to $10,0…
- States must pay more SNAP admin: cost, high. If enacted, each State running SNAP would be required to contribute a rising share of SNAP administrative funding. The share starts at 10% in FY2025 and increases each year to 50% in FY2033 and later. States could still choose to pay more than the required minimum.
- Stricter fraud and EBT rules: cost, medium. If enacted, SNAP applicants and recipients would have to cooperate with fraud investigations or risk denial or loss of benefits. The bill would limit registered EBT card users to five people and require at least one household member be registered. Unauthorized EBT uses would trigger escalating acti…
- Stricter SNAP work and hours: mixed, high. If enacted, this would raise several monthly SNAP work-hour thresholds (for example, 60 hours → 65 hours and a 55→64 change). The bill would apply hour rules at the county level but not in labor areas with unemployment over 10%. It would let supervised in-person job search count toward required hou…
- New federal data on benefits: mixed, high. If enacted, the Census would collect agency records showing who gets federal benefits and the dollar value of those benefits beginning in fiscal year 2025. States would have to send person-level benefit amounts to Federal agencies each year. Heads of Federal agencies would have to provide requested…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5653: Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026
- 119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act
- 119-s-1801: International Nuclear Energy Act of 2025
- 119-s-1249: Drone Integration and Zoning Act
- 119-s-62: America First Act
- 119-s-4280: SAFE Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1197 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1197)

## Related
- [119-s-5653: Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5653)
- [119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4952)
- [119-s-1801: International Nuclear Energy Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1801)
- [119-s-1249: Drone Integration and Zoning Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1249)
- [119-s-62: America First Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-62)
- [119-s-4280: SAFE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4280)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1197 (as of 2026-04-21).