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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3428 
To strengthen the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) categor-
ical 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 fol-
lowing 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 juris-
diction 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. 
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 Reform Act 
of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. UPDATE TO CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 
(1) in the 2d sentence of subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘receives benefits’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(1) receives cash assistance (not less 
than $150 a month for an extended period)’’, 
(B) by striking ‘‘supplemental security’’ 
and inserting ‘‘with an income eligibility limit of 
not more than 130 percent of the poverty line 
as defined in section 5(c)(1), (2) is elderly or 
disabled and receives cash assistance or ongoing 
and subtantial services under a State program 
funded under part A of title IV of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) with an 
income eligibility limit of not more than 200 
percent of the poverty line as defined in section 
5(c)(1), (3) receives supplemental security’’, 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘or aid’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
(4) receives aid’’, and 
(2) in subsection (j)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or who receives benefits’’ 
and inserting ‘‘cash assistance (not less than 
$150 a month for an extended period)’’, and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘to have’’ and inserting 
‘‘with an income eligibility limit of not more 
than 130 percent of the poverty line as defined 
in section 5(c)(1), or who is elderly or disabled 
and receives cash assistance or ongoing and 
substantial services under a State program 
funded under part A of title IV of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) with an income eligibility 
limit of not more than 200 percent of the pov-
erty line as defined in section 5(c)(1), to have’’. 
SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF STANDARD UTILITY ALLOWANCES 
BASED ON RECEIPT OF ENERGY ASSISTANCE. 
Section 5(k)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(k)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘without 
an elderly member’’ after ‘‘household’’ the 1st place 
it appears, and 
(2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘with an 
elderly member’’ after ‘‘household’’ the 1st place it 
appears. 
SEC. 4. ADJUSTMENT TO ASSET LIMITATIONS. 
Section 5(g)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$7,000’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$12,000’’, and— 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i) by striking ‘‘2019’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 
SEC. 5. ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION; UPDATED VEHICLE 
ALLOWANCE. 
Section 5(g) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2014(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Begin-
ning’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(I) Beginning’’, and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(II) Beginning on October 1, 
2021, and each October 1 thereafter, 
the amount specified in paragraph 
(2)(B)(iv) shall be adjusted in the 
manner described in subclause (I).’’, 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (B)— 
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(i) by amending clause (iv) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(iv) subject to subparagraph (C), 
with respect to any licensed vehicle that is 
used for household transportation or to ob-
tain or continue employment— 
‘‘(I) 1 vehicle for each licensed 
driver who is a member of such house-
hold; and 
‘‘(II) each additional vehicle; 
and’’, and 
(ii) in clause (v) by inserting ‘‘to the 
extend such value exceeds $7,500’’ after 
‘‘account’’, and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (D). 
SEC. 6. SAVINGS EXCLUDED FROM ASSETS. 
Section 5(g) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2014(g)), as amended by section 5, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(III) Beginning on October 1, 
2021, and each October 1 thereafter, 
the amount specified in paragraph 
(2)(B)(v) shall be adjusted in the 
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manner described in subclause (I).’’, 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)(v) by inserting ‘‘to the 
extent that the value exceeds $7,500’’ after ‘‘ac-
count’’. 
SEC. 7. ALLOWANCE TO RECIPIENTS OF ENERGY ASSIST-
ANCE. 
(a) 
STANDARD
UTILITY
ALLOWANCE.—Section 
5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of the of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘with an elderly member’’ after ‘‘households’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
2605(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)(2)(A)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘received by a household with an elderly member’’ be-
fore ‘‘, consistent with section 5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)’’. 
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall apply with respect to certifi-
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cation periods that begin after the effective date of this 
Act. 
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