[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 302 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 302

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the calculation 
 and reduce the taxpayer cost of payment errors under the supplemental 
         nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2025

 Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mrs. Britt, and Mr. Grassley) 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 improve the calculation 
 and reduce the taxpayer cost of payment errors under the supplemental 
         nutrition assistance program, 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 Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments 
Act''.

SEC. 2. QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM TOLERANCE LEVEL FOR EXCLUDING SMALL 
              ERRORS.

    Section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2025(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)--
                            (i) in subclause (I), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in subclause (II)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``through fiscal 
                                year 2024'' after ``thereafter''; and
                                    (II) by striking the period at the 
                                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(III) for fiscal year 2025 and 
                                each fiscal year thereafter, $0.'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                        striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall'';
                            (ii) in clause (ii)(I), by inserting ``, as 
                        adjusted under subparagraph (H), if 
                        applicable'' after ``agency''; and
                            (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ``10'' 
                        and inserting ``25''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) Reduction of payment error rate based on 
                percentage of overpayments recouped.--In determining 
                the liability amount of a State agency under 
                subparagraph (C) for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal 
                year thereafter, the payment error rate described in 
                clause (ii)(I) of that subparagraph shall be equal to 
                the product obtained by multiplying--
                            ``(i) the payment error rate of the State 
                        agency for that fiscal year; and
                            ``(ii) the percentage of the total amount 
                        of overpayments of benefits made by the State 
                        agency that are not recouped by the State 
                        agency under paragraph (9) for that fiscal 
                        year.'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9) Recoupment of overpayments.--Each State agency shall 
        seek to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to benefit 
        recipients.''.
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