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S. 1156

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Summary

S. 1156, the Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 26, 2025 by Sen. John Fetterman (D) with 15 co-sponsors. It was referred to Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry, and last saw action on Mar 26, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Record

Text

S. 1156 has 15 co-sponsors.

sb1156/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S1156 IS: Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-26
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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.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1156  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 26, 2025   Mr. Fetterman  (for himself,  Mr. Padilla ,  Mr. Blumenthal ,  Ms. Smith ,  Ms. Klobuchar ,  Mr. Wyden ,  Mrs. Gillibrand ,  Mr. Schiff ,  Mr. Welch ,  Mr. Booker ,  Mr. Sanders ,  Mr. Gallego , and  Ms. Slotkin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry    A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure that striking workers and their households do not become ineligible for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025  .
2.
Eligibility of striking workers
Section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(d) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)(D)—
(A)
by striking clause (iv); and
(B)
by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and
(2)
in paragraph (3)—
(A)
by striking  participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program at any time that  and inserting  be ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a result of ;
(B)
by striking  is on strike  and inserting  being on strike ; and
(C)
by striking  :  Provided,  That  and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting a period.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-03-26
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in Senate Mar 26, 2025

sb1156/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (03/26/2025)

Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025

This bill allows certain striking workers and their households to maintain their eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Specifically, the bill provides that a household that would otherwise be eligible to participate in SNAP is eligible for benefits if any member of the household is on strike because of a labor dispute. Current law generally prohibits a household from participating in SNAP if any member of the household is on strike unless the household was eligible for SNAP immediately prior to the strike. Also, under current law, households are not eligible for an increased SNAP allotment as a result of the decreased income of a striking member of the household. The bill expands SNAP eligibility for households with striking workers by repealing both of these restrictions.

The bill also allows a government employee who is dismissed for striking and their household to maintain SNAP program eligibility. Specifically, current law prohibits certain individuals who voluntarily and without good cause quit a job from participating in SNAP. Further, a federal, state, or local government employee who participates in a strike against the government that results in their dismissal is considered to have voluntarily quit without good cause. The bill eliminates the provision that considers the dismissed government employee to have voluntarily quit without good cause, thereby allowing the employee and their household to maintain SNAP program eligibility if they are otherwise eligible for the program.

Sponsors

Sen. John Fetterman (D) sponsors S. 1156, and 15 members have co-sponsored it, 12 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 1156 went before 1 committee: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Referred To · Mar 26, 2025 · 334 Bills

Actions

S. 1156 has taken 2 actions since Mar 26, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 26, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Mar 26, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 1156 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 1156, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 1156 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure that striking workers and their households do not become ineligible for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 4 registered lobbyists who named S. 1156 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025. 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 Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA—District of Columbia12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA12—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
DANIEL MAUER112
ELENA LOPEZ112
STEPHEN SCHEMBS112
TYSIANNA MARINO112

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICACOMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA2025 first_quarter$479K1st Quarter - Report
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICACOMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA2025 second_quarter$463K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1156 under Agriculture and Food, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1156’s is Agriculture and Food.

s1156/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

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