Give states flexibility to use outside contractors to help process SNAP applications during high-demand periods.

improving SNAP administration so benefits are delivered efficiently and responsibly

Bacon supported a provision letting states hire outside contractors during high-demand periods to reduce SNAP application backlogs.

Bacon Secures Six Priorities Included in Farm Bill Advancing Out of Committee | U.S. Representative Don Bacon
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Congress.gov shows Rep. Don Bacon introduced H.R. 5094 and that the bill remains in Introduced status. The bill would let a state agency hire a contractor for SNAP certification or other SNAP functions under specified conditions.

This is the clearest formal legislative step toward the promise, but it never advanced beyond introduction and subcommittee referral.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.5094 - SNAP Staffing Flexibility Act of 2023 | Congress.gov
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In Bacon's May 21, 2024 press release, he said the House farm bill included his SNAP Staffing Flexibility Act. He described it as letting states hire outside contractors during SNAP backlog periods and end the contract once the backlog is cleared.

Bacon publicly claimed his SNAP staffing proposal was included in the farm-bill draft, but that still falls short of full policy adoption.

partial same_term A for effort

Bacon Discusses Priorities in 2024 Farm Bill | U.S. Representative Don Bacon
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Bacon's Agriculture issue page continues to list the SNAP Staffing Flexibility Act among his farm-bill priorities and says it addresses SNAP application-processing backlogs.

His current official website still treats the idea as an active priority, which is consistent with partial progress rather than completion.

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Agriculture | U.S. Representative Don Bacon
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