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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3442 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the Federal 
cost share for supplemental nutrition assistance program administration 
to improve staffing and retention, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2025 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Mr. CASTEN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. NORTON, 
and Mr. FIGURES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase 
the Federal cost share for supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program administration to improve staffing and 
retention, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Administrator 
Retention Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. COST SHARE FOR SNAP ADMINISTRATION FOR 
STAFFING AND RETENTION. 
Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (k)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (k) and (m)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) WAGE STANDARDS FOR STATE AGENCY PER-
SONNEL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of the SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025, 
wages of State agency personnel administering the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program shall be— 
‘‘(1) not less than the appropriate rate of pay 
that would be payable to Federal employees under 
subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
‘‘(2) updated annually by not less than any in-
crease in that rate of pay, including locality adjust-
ments. 
‘‘(m) ADMINISTRATIVE COST-SHARING FOR STAFF-
ING AND RETENTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On approval of a wage plan 
submitted by a State agency under paragraph (2), 
the Secretary shall pay to each State agency an 
amount equal to 100 percent of all administrative 
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personnel costs incurred by the State agency in car-
rying out the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram, including all costs associated with— 
‘‘(A) processing, hiring, and training new 
employees in accordance with the standards de-
scribed in section 11(e)(6)(B); 
‘‘(B) maintaining those personnel costs; 
and 
‘‘(C) complying with the wage standards 
described in subsection (l). 
‘‘ (2) APPROVAL OF WAGE PLANS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025, a State 
agency shall submit to the Secretary for approval 
the personnel wage plans implemented by the State 
agency to carry out subsection (l), including the po-
sition titles, duties, wages, and appropriate rates of 
pay of employees. 
‘‘(3) MAINTENANCE
OF
EFFORT.—The Sec-
retary shall make payments to a State agency under 
paragraph (1) only if the State agency uses the 
funds received— 
‘‘(A) to supplement, not supplant, non- 
Federal funds used for existing administrative 
personnel costs under subsection (a); and 
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‘‘(B) for existing or additional full-time 
equivalent positions above the number of posi-
tions that were held in the State or sub-State 
area in fiscal year 2024.’’. 
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