House Republicans unveiled a new spending plan Monday that would significantly restructure the food stamp program by linking federal funding to each state’s payment error rate.
States with higher payment error rates would receive less in federal funds under the plan, incentivizing them to root out waste, fraud and abuse. The House Agriculture Committee included the proposal in its draft bill which is expected to be included in the legislative package President Donald Trump has dubbed his “one big, beautiful bill.”
Food stamp benefits are paid for entirely by the federal government as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but administered individually by each state. States have discretion to set their own standards on more than 20 different policies related to food stamp eligibility, fraud and enforcement.
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