[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8004 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8004

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to restore and standardize 
 work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in the supplemental 
                     nutrition assistance program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2022

Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Johnson of 
  South Dakota, Mr. Mast, Mr. Guest, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Westerman, Mr. 
 Ellzey, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, and Mr. Austin 
Scott of Georgia) 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 restore and standardize 
 work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in the supplemental 
                     nutrition assistance program.

    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 ``America Works Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. RESTORING THE WORK REQUIREMENT FOR ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT 
              DEPENDENTS IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 2301 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public 
Law 116-127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) is repealed.

SEC. 3. STANDARDIZING WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR ABLE-BODIED ADULTS IN THE 
              SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 6(o)(3) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(o)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) Exception.--Paragraph (2) shall not apply to an 
        individual if the individual is--
                    ``(A) under 18 or over 65 years of age;
                    ``(B) medically certified as physically or mentally 
                unfit for employment;
                    ``(C) a parent or other member of a household with 
                responsibility for a dependent child under 7 years of 
                age;
                    ``(D) otherwise exempt under subsection (d)(2); or
                    ``(E) a pregnant woman.''.

SEC. 4. STANDARDIZING ENFORCEMENT OF WORK REQUIREMENTS IN THE 
              SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 6(o)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(o)(4)) is repealed.

SEC. 5. REFORMING WORK REQUIREMENT EXEMPTIONS IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL 
              NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 6(o)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(o)(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (E) by striking ``12 percent'' and 
        inserting ``3 percent'', and
            (2) in subparagraph (G) by inserting ``that begins before 
        the date of the enactment of the America Works Act of 2022'' 
        after ``year'' the 2d place it appears.

SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Section 16(h)(1))(E)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(E)(ii) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (II) by adding ``and'' at the end,
            (2) by striking subclause (III), and
            (3) by redesignating subclause (IV) as subclause (III).
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