S. 1905

119 S1905 IS: SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-22
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  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 1905
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  May 22, 2025
  Mr. Luján  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 increase the Federal cost
  share for supplemental nutrition assistance program administration to improve staffing
  and retention, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025  .
2.
Cost share for SNAP administration for staffing and retention
Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025 ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking  subsection (k)  and inserting  subsections (k) and (m) ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(l)
Wage standards for State agency personnel
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the  SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025 , wages of State agency personnel administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall be—
(1)
not less than the appropriate rate of pay that would be payable to Federal employees under subchapter III of  chapter 53  of title 5, United States Code; and
(2)
updated annually by not less than any increase in that rate of pay, including locality adjustments.
(m)
Administrative cost-Sharing for
  staffing and retention
(1)
In General
On approval of a wage plan submitted by a State agency under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall pay to each State agency an amount equal to 100 percent of all administrative personnel costs incurred by the State agency in carrying out the supplemental nutrition assistance program, including all costs associated with—
(A)
processing, hiring, and training new employees in accordance with the standards described in section 11(e)(6)(B);
(B)
maintaining those personnel costs; and
(C)
complying with the wage standards described in subsection (l).
(2)
Approval of wage plans
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the  SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025 , a State agency shall submit to the Secretary for approval the personnel wage plans implemented by the State agency to carry out subsection (l), including the position titles, duties, wages, and appropriate rates of pay of employees.
(3)
Maintenance of effort
The Secretary shall make payments to a State agency under paragraph (1) only if the State agency uses the funds received—
(A)
to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds used for existing administrative personnel costs under subsection (a); and
(B)
for existing or additional full-time equivalent positions above the number of positions that were held in the State or sub-State area in fiscal year 2024.
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