{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-3442","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":3442,"title":"SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-05-15","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"H001081","fullName":"Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]","party":"D","state":"CT","district":5}],"cosponsorsCount":25,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-05-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture."},"policyArea":"Agriculture and Food","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-05-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to pay Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) state agencies for 100% of SNAP administrative personnel costs. The bill also&nbsp;requires that state SNAP agency administrators be paid at least the same amount as federal employees. (Under current law, FNS generally pays 50% of a state's administrative costs for SNAP.)</p><p>Specifically, FNS must pay a state agency for 100% of all SNAP administrative personnel costs that are part of an&nbsp;FNS-approved state agency personnel wage plan. This must include all costs associated with hiring and training new employees, maintaining those personnel costs,&nbsp;and&nbsp;complying with wage standards. The state agency must use these funds (1) to supplement, not supplant, nonfederal funds used for existing administrative personnel costs; and (2) for existing or additional full-time positions that are above the number of positions that were held in FY2024.</p><p>The bill also requires that the wage standards for SNAP state agency administrators be (1) at least the same amount as the General Schedule (GS) pay rate for federal employees; and (2) updated annually based on any increase in the GS pay rate, including locality adjustments.</p>","updateDate":"2026-04-10T08:05:41Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":259,"ts":"2026-04-15T14:36:34.769Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=SNAP%20Administrator%20Retention%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}