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[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 6 (Monday, January 13, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ROUZER:H.R. 372.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII[Page H112]
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Agriculture Committee
House
Standing
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Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
    - Referred to
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  - Referred To
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Financial Services Committee
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Standing
  - Referred To
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Ways and Means Committee
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Standing
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Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Committee
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Financial Services Committee
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
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Agriculture Committee
- 2025-01-13
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Ways and Means Committee
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Introduced in House
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Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
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Social Welfare
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
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- Food assistance and relief
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- Intergovernmental relations
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- Low- and moderate-income housing
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- Poverty and welfare assistance
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- State and local government operations
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Social Welfare
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Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act
This bill requires states participating in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and specified public housing programs to subject applicants to substance abuse testing or screening and to deny benefits for individuals who test positive for a controlled substance.
Specifically, states administering these programs must determine whether an adult applicant for benefits has been arrested for a drug-related offense within the past five years. Applicants who have been arrested for such an offense must be tested for at least one controlled substance and must test negative to receive benefits. Applicants who have not been arrested for such an offense must be screened (via an interview, questionnaire, or other instrument) for risk of substance abuse. Applicants determined to be at high risk for substance abuse must be tested for at least one controlled substance and must test negative to receive benefits. Applicants who are determined not to be at high risk do not have to undergo testing.
Applicants who test positive for a controlled substance at any point during this process are ineligible for benefits for one year, until they complete a treatment program, or until they test negative for the substance, whichever is later.
Family members and households of individuals disqualified from receiving benefits under these provisions may generally continue to receive support.
States that fail to enforce these provisions are subject to reduced federal funding for these programs the following fiscal year.

Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act
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Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act
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Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act
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Introduced in House
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- Official Title as Introduced
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To require certain welfare programs to deny benefits to persons who fail a drug test, and for other purposes.
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Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
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