What This Bill Does · Plain English
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Training and Nutrition Stability Act This bill excludes specific employment and training program funds from income when determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). As background, a household must have an income below a certain level to qualify for SNAP program benefits. Certain allowances, earnings, and payments do not count towards a household's income. Under this bill, examples of programs excluded from income include Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs, vocational rehabilitation programs, and refugee employment programs. This bill also removes the requirement that earnings from on-the-job training be considered earned income for purposes of determining SNAP eligibility.
Action Timeline
2025-04-21
Introduced in House
2025-04-21
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2025-04-21
Introduced in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.2974 pass?
HR.2974 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: pending.
What does HR.2974 do?
Training and Nutrition Stability Act This bill excludes specific employment and training program funds from income when determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). As background, a household must have an income below a certain level to qualify for SNAP program benefits. Certain allowances, earnings, and payments do not count towards a household's income. Under this bill, examples of programs excluded from income include Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs, vocational rehabilitation programs, and refugee employment programs. This bill a…
Who sponsored HR.2974?
HR.2974 was sponsored by Adriano Espaillat (D-New York).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 2974 IH: Training and Nutrition Stability U.S. House of Representatives 2025-04-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2974 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2025 Mr. Espaillat (for himself, Mr. Bresnahan , Ms. Adams , Mr. Miller of Ohio , and Mr. Bacon ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exempt workforce training dollars as income for supplemental nutrition assistance program beneficiaries. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Training and Nutrition Stability Act . 2. Amendment to the supplemental nutrition assistance program Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014 ) is amended by striking subsection (l). 3. Exclusion for income from employment and training program 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 a household member receives from allowances, earning, and payments to household members participating in any program defined in section 6(o)(1), any program established under section 6(d)(4), any vocational rehabilitation program established and defined under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and any refugee employment program established and defined under section 412(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. .
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