WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - U.S. House lawmakers on

Monday laid out a plan to increase work requirements for some

recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food aid

benefits, and to eventually require states to share more of the

cost of the program, according to the farm committee bill text.

The House Agriculture Committee proposal would also restrict

future increases to SNAP benefits that outpace inflation and

would narrow the ability of states to waive work requirements

during periods of high unemployment.

The proposal advances the committee's efforts to achieve

$230 billion in savings, part of the Republican plan to pass a

sweeping budget package in line with President Donald Trump's

agenda.

More than 41 million Americans receive benefits from SNAP,

the nation's largest food aid program.