[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6458 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6458

 To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit a State from 
   requiring individuals to submit to drug testing as a condition of 
 assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary 
assistance to needy families, to amend the United States Housing Act of 
1937 to prohibit a public housing agency from requiring individuals to 
 submit to drug testing as a condition of assistance under the Housing 
            Choice Voucher Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2016

  Mr. Veasey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Financial Services, 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 title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit a State from 
   requiring individuals to submit to drug testing as a condition of 
 assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary 
assistance to needy families, to amend the United States Housing Act of 
1937 to prohibit a public housing agency from requiring individuals to 
 submit to drug testing as a condition of assistance under the Housing 
            Choice Voucher Program, 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 ``Help our Neediest Families Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DRUG TESTING FOR THE PROGRAM OF BLOCK GRANTS TO 
              STATES FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 408(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) Prohibition on drug testing as a condition on the 
        receipt of assistance.--A State to which a grant is made under 
        section 403 shall not--
                    ``(A) use any part of the grant to conduct drug 
                testing on any applicant for assistance under the State 
                program funded under this part or any recipient of such 
                assistance; or
                    ``(B) require any individual to submit to drug 
                testing as a condition for such assistance.''.
    (b) Penalty for Noncompliance.--Section 409(a) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(17) Penalty for noncompliance with prohibition on drug 
        testing.--If the Secretary determines that a State to which a 
        grant is made under section 403 for a fiscal year has violated 
        section 408(a)(13) during the fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
        reduce the grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) 
        for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal 
        to not more than 1 percent of the State family assistance 
        grant.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins on or 
after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON DRUG TESTING FOR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

    Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 USC 
1437f) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(20) Prohibition on drug testing.--A public housing 
        agency assisted under this subsection may not require any 
        individual receiving assistance under this subsection to submit 
        to drug testing as a condition for receipt of assistance under 
        this subsection.''.
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