[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1905 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1905
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 22, 2025
Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SNAP Administrator Retention Act of
2025''.
SEC. 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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