H.R. 4347

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4347 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4347

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide employment and 
training data grants, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 10, 2025

Ms. Salinas 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 provide employment and 
training data grants, 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 ``SNAP E&T Data And Technical 
Assistance (DATA) Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(o) Employment and Training Data Grants.--The Secretary is 
authorized to award grants to State agencies, on a competitive basis, 
for the purpose of creating and strengthening longitudinal 
administrative databases and associated resources for the purpose of 
strengthening program quality, reducing burden, advancing equity, 
protecting privacy, and improving transparency in supplemental 
nutrition and assistance program employment and training programs.
``(1) Award basis.--The Secretary shall award grants on a 
competitive basis and in a manner consistent with the following 
priorities:
``(A) Encouraging participation among States that 
have not yet received such grants and among those with 
the greatest needs in terms of data infrastructure.
``(B) Strengthening effectiveness in meeting the 
purposes of section 6(d)(4)(A)(i).
``(C) Facilitating co-enrollment and coordination 
of services between employment and training programs 
offered under this Act and other federally-supported 
workforce development programs, such as those 
authorized under the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and the 
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 
21st Century Act (Public Law 115-224; 132 Stat. 1563) 
and the amendments made by that Act.
``(D) Participating in and contributing data to the 
State's linked longitudinal data system, including 
submitting data that when linked with K-12, 
postsecondary, and workforce development data, provides 
the State with the ability to create more robust tools 
and analytics.
``(E) Encouraging the use of non-Federal 
contributions to improve State data infrastructure and 
related resources.
``(F) Enabling research and program improvement 
activities.
``(G) Other priorities as determined by the 
Secretary.
``(2) Privacy and security standards.--Data supported by 
this subsection shall be--
``(A) used only for the purpose described in this 
subsection;
``(B) exempted from the disclosure requirements of 
section 552(a) of title 5 of the United States Code 
pursuant to section 552(b)(3) of such title, to the 
extent such information is obtained or received by the 
Secretary;
``(C) used in a manner that protects the identity 
and location of an individual that is an applicant for, 
or recipient of, supplemental nutrition assistance 
program benefits; and
``(D) shall meet security standards as determined 
by the Secretary.
``(3) Supplement not supplant.--Funds made available under 
this subsection shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 
other State or local funds used for developing State data 
systems.
``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the funds 
available under section 18, the Secretary shall use to carry 
out this subsection $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2026 through 2030.
``(5) Administrative costs.--The Secretary shall reserve 
not more than 20 percent of the funds made available under 
paragraph (4) for the provision of technical assistance to 
support the implementation of these Grants.
``(6) Reports.--Not later than 3 years after the effective 
date of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate, a report regarding implementation 
of this subsection that, includes the following information.
``(A) The number of grants awarded, a list of 
recipients, and the amount of funds awarded.
``(B) A description of recipients' use of the grant 
funds.
``(C) An analysis of the impact of receiving such 
grants on improving the effectiveness of State 
employment and training programs in meeting the 
purposes of section 6(d)(4)(A)(i).''.

SEC. 3. GAO REPORT.

Not later than 1 year after funds are made available to carry out 
section 5(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(o)), 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall--
(1) examine and review the implementation of such section, 
including an examination of--
(A) co-enrollment strategies and related best 
practices that maximize participant eligibility using 
linked and integrated data;
(B) an examination and distillation of best 
practices related to the coordination and braiding of 
funds that improve the quality of employment and 
training programs implemented under the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008; and
(C) additional issues and impact that access to 
linked and integrated databases and the development of 
data exchange agreements have on the participant and 
provider outcomes within employment and training 
programs implemented under the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008;
(2) develop recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture 
on any changes that should be made to improve such data grants; 
and
(3) prepare and submit a report on the findings and 
recommendations based on the examination made under paragraph 
(1), and recommendations received, under paragraph (2), to--
(A) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
Representatives.
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