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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5950 
To appropriate funds to ensure uninterrupted benefits under the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program and the special supplemental nutrition pro-
gram for women, infants, and children. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2025 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. ANSARI, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BELL, 
Mr. BISHOP, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. COSTA, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ELFRETH, Ms. ESCOBAR, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. FIGURES, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. LOIS 
FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mrs. 
FISCHBACH, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HERNA´NDEZ, Mr. HORSFORD, 
Mr. IVEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. LEVIN, 
Mr. LIEU, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mrs. MCCLAIN DELANEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORELLE, 
Ms. MORRISON, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NEAL, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RILEY of New York, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. 
SIMON, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. THOMPSON of 
California, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
TOKUDA, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. TRAN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. 
VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. AMO, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Mr. PETERS, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KENNEDY 
of New York, Ms. MCBRIDE, Ms. WATERS, Ms. GOODLANDER, Ms. 
MCCLELLAN, and Ms. BROWNLEY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
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A BILL 
To appropriate funds to ensure uninterrupted benefits under 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program and the 
special supplemental nutrition program for women, in-
fants, and children. 
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 ‘‘Keep SNAP and WIC 
Funded Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
UNINTERRUPTED 
BENEFITS 
UNDER 
SUPPLE-
MENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
AND SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 
PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHIL-
DREN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In fiscal year 2026, for any period 
during which interim continuing appropriations or full- 
year appropriations for that fiscal year have not been en-
acted for the Department of Agriculture, there are appro-
priated to the Secretary of Agriculture, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as 
are necessary— 
(1) to provide uninterrupted benefits under the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program estab-
lished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
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(2) to provide consolidated block grants under 
section 19 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2028); and 
(3) to carry out without interruption the special 
supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, 
and children established by section 17 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786). 
(b) RETROACTIVITY.—The appropriations under sub-
section (a) shall include any amounts necessary for pay-
ment of any missed benefits described in that subsection 
during the period beginning on September 30, 2025, and 
ending on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) TERMINATION.—Appropriations shall be made 
available pursuant to subsection (a) until the earlier of— 
(1) the date of enactment into law of appropria-
tions (including a continuing appropriation) for the 
Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2026; and 
(2) September 30, 2026. 
(d) REIMBURSEMENTS TO STATES.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture shall use the amounts made available pur-
suant to subsection (a) to reimburse State agencies for 
costs incurred in carrying out the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program established under the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), including con-
solidated block grants under section 19 of that Act (7 
U.S.C. 2028), and the special supplemental nutrition pro-
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