OKLAHOMA CITY (KSWO) – A nonprofit is warning that a federal proposal to change Food Stamp funding could cost Oklahoma taxpayers nearly $500 million.

The President and CEO of Hunger Free Oklahoma, Chris Bernard, says the proposal is part of the Trump Administration’s budget reconciliation bill, better known as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill.”

“When more people are struggling, more people need SNAP,” Bernard said. “When economic downturns happen, that’s when state revenue drops. And so the real question is, how would states cover that cost? And if they can’t, what happens? And the answer is it would shrink, right? The benefits pool would shrink.“

Bernard also says that the US Senate has the goal of voting on the proposal before July 4, this year.