H.R. 2357

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2357 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2357

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.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 26, 2025

Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. Casar, Ms. Norton, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Lee of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Garcia 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

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A BILL

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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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--
(1) in paragraph (1)(D)--
(A) by striking clause (iv); and
(B) by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as 
clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(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.
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