[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4420 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4420

  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide that certain 
convicted felons shall be ineligible to participate in the supplemental 
                     nutrition assistance program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2016

  Mr. Poliquin (for himself and Mr. Jordan) 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 provide that certain 
convicted felons shall be ineligible to participate in the supplemental 
                     nutrition assistance program.

    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 Terrorists Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. DISQUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN CONVICTED FELONS.

    Section 6(r)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(r)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iv) by striking ``or'' at the end,
            (2) in clause (v) by striking ``and'' at the end and 
        inserting ``or'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vi) an offense under chapter 113B of 
                        title 18 of the United States Code; and''.
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