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Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act

USA118th CongressS-2923| Senate 
| Updated: 9/26/2023
Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst

Republican Senator

Iowa

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act This bill requires states to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients and adjusts the formula for determining a state's liability rate for overpayments. As background, the SNAP quality control system measures how accurately SNAP state agencies determine a household’s eligibility and benefit amount and determines overpayments of benefits and underpayments. States that have comparatively high payment error rates for two consecutive years are assessed a penalty (i.e., liability amount). The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) must use a statutory formula to determine the liability amount. Under current law, FNS must set a tolerance level for excluding small payment errors (e.g., $54 or less in FY2023). This bill reduces the tolerance level for excluding small errors to $0 for FY2024 and each succeeding fiscal year. The bill also requires state agencies to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to SNAP beneficiaries. The bill adjusts the liability rate formula to reduce the state payment error rate based on the percentage of overpayments recouped by the state. Further, the bill increases the multiplier used in the formula to 25% (from 10%).
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Timeline
Sep 26, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Sep 26, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jan 24, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-6501
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
  • September 26, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 26, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.


  • January 24, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-6501
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • HR 118-6501: Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act

Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act

USA118th CongressS-2923| Senate 
| Updated: 9/26/2023
Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act This bill requires states to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients and adjusts the formula for determining a state's liability rate for overpayments. As background, the SNAP quality control system measures how accurately SNAP state agencies determine a household’s eligibility and benefit amount and determines overpayments of benefits and underpayments. States that have comparatively high payment error rates for two consecutive years are assessed a penalty (i.e., liability amount). The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) must use a statutory formula to determine the liability amount. Under current law, FNS must set a tolerance level for excluding small payment errors (e.g., $54 or less in FY2023). This bill reduces the tolerance level for excluding small errors to $0 for FY2024 and each succeeding fiscal year. The bill also requires state agencies to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to SNAP beneficiaries. The bill adjusts the liability rate formula to reduce the state payment error rate based on the percentage of overpayments recouped by the state. Further, the bill increases the multiplier used in the formula to 25% (from 10%).
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Timeline
Sep 26, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Sep 26, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jan 24, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-6501
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
  • September 26, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 26, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.


  • January 24, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-6501
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst

Republican Senator

Iowa

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • HR 118-6501: Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted