[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3053 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3053

       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
   Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial to drug felons of 
eligibility for benefits under the program of temporary assistance for 
                            needy families.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2009

Mr. Carson of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Davis of 
    Illinois, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Hastings of Florida, and Ms. Norton) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
   Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial to drug felons of 
eligibility for benefits under the program of temporary assistance for 
                            needy families.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF DENIAL TO DRUG FELONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS 
              UNDER THE PROGRAM OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY 
              FAMILIES.

    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 ``for--'' and all that 
        follows through ``(2)'' and inserting ``for'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and all 
        that follows through ``--'' in paragraph (2); and
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``it--'' and all that 
        follows through ``(2)'' and inserting ``it''.
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