[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2684 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2684

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the exception to 
                         the work requirement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2017

     Ms. DelBene (for herself, Ms. Lee, and Mr. Lawson of Florida) 
 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 modify the exception to 
                         the work requirement.

    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 Work Opportunities Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Work Requirement.--Section 6(o)(3) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at end the following:
                    ``(F) not offered a position in a program described 
                in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (2).''.
    (b) Funding of Employment and Training Programs.--Section 
16(h)(1)(E)(ii)(II) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2025(h)(1)(E)(ii)(II)) is amended by inserting ``subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of'' after ``under''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on 
the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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