This bill would significantly tighten work requirements for adults receiving SNAP, the federal food assistance program. It would restore stricter work rules for able-bodied adults ages 16 to 65, require them to register for employment and participate in job training programs, and eliminate various exemptions that currently allow states to waive work requirements in certain geographic areas or circumstances. The legislation also imposes a five-year lifetime limit on SNAP benefits for able-bodied adults, though it exempts children, pregnant women, people over 64, and those medically unable to work. Additionally, the bill repeals temporary pandemic-era suspensions of work requirements that were put in place during COVID-19, immediately reinstating these rules without a specified implementation timeline or dedicated funding for employment programs.
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