[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3670 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3670

  To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require States to check law 
 enforcement records to verify whether adult applicants for food stamp 
   benefits are ineligible to receive such benefits because they are 
 detainees in law enforcement facilities or are fugitives from justice.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1998

 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require States to check law 
 enforcement records to verify whether adult applicants for food stamp 
   benefits are ineligible to receive such benefits because they are 
 detainees in law enforcement facilities or are fugitives from justice.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food Stamp Criminal Background Check 
Requirement Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 11(e)(20) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
2020(e)(20)), as amended by section 1003(a)(1) of the Balanced Budget 
Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 255), is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) through local law enforcement agencies that 
                have access to records and information available under 
                section 534 of title 28 of the United States Code, to 
                check the criminal background of adult members of 
                applicant households for purposes of--
                            ``(i) carrying out the verification 
                        required by subparagraph (B); and
                            ``(ii) determining ineligibility under 
                        section 6(k) to participate in the food stamp 
                        program.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect immediately after 
the date the amendment to section 11(e)(20) of the Food Stamp Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(20)) made by section 1003(a)(1) of the Balanced 
Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 255) takes effect.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall apply only with respect to certification periods beginning after 
the effective date of this Act.
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