Bill · H.Res. 856· House(119-HRES-856)

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Age: 72 years

Oregon

Introduced: 11/4/2025
Last activity: 12/2/2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Sponsored by: Suzanne Bonamici
Cosponsors: - 51 - 0

Agriculture and Food

Introduced
In Committee

A House resolution is the House speaking for itself: stating a position, honouring someone, or setting its own rules. Adopting it is the whole process. Once the House agrees to it, it is officially the House's word; it is not a law, so the Senate and the President have no part in it.

What this bill would do

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program. It highlights that Congress previously appropriated billions of dollars to the SNAP contingency fund to ensure program operations during emergencies like government shutdowns. The text notes that approximately 1 in 8 people in the United States rely on SNAP, including millions of children, seniors, people with disabilities, and veterans. It points out that the administration has both the legal obligation and the authority to use these funds and interchange powers to finance SNAP through November 2025. Finally, it urges the administration to immediately exercise this authority for the health and wellness of families experiencing hunger.

Yes· 3 of 8

Would households on low incomes be better off under this?+6
Directly benefits low-income households relying on SNAP to avoid hunger and malnutrition.
Would children be better off under this?+5
Supports continued nutrition assistance for approximately 16,000,000 children at risk of hunger.
Would people over 65 be better off under this?+5
Supports continued nutrition assistance for approximately 8,000,000 seniors.