[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6163 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6163

       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
   Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of assistance and 
benefits for individuals with certain drug-related convictions, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2016

 Mrs. Watson Coleman 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 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
   Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of assistance and 
benefits for individuals with certain drug-related convictions, 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 ``Federal Benefits Fairness and 
Restoration Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN DRUG-
              RELATED CONVICTIONS.

    Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (21 U.S.C. 862a) is repealed. Any State law 
or regulation enacted under the authority of such section and in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act shall have no force or effect 
on or after such date.
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