Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
The Feed Our Families Act of 2025 automatically appropriates such sums as necessary from the Treasury to run the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (SNAP) for the first 90 days of the first lapse in discretionary appropriations in a fiscal year. Funds are placed in reserve, used only as necessary for program operations, and remain available until expended.
Whether protecting benefits during shutdowns outweighs appropriations-process concerns
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear, narrowly targeted appropriation authority to maintain SNAP funding during the first lapse in discretionary appropriations each fiscal year for a defined 90-day period.
The Feed Our Families Act of 2025 automatically appropriates such sums as necessary from the Treasury to run the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (SNAP) for the first 90 days of the first lapse in discretionary appropriations in a fiscal year.
Funds are placed in reserve, used only as necessary for program operations, and remain available until expended.
The appropriation applies to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2024.
Substantively narrow and sympathetic, but fiscal automaticity and lack of offsets make enactment uncertain without compromise.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear, narrowly targeted appropriation authority to maintain SNAP funding during the first lapse in discretionary appropriations each fiscal year for a defined 90-day period. The core mechanism and statutory target are stated, but operational, fiscal, and oversight specifics are limited or absent.
Whether protecting benefits during shutdowns outweighs appropriations-process concerns
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Whether protecting benefits during shutdowns outweighs appropriations-process concerns
Strongly supportive.
The bill protects low-income households and children from food insecurity during a government funding lapse.
It is a targeted, time-limited measure to prevent humanitarian harm caused by shutdowns.
Cautiously supportive.
The bill mitigates clear humanitarian harms while being narrowly tailored, but raises concerns about precedent and fiscal process.
Support depends on oversight, transparency, and clear limits.
Skeptical or opposed.
While sympathetic to preventing hunger, this bill is viewed as undermining Congress's power of the purse and encouraging shutdown leverage.
Fiscal and constitutional concerns dominate.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Substantively narrow and sympathetic, but fiscal automaticity and lack of offsets make enactment uncertain without compromise.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Whether protecting benefits during shutdowns outweighs appropriations-process concerns
Substantively narrow and sympathetic, but fiscal automaticity and lack of offsets make enactment uncertain without compromise.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a clear, narrowly targeted appropriation authority to maintain SNAP funding during the first lapse in discretionary appropriations each fiscal year for a…
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