House Republicans on the Agriculture Committee released their portion of the “big, beautiful bill” on Monday, which outlined a change in how SNAP benefits are funded.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is completely paid for by the federal government. The bill text released Monday night from Chairman G.T. Thompson (R-PA) proposes that the states take on some financial responsibility for the program. The size of the costs they take on would be tied to the error rate of processing the benefits and whether states overpay or underpay recipients.