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H.R. 793

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 793, the SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 28, 2025 by Rep. LaMonica McIver (D) with 36 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, and last saw action on Feb 28, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Record

Text

H.R. 793 has 36 co-sponsors.

hb793/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 793 IH: SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-28
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 793  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 28, 2025   Mrs. McIver  (for herself and  Ms. Brown ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Agriculture    A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the limitation on the maximum deduction for shelter expenses allowable for determination of benefits under such Act.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025  .
2.
Amendments
Section 5(e)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6) ) is amended—
(1)
by striking subparagraph (B), and
(2)
by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.
3.
Effective date
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 1 that 1st occurs after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-28
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 28, 2025

hb793/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/28/2025)

SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025

This bill repeals the shelter deduction cap for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit, thereby allowing a household to deduct all allowable housing expenses (e.g., rent or mortgage, electricity, and water costs) that exceed 50% of a household's income after other deductions when calculating net income to determine SNAP benefits.

Under current law, the shelter deduction is capped (unless at least one household member is an elderly or disabled individual), and the cap is adjusted annually for inflation. In FY2025, the shelter deduction is capped at $712 for households in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.

Sponsors

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D) sponsors H.R. 793, and 36 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 793 went before 2 committees: Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee and Agriculture.

Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Referred to · Feb 28, 2025 · 79 Bills
Agriculture
Agriculture
Referred To · Jan 28, 2025 · 226 Bills

Actions

H.R. 793 has taken 4 actions since Jan 28, 2025, the latest on Feb 28, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 28, 2025
House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Feb 6, 2025
House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H510-511)
Jan 28, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jan 28, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.Agriculture Committee

Votes

H.R. 793 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 793 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the limitation on the maximum deduction for shelter expenses allowable for determination of benefits under such Act. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 13 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 793 in 13 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Education, Health Issues, Transportation, Energy/Nuclear, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Small Business, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER—District of Columbia15—
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INC—District of Columbia14—
INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC—Virginia13—
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDAA higher education institution.Florida11$10K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER15—
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.14—
INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.13—
WHITMER & WORRALL, LLC11$10K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ELLEN TELLER115
CHRISTOPHER VAUGHAN114
JOSHUA LEONARD114
KAREN LIVINGSTON114
KRISTEN YORK114
MICHAEL ALTMAN114
MICHAEL BELLAMAN114
VANCE WALTER114
JASON TODD112
BEN BRUBECK111
JEREMY CROFT111
MARTIN WHITMER111
THOMAS WORRALL111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 fourth_quarter$700K4th Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 third_quarter$700K3rd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 second_quarter$700K2nd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 first_quarter$700K1st Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2026 second_quarter$41.4K2nd Quarter - Report
INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INCINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 third_quarter$40K3rd Quarter - Report
INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INCINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 first_quarter$40K1st Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2025 fourth_quarter$33.8K4th Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2025 third_quarter$29.8K3rd Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2026 first_quarter$28.7K1st Quarter - Report
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTERFOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER2025 second_quarter$28.4K2nd Quarter - Report
INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INCINDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 second_quarter$10K2nd Quarter - Report
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDAWHITMER & WORRALL, LLC2025 first_quarter$10K1st Quarter - Termina…

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 793 under Agriculture and Food, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 793’s is Agriculture and Food.

hr793/policy-areas.txt
Agriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 793, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. McIVER:H.R. 793.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Spending Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Necessary and Proper Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause18[Page H407]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com