S. 302

119 S302 IS: Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-01-29
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 302  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   January 29, 2025   Ms. Ernst  (for herself,  Mrs. Britt , and  Mr. Grassley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry    A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the calculation and reduce the taxpayer cost of payment errors under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act  .
2.
Quality control system tolerance level for excluding small errors
Section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025(c) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A)(ii)—
(i)
in subclause (I), by striking  and  at the end;
(ii)
in subclause (II)—
(I)
by inserting  through fiscal year 2024  after  thereafter ; and
(II)
by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(iii)
by adding at the end the following:
(III)
for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, $0.
  ;
(B)
in subparagraph (C)—
(i)
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking  may  and inserting  shall ;
(ii)
in clause (ii)(I), by inserting  , as adjusted under subparagraph (H), if applicable  after  agency ; and
(iii)
in clause (iii), by striking  10  and inserting  25 ; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(H)
Reduction of payment error rate based on percentage of overpayments recouped
In determining the liability amount of a State agency under subparagraph (C) for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the payment error rate described in clause (ii)(I) of that subparagraph shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—
(i)
the payment error rate of the State agency for that fiscal year; and
(ii)
the percentage of the total amount of overpayments of benefits made by the State agency that are not recouped by the State agency under paragraph (9) for that fiscal year.
 ;
(2)
by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
(3)
by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
(9)
Recoupment of overpayments
Each State agency shall seek to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to benefit recipients.
 .