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H.R. 4158

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4158, the Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jun 26, 2025 by Rep. Shontel Brown (D) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Agriculture, and last saw action on Jun 26, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Record

Text

H.R. 4158 has 7 co-sponsors.

hb4158/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4158 IH: Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-26
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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.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4158  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 26, 2025   Ms. Brown  (for herself and  Mr. Wied ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Agriculture    A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make permanent the moratorium on SNAP benefit transaction fees.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025  .
2.
Prohibited fees
Section 7(h)(13)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(13)(B) ) is amended to read as follows:
(B)
Other fees
(i)
Prohibition
Neither a State, nor any agent, contractor, or subcontractor of a State who facilitates the provision of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits in such State may impose a fee on a SNAP authorized retailer for EBT transactions including switching (as defined in subsection (j)(1)(H)) or routing such benefits, for costs to implement subsections (d) and (f)(5)(B).
(ii)
Exception
The prohibition against fees described in clause (i) shall not apply towards costs associated with equipment rentals.
 .
3.
Application of amendment
The amendment made by section 2 shall be applied to supersede the provisions of title IV of division HH of the Consolidation Appropriations Act, 2023 or any agency action taken under the authority of such provisions.
4.
Effective date
This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect October 1, 2025.

Tracker

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

  1. Introduced2025-06-26
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make permanent the moratorium on SNAP benefit transaction fees.

Sponsors

Rep. Shontel Brown (D) sponsors H.R. 4158, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4158 went before 1 committee: Agriculture.

Agriculture
Agriculture
Referred To · Jun 26, 2025 · 226 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4158 has taken 2 actions since Jun 26, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jun 26, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jun 26, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.Agriculture Committee

Votes

H.R. 4158 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 4158 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make permanent the moratorium on SNAP benefit transaction fees. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 7 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4158 in 8 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 Agriculture, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.), Pharmacy, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Environment/Superfund, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Minting/Money/Gold Standard.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
FOOD MARKETPLACE INC—Virginia15—
FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC AND SUBSIDIARIES—Ohio12—
WAKEFERN FOOD CORP.—New Jersey11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.15—
FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES12—
WAKEFERN FOOD CORP.11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ANDREW HARIG115
CHRISTINE POLLACK115
JENNIFER HATCHER115
PETER MATZ115
ANDREA BLINKHORN112
ERIN MCCARTHY112
CHRISTINA MEYER-GARFINKLE111

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
FOOD MARKETPLACE INCFOOD MARKETPLACE INC.2025 fourth_quarter$800K4th Quarter - Report
FOOD MARKETPLACE INCFOOD MARKETPLACE INC.2026 first_quarter$670K1st Quarter - Report
FOOD MARKETPLACE INCFOOD MARKETPLACE INC.2026 second_quarter$584K2nd Quarter - Report
FOOD MARKETPLACE INCFOOD MARKETPLACE INC.2025 second_quarter$310K2nd Quarter - Report
FOOD MARKETPLACE INCFOOD MARKETPLACE INC.2025 third_quarter$230K3rd Quarter - Report
FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC AND SUBSIDIARIESFIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES2025 fourth_quarter$80K4th Quarter - Report
FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC AND SUBSIDIARIESFIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES2025 third_quarter$80K3rd Quarter - Report
WAKEFERN FOOD CORP.WAKEFERN FOOD CORP.2025 third_quarter—3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4158 under Agriculture and Food, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4158’s is Agriculture and Food.

hr4158/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

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com