119th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure that striking workers and their households do not become ineligible for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
March 26, 2025
Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. Casar, Ms. Norton, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Frost, Ms. Chu, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Carson, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. McGovern, Ms. McBride, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Omar, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Waters, and Ms. Ansari) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure that striking workers and their households do not become ineligible for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. Eligibility of striking workers.
Section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) is amended—
(A) by striking clause (iv); and
(B) by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and
(A) by striking “participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program at any time that” and inserting “be ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a result of”;
(B) by striking “is on strike” and inserting “being on strike”; and
(C) by striking “: Provided, That” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting a period.