A House GOP-backed proposal that would cut billions in federal dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s largest food assistance program, is drawing concerns from Republicans in the upper chamber.

The proposal, included in House Republicans’ recently passed package to enact President Trump’s tax priorities and spending cuts, would require states to cover a share of SNAP benefits costs, which are currently completely funded by the federal government.

“That’s something that I heard some members voice concern about,” Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman (R-Ark.) said Thursday. “So, we’ll need to address that.”

While Boozman said Senate Republicans aren’t drawing a red line around the plan just yet, members “want to look specifically at how those particular policies will affect their individual states.”

“Some of that we know, some of it we don’t.”

The House bill calls for the federal share of the cost of SNAP to go from 100 percent in the next two fiscal years to 95 percent starting fiscal 2028.

It also includes language that would increase states’ shares of the costs in fiscal 2028 depending on their payment error rates. If the error rate is 6 percent or higher, states would be subject to a sliding scale that could see their share of allotments rise to a range of between 15 percent and 25 percent.

“That’s in the we’ll see category. I’m not sure what’s........

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