House GOP looks to overhaul food aid

US House lawmakers on Monday laid out a plan to increase work requirements for some recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (Snap) food aid benefits, and to eventually require states to share more of the cost of the programme, according to the farm committee bill text.

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The House Agriculture Committee proposal would also restrict future increases to Snap benefits that outpace inflation and would narrow the ability of states to waive work requirements during periods of high unemployment.

The proposal advances the committee's efforts to achieve $230 billion (7.6 trillion baht) in savings, part of the Republican plan to pass a sweeping budget package in line with President Donald Trump's agenda.

House Democrats have warned that such an overhaul to Snap would shrink the chamber's possibilities for passing a farm spending package this year.