[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 197 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 197

       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

                            January 4, 2013

Ms. Lee of California 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 2013''.

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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