--- title: "Fact check: SNAP属于不设上限的强制性福利项目，在法律上无法转用于对外援助，且参保人数的变化是由于疫情时期的扩大政策依法到期所致，与对外军事融资无关。" description: "SNAP属于不设上限的强制性福利项目，在法律上无法转用于对外援助，且参保人数的变化是由于疫情时期的扩大政策依法到期所致，与对外军事融资无关。" url: "https://zh.hasbara.co.il/facts-myths/myth-snap-funding-and-military-assistance" type: "fact-check" locale: "zh" published: "2026-10-19T09:11:00.000Z" updated: "2026-11-03T10:27:43.315Z" categories: ["Political"] --- # Fact check: SNAP属于不设上限的强制性福利项目，在法律上无法转用于对外援助，且参保人数的变化是由于疫情时期的扩大政策依法到期所致，与对外军事融资无关。 *SNAP属于不设上限的强制性福利项目，在法律上无法转用于对外援助，且参保人数的变化是由于疫情时期的扩大政策依法到期所致，与对外军事融资无关。* ## 迷思 美国终止了600万美国人的SNAP食品援助福利，目的是将联邦资金转用于为以色列采购25架F-35战斗机和12架“阿帕奇”攻击直升机。 ## 事实 SNAP属于不设上限的强制性福利项目，在法律上无法转用于对外援助，且参保人数的变化是由于疫情时期的扩大政策依法到期所致，与对外军事融资无关。 ## Federal Budget Mechanics: Mandatory Entitlements vs. Discretionary Foreign Aid The assertion that federal food assistance benefits were terminated to finance foreign arms purchases reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the United States federal budget. Under federal appropriations law, specifically 31 U.S.C. § 1301 and the Antideficiency Act, funds appropriated by Congress may only be used for the distinct statutory purposes for which they were designated. Executive agencies possess no legal authority to transfer funds across disparate budget functions without explicit congressional statutory authorization. As documented in [CRS Report IF12255](https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/2026-04-15_IF12255_7db3fda9a52a4da1d1d8724950fb6a7a28fabc51.html), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is an open-ended mandatory entitlement program authorized through the Nutrition title of the Farm Bill and administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Because SNAP is an entitlement, anyone who meets the federal eligibility requirements is entitled to receive benefits; funding is not capped at an arbitrary annual ceiling, nor can unused funds be redirected by executive fiat to the Department of Defense or the Department of State for foreign military assistance. ## The True Causes of Fluctuations in SNAP Enrollment The cited decline in SNAP participation of roughly six million people stems entirely from the statutory rollback of emergency measures enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, not foreign policy decisions. In 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which authorized temporary "Emergency Allotments" (EA) that provided households with the maximum benefit for their size and temporarily waived time limits for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs). These emergency expansions were always structured as temporary relief. In the bipartisan Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Congress set a statutory end date for Emergency Allotments, concluding them nationwide in early 2023. Furthermore, with the formal end of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and subsequent statutory adjustments enacted under the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, standard ABAWD work requirements and state administrative redeterminations resumed. These statutory reversions to baseline eligibility rules naturally led to a post-pandemic drop in program enrollment from historic emergency highs. ## Financing of F-35 and Apache Procurement for Israel The military equipment referenced in the claim—25 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and 12 AH-64 Apache helicopters—was procured through established bilateral security agreements and statutory foreign military sales frameworks, not diverted domestic safety-net funding. According to [CRS Report RL33222](https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL33222.html), major military acquisitions by Israel are funded primarily through Foreign Military Financing (FMF), a discretionary grant program within the International Affairs (Function 150) budget. Bilateral military aid to Israel is governed by a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) negotiated in 2016 during the Obama administration, covering Fiscal Years 2019 through 2028. This framework provides $3.8 billion annually in security assistance, authorized and appropriated through annual State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs legislation. In June 2024, Israel signed an agreement to acquire a third squadron of 25 Lockheed Martin F-35I "Adir" multirole stealth aircraft for approximately $3 billion, drawing on these pre-committed FMF funds. Separately, the U.S. State Department approved a Foreign Military Sale of AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, formally notified to Congress under Transmittal No. 25-94 and published in the [Federal Register](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/17/2026-05142/arms-sales-notification), which Israel finalized in October 2026 as reported by [Defense News](https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2026/10/16/israel-secures-procurement-of-12-apache-gunships-in-last-minute-maneuver/). These foreign defense sales are paid for via dedicated security assistance grants and Israeli national defense funds, neither of which interact with USDA domestic nutrition accounts. ## Dissecting the Zero-Sum Disinformation Pattern Claims that juxtapose domestic safety net adjustments with foreign military aid rely on a classic false-choice narrative. By framing independent legislative and administrative actions as a direct zero-sum transaction, this rhetoric misleads the public regarding federal budgeting rules. SNAP benefit levels are determined by the Thrifty Food Plan and statutory eligibility criteria set by the agricultural committees of Congress, while foreign security assistance is governed by separate authorizing committees, foreign policy statutes, and dedicated appropriations. No funds were taken from American SNAP recipients to buy military aircraft for Israel. ## 来源 - [everycrsreport.com](https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/2026-04-15_IF12255_7db3fda9a52a4da1d1d8724950fb6a7a28fabc51.html) - [everycrsreport.com](https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL33222.html) - [federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/17/2026-05142/arms-sales-notification) - [defensenews.com](https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2026/10/16/israel-secures-procurement-of-12-apache-gunships-in-last-minute-maneuver/)