Sioux City Times

Feb 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) has taken steps to introduce the America Works Act. This proposed legislation aims to mandate that able-bodied Americans without dependents work or engage in work-related training or education for a minimum of 20 hours per week to qualify for SNAP benefits.

Feenstra stated, “Americans who can work should work if they want to receive taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits. SNAP overpayments already cost American taxpayers more than $10 billion every year, and we should not be paying for able-bodied people to collect SNAP benefits without working.” He further added his motivation for supporting the legislation: “That’s why I helped introduce legislation requiring able-bodied Americans without children to either work or pursue work-related training or education for at least 20 hours each week. I have previously led legislation to establish a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to SNAP overpayments, and this is just another commonsense approach to cutting waste and restoring integrity to the SNAP program.”

In January, Feenstra introduced another bill titled the Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act. This initiative is designed to improve the accuracy of SNAP benefit distribution by reducing overpayments. It proposes an amendment that would adjust the tolerance level for payment error rate calculations from $54 down to $0.