I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2645 
To amend section 2202 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 
to extend for 1 year the availability of certain flexible benefits under 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP). 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2023 
Ms. CARAVEO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend section 2202 of the Families First Coronavirus 
Response Act to extend for 1 year the availability of 
certain flexible benefits under the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program (SNAP). 
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 ‘‘Keeping Families Fed 
Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) After February 2023 the emergency nutri-
tion assistance benefits provided under the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) au-
thorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
ended, resulting in a benefit cut for every SNAP re-
cipient household in the 32 States then providing 
the emergency benefits. 
(2) According to the Center on Budget and Pol-
icy Priorities, every recipient household in those 
States now receives at least $95 reduction in SNAP 
benefits a month, and some households see reduc-
tions of $250 a month or more. The average house-
hold receives $90 a month less in emergency SNAP 
benefits. 
(3) The ending of emergency allotments after 
February 2023 was required by an Act enacted in 
December 2022 that provided only 2 months for 
State agencies that administer SNAP and for SNAP 
recipients to prepare for a stark reduction in bene-
fits. More resources and guidance for the end of the 
emergency SNAP benefits would have allowed the 
State agencies and SNAP recipients to better pre-
pare for a benefit reduction and better prevent the 
hunger cliff caused by benefit reductions. 
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SEC. 3. AMENDMENT. 
Section 2302(d) of the Families First Coronavirus 
Response Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 116–127) 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: 
‘‘, but such authority shall be in effect during the 1-year 
period that begins on the date of the enactment of the 
Keeping Families Fed Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 4. STRATEGY PLAN. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall de-
velop, and submit to the Congress, a strategy plan for 
State agencies that administer the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 to provided resources and guidance for public aware-
ness, and preparation for the end, of the extended emer-
gency program benefits authorized by the amendment 
made by section 3. 
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