[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3048 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3048

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove the ineligibility 
              of individuals who participate in a strike.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove the ineligibility 
              of individuals who participate in a strike.

    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 ``Worker Eligibility Fairness Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Eligibility Disqualifications.--Section 6(d) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(D) by striking clause (iv),
            (2) by striking paragraph (3), and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Eligible households.--Section 5 of the Food and 
        Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (d)(14) by striking ``section 
                6(d)(4)(I)'' and inserting ``section 6(d)(3)(I)'', and
                    (B) in subsection (e)(3)(B)(iii) by striking 
                ``section 6(d)(4)'' and inserting ``section 6(d)(3)''.
            (2) Administration.--Section 11(e)(19) of the Food and 
        Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(19)) is amended by 
        striking ``section 6(d)(4)'' and inserting ``section 6(d)(3)''.
            (3) Administrative cost-sharing and quality control.--
        Section 16(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
        2025(h)) by is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``section 6(d)(4)'' and 
                        inserting ``section 6(d)(3)'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``section 
                        6(d)(4)(I)(i)(II)'' and inserting ``section 
                        6(d)(3)(I)(i)(II)'',
                    (B) in paragraph (4) by striking ``section 
                6(d)(4)'' and inserting ``section 6(d)(3)'', and
                    (C) in paragraph (5) by striking ``section 
                6(d)(4)'' and inserting ``section 6(d)(3)''.
            (4) Minnesota family investment project.--Section 22(b)(4) 
        of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2032(b)(4)) is 
        amended by striking ``section 6(d)(4)'' and inserting ``section 
        6(d)(3)''.

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 upon the Act's 
passage into law.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall not apply with respect to certification periods that begin before 
the Act's passage into law.
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