[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4540 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4540

To provide clarity regarding States' ability to manage the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program (SNAP) and to provide States with funding 
            to treat drug addiction in the SNAP population.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2016

 Mr. Aderholt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
   and Commerce and Education and the Workforce, 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 provide clarity regarding States' ability to manage the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program (SNAP) and to provide States with funding 
            to treat drug addiction in the SNAP population.

    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 ``SNAP Empowerment and Accountability 
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. DRUG TESTING.

    (a) Amendment to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.--Section 5(b) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(b)) is amended by 
striking the period at the end by inserting the following:
``but a State agency, in its sole discretion, may impose a standard of 
eligibility based on the results of testing for use of controlled 
substances. The Secretary shall not disapprove a plan of operation due 
solely to the fact that a State agency imposes a standard of 
eligibility based on the results of testing for controlled 
substances.''.
    (b) Amendment to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996.--Section 902 of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (21 U.S.C. 862b) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, including supplemental nutrition 
        assistance program benefit recipients,'' after ``recipients'' 
        the 1st place it appears, and
            (2) by striking ``welfare'' the last place it appears.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS TESTED FOR DRUG USE FOR ELIGIBILITY 
              DETERMINATION UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration shall award grants to States to 
defray the costs of providing treatment to individuals who test 
positive for a controlled substance under section 5(b) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(b)) and who are identified by the 
States as needing treatment for the abuse of such substance.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``State'' has the 
meaning given to that term in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012).
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $600,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2021.

SEC. 4. STANDARD UTILITY ALLOWANCES BASED ON THE RECEIPT OF ENERGY 
              ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.

    (a) Standard Utility Allowance.--Section 5 of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) by striking ``$20'' and 
        inserting ``$50'', and
            (2) in subsection (k) by striking paragraph (4) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(4) Third-party energy assistance payments.--For purposes 
        of subsection (d)(1), a payment made under a State law (other 
        than a law referred to in paragraph (2)(G)) to provide energy 
        assistance to a household shall be considered money payable 
        directly to the household.''.
    (b) Energy Assistance Threshold Amount.--Section 2605(f)(2)(A) of 
the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 
8624(f)(2)(a)) is amended by striking ``$20'' and inserting ``$50''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall not apply with respect to certification periods that begin before 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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