[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2331 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2331

  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

                              May 14, 2015

Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Bridenstine, 
Mr. Buck, Mr. Cook, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Benishek, 
 Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Harris, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Jones, Mr. King 
 of Iowa, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Meadows, Mr. 
   Newhouse, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Poliquin, Mr. Salmon, Mr. 
   Sessions, and Mr. Yoho) 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 2015''.

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.

    (a) Prohibition.--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.''.
    (b) Penalty.--
            (1) In general.--Section 409(a)(16) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        609(a)(16)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Penalty for violation of clause (iv) of 
                section 408(a)(12)(A).--If, within 2 years after the 
                date of the enactment of this subparagraph, a State has 
                not reported to the Secretary on the implementation by 
                the State of the policies and practices required by 
                section 408(a)(12)(A)(iv), or the Secretary determines, 
                based on information provided in State reports, that a 
                State has not implemented and maintained the policies 
                and practices, the Secretary shall reduce, by an amount 
                equal to 5 percent of the State family assistance 
                grant, the grant payable to the State under section 
                403(a)(1) for--
                            ``(i) the fiscal year immediately 
                        succeeding the fiscal year in which the 2-year 
                        period ends; and
                            ``(ii) each succeeding fiscal year in which 
                        the State does not demonstrate that the State 
                        has implemented and maintained the policies and 
                        practices.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 409(a)(16) of such Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(16)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(except for 
                the policies and practices required by section 
                408(a)(12)(A)(iv))'' after ``section 408(a)(12)'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or (D)'' 
                after ``(A)''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``or (D)'' 
                after ``(A)''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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