One Year Later: How H.R. 1’s SNAP Policy Changes Are Reverberating Across the Food System

In July 2025, the passage of H.R. 1, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," set in motion the most consequential changes to the federal food safety net since its inception. For the nearly 37 million Americans who count on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to meet their basic food needs, the law's implications are wide-ranging, from restrictions on eligibility to cuts to monthly benefits. This brief, produced by the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Global Food Institute at the George Washington University, brings together available information on H.R. 1's scope, its ripple effects, and the communities most at risk of losing funding and food access as its provisions continue to unfold.

Author

• Fielding-Singh, Priya
• Johnson, Joelle

Contributor

• Global Food Institute, The George Washington University

Language

• English

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.4079/GFI.2026.04

Keyword

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), H.R. 1, food access, food safety net, school meals

Date created

• 2026

Type of Work

• Report

License

• Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Global Food Institute

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/work/tx31qj82j