Keep Seniors Fed Act

Bill: 119-hr-4967
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2025-08-12
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-08-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-08-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Keep Seniors Fed Act</strong></p><p>This bill amends the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to exempt certain Social Security benefits (e.g., retirement and disability benefits) from household income for the purposes of determining program eligibility.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4967 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 12, 2025 Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Mr. McGovern , Ms. Norton , Ms. Salinas , Mr. Thanedar , Mrs. McIver , Mr. Fields , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Jackson of Illinois , Ms. Chu , Mrs. Ramirez , Mrs. Dingell , Ms. Pettersen , Ms. Scanlon , Ms. Brown , Ms. Lofgren , Ms. Ansari , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Ms. Hoyle of Oregon , Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Stansbury , and Mr. Cohen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income certain funds received under the Social Security Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Seniors Fed Act . 2. Amendment Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014(d) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (18) by striking and at the end, (2) in paragraph (19) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and , and (3) by adding at the end the following: (20) income received under title II of the Social Security Act. . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.