[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4142 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4142

  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the use of 
benefits to purchase marijuana products, to amend part A of title IV of 
   the Social Security Act to prohibit assistance provided under the 
 program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy 
 families from being accessed through the use of an electronic benefit 
  transfer card at any store that offers marijuana for sale, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2014

 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. 
    Jones, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Duncan of Tennessee) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
  and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the use of 
benefits to purchase marijuana products, to amend part A of title IV of 
   the Social Security Act to prohibit assistance provided under the 
 program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy 
 families from being accessed through the use of an electronic benefit 
  transfer card at any store that offers marijuana for sale, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``No Welfare for Weed Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2008.

    Section 3(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2012(k)) is amended by inserting ``, marijuana products,'' after 
``tobacco,''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER CARD TO 
              ACCESS TANF ASSISTANCE AT ANY STORE THAT OFFERS MARIJUANA 
              FOR SALE.

    Section 408(a)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)(12)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (ii);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) any establishment that offers 
                        marihuana (as defined in section 102(16) of the 
                        Controlled Substances Act) for sale.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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