House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would reduce some Americans’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payouts as a way to briefly raise the debt ceiling.
By keeping personal expenditures at FY 2022 levels until March 31, 2024, McCarthy’s Limit, Conserve, and Develop Act seeks to lift the debt limit by $1.5 trillion.
McCarthy intends to increase the extra labor necessities for SNAP recipients who don’t have children by including them in the bill.
The present requirements for persons receiving federal nutrition assistance from the ages of 16 and 59 are that they must be either actively searching for employment, participating in a SNAP employment training program, or earning enough money to cover 30 hours of labor every week at the federal minimum age.
Ages 18 to 49 without kids are required to put in 80 hours per month of paid employment, training, or volunteer service. Just 3 months of SNAP assistance can be obtained over 3 years for individuals who fail to satisfy the conditions and are not eligible for an exception.