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1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
2. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025’’.

SECTION 2. COST SHARE FOR SNAP ADMINISTRATION FOR STAFFING AND RETENTION.

Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended—

• (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (k)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (k) and (m)’’;
• (2) by adding at the end the following:
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• ‘‘(l) WAGE STANDARDS FOR STATE AGENCY PERSONNEL .—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025, wages of State agency personnel administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall be’’;
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• (1) not less than the appropriate rate of pay that would be payable to Federal employees under subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code; and
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• (2) updated annually by not less than any increase in that rate of pay, including locality adjustments.

‘‘(m) ADMINISTRATIVE COST-SHARING FOR STAFFING AND RETENTION .—’’

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL .—On approval of a wage plan submitted by a State agency under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall pay to each State agency an amount equal to 100 percent of all administrative personnel costs incurred by the State agency in carrying out the supplemental nutrition assistance program, including all costs associated with’’;

• ‘‘(A) processing, hiring, and training new employees in accordance with the standards described in section 11(e)(6)(B);”
• ‘‘(B) maintaining those personnel costs;”
• ‘‘and’’
• ‘‘(C) complying with the wage standards described in subsection (l).”