Feed Our Families Act of 2025
Key claim: If enacted, SNAP and other USDA nutrition programs under the Food and Nutrition Act would automatically get funding for the first 90 days of a government shutdown after fiscal year 2024.
Abstract
(HR2016 · 119th Congress) Feed Our Families Act of 2025 This bill provides appropriations for carrying out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 during the first 90-day period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations for carrying out the act during any fiscal year beginning after FY2024. The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 is the authorizing statute for several Department of Agriculture nutrition and food assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Latest action (2025-03-10): Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Why this matters
SNAP serves roughly 40 million people and has repeatedly been a flashpoint during federal shutdowns, when USDA has had to improvise contingency funding to keep benefits flowing. A standing 90-day appropriation would convert that ad hoc process into automatic continuity for recipients, retailers, and state administrators, while removing SNAP from the leverage pool in shutdown negotiations.