in promoting food security and health as well as in providing economic stimulus. Each $1 in SNAP benefits during a downturn generates between $1.50 and $1.80 in economic activity. (10) Studies have also demonstrated that work requirements do not reduce poverty. (11) About 6.1 million individuals are subject to SNAP work requirements and are at risk of losing critical food assistance if they cannot comply. (12) Some live in households with school-aged children where benefit reductions or terminations could jeopardize children’s health, development, and future success. (13) Children in poverty also often depend on pooled resources (including SNAP benefits) from extended family members who do not claim them as dependents. (14) Studies show that health impediments are a primary cause of why many SNAP recipients are unable to meet a work requirement. (15) Work requirements also cause an increase in the administrative bureaucracy, which some studies have shown, cause a significant reduction in SNAP participation. (16) Studies show that Black Americans are particularly vulnerable and are most likely to face recent unemployment and work requirements would disproportionately prevent Black people from having access to this important benefit. (17) Families experiencing homelessness are most likely to leave programs like SNAP when there is a work requirement, thereby increasing their vulnerability. (18) COVID–19 has made people more vulnerable. A work requirement would serve to only further burden those most at risk during the COVID–19 pandemic. 3. Amendments (a) Work requirement Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015 ) is amended— (1) in subsections (d)(4)(B)(ii)(I)(bb), (d)(4)(N)(iii)(I)(bb), (d)(4)(N)(iv)(II), and (d)(4)(N)(v)(IV) by striking or subsection (o) , and (2) by striking subsection (o). (b) Additional allocations for states that ensure availability of work opportunities Section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1) ) is amended by striking subparagraph