3.0.0 3540 2019-11-15T21:59:22Z 2019-11-15T21:59:22Z Senate S S 2008-09-23 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-23T21:56:07Z Drug Free Families Act of 2008 110 3361 S 2008-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2008-09-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Social Welfare Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Drug abuse Drug testing Economics and Public Finance Families Government Operations and Politics Welfare eligibility Social Welfare 00 2008-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-29T21:29:52Z Drug Free Families Act of 2008 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state TANF programs to implement a program to test TANF applicants and recipients for illegal drug use.

Requires state TANF programs to deny assistance to individuals who test positive for illegal drugs and individuals convicted of drug-related crimes.

]]> Drug Free Families Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Drug Free Families Act of 2008 Display Title Drug Free Families Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to implement a drug testing program for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3540is/xml/BILLS-110s3540is.xml 2008-09-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.