H.Res. 856: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-11-04 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

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Official title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Plain summary

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Trump Administration is legally obligated to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through the use of the contingency fund, the Administration has the legal authority and the funds to finance SNAP through November 2025, exercising this power is extremely important for the health and wellness of families experiencing hunger, and the Administration should immediately exercise this authority.

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · 51 cosponsors

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Jahana Hayes (D-CT), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Adam Smith (D-WA), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Summer L. Lee (D-PA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Susie Lee (D-NV), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), George Latimer (D-NY), Derek Tran (D-CA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), John Garamendi (D-CA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Pablo José Hernández (D-PR), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Department of Agriculture: its federal spending and other bills that name it

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Obligation: A binding promise by a government agency to pay money, for example by signing a contract or awarding a grant. Spending data such as USAspending.gov counts money when it is obligated, which can be before it is actually paid out.
Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hres856.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hres>

Record fed-us-cong119-hres856 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills