Food-Stamp Limits Emerge on GOP Farm Bill Wish List (Correct)

Congressional Republicans, bidding to cut domestic spending, are offering proposals to reduce participation in the federal government’s largest nutrition program.

The maximum age to be bound to federal work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, would jump to 65, from 49, in a bill Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will introduce Tuesday.

Johnson’s proposal is stricter than a similar effort, S. 39, from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who wants to raise the age to 59 for SNAP work requirements. Politico first reported Johnson’s proposal.

Both bills come amid a Republican push to tighten work requirements for able-bodied ...