[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5802 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5802

       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
     Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of food stamp 
                      eligibility of ex-offenders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2008

     Ms. Lee (for herself, Mr. Ellison, and Mr. Davis of Illinois) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
     Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of food stamp 
                      eligibility of ex-offenders.

    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 Assistance to Improve 
Reintegration Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DENIAL OF BENEFITS.

    Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (21 U.S.C. 862a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (2);
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (3) in subsection (e) by striking paragraph (2).
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