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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5362 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to enhance the operation 

of the employment and training program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 

Ms. DELBENE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to enhance 

the operation of the employment and training program, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP E&T Enhance5 ments Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO SNAP E&T. 

7 The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 

8 et seq.) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection 5(d)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (18) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end, 

3 (B) in paragraph (19) by striking the pe4 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 

5 (C) by inserting after paragraph (19) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(20) income a household member receives from 

8 allowances, earning, and payments to household 

9 members participating in any program defined in 

10 section 6(o)(1), any program established under sec11 tion 6(d)(4), any vocational rehabilitation program 

12 established and defined under the Rehabilitation Act 

13 of 1973, and any refugee employment program es14 tablished and defined under section 412(c) of the 

15 Immigration and Nationality Act.’’, 

16 (2) in section 6— 

17 (A) in subsection (d)(4)(B)(i)— 

18 (i) in subclause (IV) by striking ‘‘Pro19 grams’’ and all that follows through 

20 ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘Programs designed 

21 to improve the employability of household 

22 members through actual work experience 

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1 lic or private employment, including sub2 sidized employment, on-the-job training as 

3 defined by the Workforce Innovation and 

4 Opportunity Act, and apprenticeships. An 

5 employment or training experience pro6 gram established under this clause shall’’, 

7 and 

8 (ii) in subclause (VII) by striking 

9 ‘‘90’’ and inserting ‘‘180’’, and 

10 (B) in subparagraph (I) by amending 

11 clause (i) to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(i) The State agency may provide 

13 payments or reimbursements to partici14 pants in programs carried out under this 

15 paragraph, including individuals partici16 pating under subparagraph (G) for the ac17 tual costs to address barriers for individ18 uals to persist in and complete their par19 ticipation.’’, 

20 (3) in section 6(d)(2) by adding at the end the 

21 following: ‘‘In the case of any individual who is a re22 cipient of supplemental nutrition assistance program 

23 benefits and is exempt from requirements by the 

24 State agency specified in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) of this 

25 subsection, the individual may request that a proVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:32 Sep 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5362.IH H5362

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1 vider of supplemental nutrition assistance program 

2 employment and training services screen the recipi3 ent for appropriateness for participation in the serv4 ice program, notwithstanding any determination by 

5 the State agency of eligibility of the individual for 

6 such services. The provider shall notify the State 

7 agency of any individuals the provider identifies as 

8 appropriate for the program and verify other eligi9 bility conditions from the State for the supplemental 

10 nutrition assistance program prior to enrollment in 

11 the service program.’’, and 

12 (4) in section 16(h)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘$103,900,000’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘$119,900,600’’, and 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘24 months’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘36 months’’, and 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (C)(ii) by strik20 ing ‘‘270’’ and inserting ‘‘365’’, and 

21 (B) by amending subparagraph (4) to read 

22 as follows: 

23 ‘‘(4) Funds provided to a State agency under this 

24 subsection may be used only for operating an employment 

25 and training program under section 6(d)(4), including 


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1 wages paid under programs described in 

2 6(d)(4)(B)(i)(IV), or a pilot project under paragraph 

3 (1)(F), and may not be used for carrying out other provi4 sions of this Act.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 

6 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub7 section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 

8 Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act. 

10 (b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend11 ments made by this Act shall not apply with respect to 

12 certification periods that begin before the effective date 

13 of this Act. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide 

14 States with not less than a 180-day hold harmless period 

15 after the date on which the Secretary issues guidance to 

16 implement the amendments made by this Act. 

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