SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2023

SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2023

This bill repeals the shelter deduction cap for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit, thereby allowing a household to deduct all allowable housing expenses (e.g., rent or mortgage, electricity, and water costs) that exceed 50% of a household's income after other deductions when calculating net income to determine SNAP benefits.

Under current law, the shelter deduction is capped (unless at least one household member is an elderly or disabled individual), and the cap is adjusted annually for inflation. In FY2023, the shelter deduction was capped at $624 for households in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1765 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1765

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the limitation on 
the maximum deduction for shelter expenses allowable for determination 
                      of benefits under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2023

     Mr. Payne (for himself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Norton, Mrs. 
 Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Gomez, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
   Mr. Mullin, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Smith of Washington, and Ms. Adams) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the limitation on 
the maximum deduction for shelter expenses allowable for determination 
                      of benefits under such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 5(e)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(e)(6)) is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (B), and
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
        subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
January 1 that 1st occurs after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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