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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3428 

To strengthen the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) categorical eligibility for applicants who already receive supplemental assistance 

elsewhere and for those with assets high enough to not require assistance, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2021 

Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 

HERN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. PERRY, and Mr. ROUZER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in 

addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Energy and 

Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To strengthen the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

(SNAP) categorical eligibility for applicants who already 

receive supplemental assistance elsewhere and for those 

with assets high enough to not require assistance, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Reform Act 

5 of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. UPDATE TO CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY. 

2 Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

3 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 

4 (1) in the 2d sentence of subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘receives benefits’’ and in6 serting ‘‘(1) receives cash assistance (not less 

7 than $150 a month for an extended period)’’, 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘supplemental security’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘with an income eligibility limit of 

10 not more than 130 percent of the poverty line 

11 as defined in section 5(c)(1), (2) is elderly or 

12 disabled and receives cash assistance or ongoing 

13 and subtantial services under a State program 

14 funded under part A of title IV of the Social 

15 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) with an 

16 income eligibility limit of not more than 200 

17 percent of the poverty line as defined in section 

18 5(c)(1), (3) receives supplemental security’’, 

19 and 

20 (C) by striking ‘‘or aid’’ and inserting ‘‘or 

21 (4) receives aid’’, and 

22 (2) in subsection (j)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘or who receives benefits’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘cash assistance (not less than 

25 $150 a month for an extended period)’’, and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘to have’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘with an income eligibility limit of not more 

3 than 130 percent of the poverty line as defined 

4 in section 5(c)(1), or who is elderly or disabled 

5 and receives cash assistance or ongoing and 

6 substantial services under a State program 

7 funded under part A of title IV of the Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) with an income eligibility 

9 limit of not more than 200 percent of the pov10 erty line as defined in section 5(c)(1), to have’’. 

11 SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF STANDARD UTILITY ALLOWANCES 

12 BASED ON RECEIPT OF ENERGY ASSISTANCE. 

13 Section 5(k)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

14 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(k)(4)) is amended— 

15 (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘without 

16 an elderly member’’ after ‘‘household’’ the 1st place 

17 it appears, and 

18 (2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘with an 

19 elderly member’’ after ‘‘household’’ the 1st place it 

20 appears. 

21 SEC. 4. ADJUSTMENT TO ASSET LIMITATIONS. 

22 Section 5(g)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

23 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(1)) is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$7,000’’, and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘$12,000’’, and— 

5 (2) in subparagraph (B)(i) by striking ‘‘2019’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

7 SEC. 5. ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION; UPDATED VEHICLE 

8 ALLOWANCE. 

9 Section 5(g) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

10 (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Begin13 ning’’ and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.— 

15 ‘‘(I) Beginning’’, and 

16 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(II) Beginning on October 1, 

18 2021, and each October 1 thereafter, 

19 the amount specified in paragraph 

20 (2)(B)(iv) shall be adjusted in the 

21 manner described in subclause (I).’’, 

22 and 

23 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

24 (A) by amending subparagraph (B)— 


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1 (i) by amending clause (iv) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(iv) subject to subparagraph (C), 

4 with respect to any licensed vehicle that is 

5 used for household transportation or to ob6 tain or continue employment— 

7 ‘‘(I) 1 vehicle for each licensed 

8 driver who is a member of such house9 hold; and 

10 ‘‘(II) each additional vehicle; 

11 and’’, and 

12 (ii) in clause (v) by inserting ‘‘to the 

13 extend such value exceeds $7,500’’ after 

14 ‘‘account’’, and 

15 (B) by striking subparagraph (D). 

16 SEC. 6. SAVINGS EXCLUDED FROM ASSETS. 

17 Section 5(g) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

18 (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)), as amended by section 5, is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i) by adding at the end 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(III) Beginning on October 1, 

23 2021, and each October 1 thereafter, 

24 the amount specified in paragraph 

25 (2)(B)(v) shall be adjusted in the 


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1 manner described in subclause (I).’’, 

2 and 

3 (2) in paragraph (2)(B)(v) by inserting ‘‘to the 

4 extent that the value exceeds $7,500’’ after ‘‘ac5 count’’. 

6 SEC. 7. ALLOWANCE TO RECIPIENTS OF ENERGY ASSIST7 ANCE. 

8 (a) STANDARD UTILITY ALLOWANCE.—Section 

9 5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of the of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

10 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)) is amended by in11 serting ‘‘with an elderly member’’ after ‘‘households’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

13 2605(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist14 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)(2)(A)) is amended by insert15 ing ‘‘received by a household with an elderly member’’ be16 fore ‘‘, consistent with section 5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)’’. 

17 SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

18 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub19 section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 

20 Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act. 

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1 cation periods that begin after the effective date of this 

2 Act. 

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