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US HR856
Resolution
Status
11/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Suzanne Bonamici
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AI Summary
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House Resolution urging USDA to use existing contingency funds and interchange authority to finance SNAP benefits during the appropriations lapse in November 2025
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SNAP contingency fund totals more than $5 billion, with $3 billion appropriated in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (available through September 30, 2026) and another $3 billion in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (available through September 30, 2027)
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In 2024, SNAP served approximately 42 million people, including 16 million children, 8 million seniors, 4 million people with disabilities, and 1.2 million veterans
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Resolution asserts the Trump administration is legally obligated to fund SNAP using contingency funds and has the authority to do so, citing USDA's own September 2025 guidance and precedent from the 2018-2019 government shutdown
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Also notes that residents of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands receiving Nutrition Assistance Program block grants face similar challenges due to the appropriations lapse
Legislative Description
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Agriculture and food
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
11/4/2025