[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1581 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1581

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2023

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
   Davidson, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Pfluger, Mrs. 
Chavez-DeRemer, Mr. Brecheen, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Ogles, Mr. 
  Feenstra, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Alford, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. 
 Fallon, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
Cloud, Mr. Hudson, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, and Mr. Rosendale) 
 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 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 2023''.

SEC. 2. AMENDING 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. 3. STANDARDIZING ENFORCEMENT OF WORK REQUIREMENTS IN THE 
              SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

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U.S.C. 2015(o)(4)(A)(ii)) is repealed.

SEC. 4. ADJUSTING 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 in subparagraph (G) by inserting ``that begins 
before the date of the enactment of the America Works Act of 2023'' 
after ``year'' the second place it appears.
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