This bill aims to improve staffing and retention in state agencies that administer the SNAP food assistance program by increasing federal funding for administrative costs. The legislation requires state SNAP administrators to be paid at least as much as comparable federal employees, with annual raises tied to federal pay increases, and mandates that states submit wage plans for approval within one year of the law's enactment. The federal government would cover 100 percent of all administrative personnel costs for SNAP, including expenses related to hiring, training, and maintaining staff who meet these new wage standards. States can only receive these federal funds if they use them to supplement existing funding rather than replace it and if they maintain or increase their workforce levels above what they had in fiscal year 2023. The bill essentially shifts more of the burden for paying SNAP administrators to the federal government while requiring states to meet higher wage standards to retain qualified personnel.