{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-416","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":416,"title":"No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-01-15","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"C001118","fullName":"Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]","party":"R","state":"VA","district":6}],"cosponsorsCount":11,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-02-14","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture."},"policyArea":"Agriculture and Food","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-02-14","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill requires all households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to meet the program's income and asset requirements, thereby eliminating certain alternative SNAP eligibility&nbsp;pathways.</p><p>Currently, a&nbsp;household may be eligible for SNAP by meeting&nbsp;program-specific federal eligibility requirements, which include both income and asset tests. A household may also be automatically or <em>categorically eligible</em> for SNAP based on eligibility for or receiving cash benefits from other specified low-income assistance programs (e.g., Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF]). Under this categorical eligibility, households that already meet financial eligibility rules in a program like TANF are not required to go through a SNAP financial eligibility determination.&nbsp;</p><p>A&nbsp;majority of states also provide broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE), a policy that makes most households with an income below a certain threshold categorically eligible for SNAP. Under BBCE, these states typically make households categorically eligible through receiving or being authorized to receive a minimal non-cash TANF benefit or service (e.g., a pamphlet). A state may set its own BBCE financial eligibility requirements for a household so long as the gross income requirement is below a certain level. A state's requirements do not have to match SNAP program-specific eligibility requirements. For example,&nbsp;most states&nbsp;that provide BBCE&nbsp;do not have an asset test for SNAP eligibility.</p><p>The bill requires all SNAP households, including those that qualify under categorical eligibility, to meet the program's income and asset requirements.</p>","updateDate":"2026-07-18T00:05:12Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":291,"ts":"2026-08-28T08:37:11.896Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=No%20Welfare%20for%20the%20Wealthy%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}