[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1760 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1760

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to eliminate the authority 
    of the Secretary of Agriculture to grant a waiver from the work 
requirements for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance 
   program on account of an area's high unemployment rate or limited 
    employment availability for individuals who reside in the area.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2017

 Mr. Grothman 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 eliminate the authority 
    of the Secretary of Agriculture to grant a waiver from the work 
requirements for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance 
   program on account of an area's high unemployment rate or limited 
    employment availability for individuals who reside in the area.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WORK REQUIREMENTS BASED ON 
              UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OR JOB AVAILABILITY.

    (a) Elimination of Waiver Authority.--Section 6(o) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (4).
    (b) Conforming Regulatory Change.--Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
implement the amendment made by subsection (a) by revising section 
273.24 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to remove subsection 
(f).
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