I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2407 
To help individuals receiving assistance under the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program in obtaining self-sufficiency, to provide information 
on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2025 
Mr. BRECHEEN (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY of Utah, and Mr. GROTHMAN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To help individuals receiving assistance under the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program in obtaining self- 
sufficiency, to provide information on total spending on 
means-tested welfare programs, 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 and 
Upward Mobility Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—POVERTY MEASUREMENT IMPROVEMENT 
Sec. 101. Improving the measurement of poverty in the United States. 
Sec. 102. Commission on valuation of government benefits. 
Sec. 103. GAO reports on effect of supplementary data on calculation of pov-
erty rates and related measures. 
Sec. 104. Rule of construction. 
TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
Sec. 201. Work requirements. 
Sec. 202. Employment and training program outcomes reporting. 
Sec. 203. State matching funds. 
Sec. 204. Eligibility. 
Sec. 205. Compliance with fraud investigations. 
Sec. 206. Authorized users of electronic benefit transfer cards. 
Sec. 207. Reauthorization of medium- or high-risk retail food stores and whole-
sale food concerns. 
Sec. 208. State activity reports. 
Sec. 209. Disqualification by State agency. 
Sec. 210. Retention of recaptured funds by States. 
TITLE I—POVERTY 
MEASUREMENT IMPROVEMENT 
SEC. 101. IMPROVING THE MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY IN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FEDERAL
BENEFIT.—The term ‘‘Federal 
benefit’’ means a benefit, refundable tax credit, or 
other form of assistance provided under any of the 
following programs: 
(A) Earned Income Tax Credit (refundable 
portion). 
(B) Child Tax Credit (refundable portion). 
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(C) Supplemental Security Income. 
(D) Temporary Assistance for Needy Fam-
ilies. 
(E) Title IV–E Foster Care. 
(F) Title IV–E Adoption Assistance. 
(G) Medicaid. 
(H) SCHIP. 
(I) Indian Health Services. 
(J) PPACA refundable premium assistance 
and cost sharing tax credit. 
(K) Assets for Independence program. 
(L) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Food Program. 
(M) School Breakfast. 
(N) School Lunch. 
(O) Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 
Food Program. 
(P) Child and Adult Care Food Program. 
(Q) The Food Distribution Program on In-
dian Reservations (FDPIR). 
(R) Nutrition Program for the Elderly. 
(S) Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition 
Program. 
(T) Commodity Supplemental Food Pro-
gram. 
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(U) Section 8 Housing. 
(V) Public Housing. 
(W) Housing for Persons with Disabilities. 
(X) Home Investment Partnership Pro-
gram. 
(Y) Rural Housing Service. 
(Z) Rural Housing Insurance Fund. 
(AA) Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance Program. 
(BB) Universal Service Fund Low Income 
Support Mechanism (subsidized phone services). 
(CC) Pell Grants. 
(DD) Supplemental Educational Oppor-
tunity Grants. 
(EE) American Opportunity Tax Credit 
(refundable portion). 
(FF) Healthy Start. 
(GG) Job Corps. 
(HH) Head Start (including Early Head 
Start). 
(II) Weatherization Assistance. 
(JJ) Chafee Foster Care Independence 
Program. 
(KK) Child Care Subsidies from the Child 
Care and Development Fund. 
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(LL) Child Care from the Temporary As-
sistance for Needy Families Block Grant. 
(MM) Emergency Assistance to Needy 
Families with Children. 
(NN) Senior Community Service Employ-
ment Program. 
(OO) Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers 
Training Program. 
(PP) Indian and Native American Employ-
ment and Training Program. 
(QQ) Independent Living Education and 
Training Vouchers. 
(2) RESOURCE
UNIT.—The term ‘‘resource 
unit’’ means all co-resident individuals who are re-
lated by birth, marriage, or adoption, plus any co- 
resident unrelated children, foster children, and un-
married partners and their relatives. 
(3) MARKET INCOME.—The term ‘‘market in-
come’’ means individual income from the following: 
(A) Earnings. 
(B) Interest. 
(C) Dividends. 
(D) Rents, royalties, and estates and 
trusts. 
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(E) The monetary value of employer-spon-
sored health insurance benefits. 
(F) Other forms of income, as determined 
by the Director. 
(4) ENTITLEMENT AND OTHER INCOME.—The 
term ‘‘entitlement and other income’’ means income 
from the following: 
(A) Unemployment (insurance) compensa-
tion. 
(B) Workers’ compensation. 
(C) Social Security. 
(D) Veterans’ payments and benefits. 
(E) Survivor benefits. 
(F) Disability benefits (not including bene-
fits under the Supplemental Security Income 
program). 
(G) Pension or retirement income. 
(H) Alimony. 
(I) Child support. 
(J) Financial assistance from outside of 
the household. 
(K) Medicare. 
(5) ENTITLEMENT
AND
EARNED
UNIT
IN-
COME.—The term ‘‘entitlement and earned unit in-
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come’’ means the sum of all market income and en-
titlement and other income. 
(6) INCOME TAX DATA.—The term ‘‘income tax 
data’’ means return information, as such term is de-
fined under section 6103(b)(2) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
(7) ADMINISTERING AGENCY.—The term ‘‘ad-
ministering agency’’ means a State or Federal agen-
cy responsible for administering a Federal benefit. 
(8) TOTAL
RESOURCE
UNIT
INCOME.—The 
term ‘‘total resource unit income’’ means, with re-
spect to a resource unit, an amount equal to— 
(A) the sum of— 
(i) all market income attributable to 
members of the unit; 
(ii) all entitlement and other income 
attributable to members of the unit; and 
(iii) an amount, or cash equivalent, of 
all Federal benefits received by members of 
the unit; minus 
(B) all State and Federal income and pay-
roll taxes attributable to members of the unit. 
(9) EARNED
RESOURCE
UNIT
INCOME.—The 
term ‘‘earned resource unit income’’ means, with re-
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spect to a resource unit, all market income attrib-
utable to members of the unit. 
(10) PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable informa-
tion’’ means any information that identifies an indi-
vidual or could reasonably be used to identify an in-
dividual that is— 
(A) collected pursuant to a survey con-
ducted by the Bureau of the Census; or 
(B) disclosed to the Bureau of the Census 
by an administering agency for the purpose of 
carrying out subsection (b). 
(11) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Bureau of the Census. 
(b) VERIFICATION OF DATA COLLECTED IN THE AN-
NUAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SUPPLEMENT TO THE CUR-
RENT POPULATION SURVEY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 
2025, in order to more accurately determine the ex-
tent of poverty in the United States and the anti- 
poverty effectiveness of Federal benefit programs, 
the Director shall collect, in addition to the data col-
lected under the Annual Social and Economic Sup-
plement to the Current Population Survey, data 
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from the appropriate administering agencies related 
to the following: 
(A) Participation in any Federal benefit 
program and the monetary or cash equivalent 
value of such benefit for an individual, where 
possible, and otherwise for resource units or 
households. 
(B) The total amount of market income 
for individuals. 
(C) The total amount of entitlement and 
other income for individuals. 
(D) Payment of income taxes and payroll 
taxes for individuals. 
(E) Total resource unit income. 
(F) Total earned resource unit income. 
(G) Any other information about benefits 
or income received by individuals that the Di-
rector determines necessary to carry out this 
section and that is not included in the data re-
lating to participation in Federal benefit pro-
grams or market income for individuals. 
(2) ADMINISTERING AGENCY DATA.—Not later 
than 6 months after receiving a request from the Di-
rector, the head of each administering agency shall 
make available to the Director such data (including 
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