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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 87
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify work requirements
under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY14, 2025
Mr. S
COTTof Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify
work requirements under the supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Let’s Get to Work 4
Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. SNAP WORK REQUIREMENTS. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 6(o) of the Food and Nu-7
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) is amended— 8
(1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 9
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or, in the case of 10
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a parent or other member of a household with re-1
sponsibility for a dependent child, 6 months (con-2
secutive or otherwise),’’ before ‘‘during which’’; 3
(2) in paragraph (3)— 4
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 5
clause (ii) and inserting the following: 6
‘‘(ii) over 60 years of age;’’; 7
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 8
‘‘under 6 years of age’’ before the semicolon at 9
the end; 10
(C) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘or’’ 11
at the end; 12
(D) in subparagraph (H), by striking the 13
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 14
(E) by adding at the end the following: 15
‘‘(I)(i) responsible for a dependent indi-16
vidual; and 17
‘‘(ii) married to, and resides with, an indi-18
vidual who is in compliance with the require-19
ments of paragraph (2).’’; and 20
(3) in paragraph (6)— 21
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(I)’’ 22
and inserting ‘‘(H)’’; 23
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(G) 24
and (I)’’ and inserting ‘‘(F) and (H)’’; 25
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(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘(G) 1
through (I)’’ and inserting ‘‘(F) through (H)’’; 2
(D) by striking subparagraph (F); 3
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) 4
through (J) as subparagraphs (F) through (I), 5
respectively; and 6
(F) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesig-7
nated), by striking ‘‘(C), (D),, (E), or (F)’’ and 8
inserting ‘‘(C), (D), or (E)’’. 9
(b) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 10
16(h)(1)(E)(ii)(I) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 11
(7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(E)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking ‘‘3- 12
month period’’ and inserting ‘‘3-month or 6-month period, 13
as applicable,’’. 14
SEC. 3. WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND 15
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 16
(a) P
UBLICHOUSING.—Section 3 of the United 17
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a) is amend-18
ed by adding at the end the following: 19
‘‘(e) W
ORKREQUIREMENTS FOR FAMILIES.—The re-20
quirements described in section 6(o) of the Food and Nu-21
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) shall apply with 22
respect to any individual who— 23
‘‘(1) is a member of a family residing in a pub-24
lic housing dwelling; and 25
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‘‘(2) is not exempted from those requirements 1
under paragraph (3) of such section.’’. 2
(b) T
ENANT-BASEDRENTALASSISTANCE.—Section 3
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 4
1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘(22) W
ORK REQUIREMENTS FOR FAMILIES .— 6
The requirements described in section 6(o) of the 7
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) 8
shall apply with respect to any individual who— 9
‘‘(A) is a member of a family receiving ten-10
ant-based assistance; and 11
‘‘(B) is not exempted from those require-12
ments under paragraph (3) of such section.’’. 13
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