part because most applicants for public assistance 
have very few assets, must meet strict work require-
ments, and usually may only participate in a pro-
gram for a limited time. 
(4) Evidence from States that have eliminated 
asset limits suggests that the administrative cost 
savings associated with the elimination of asset lim-
its outweigh any increases in payments made to 
beneficiaries. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that certain federally funded means-tested public as-
sistance programs should not utilize asset limits to restrict 
eligibility for assistance under those programs. 
SEC. 3. STATES PROHIBITED FROM IMPOSING ASSET LIM-
ITS ON PROGRAMS FUNDED BY TEMPORARY 
ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) 
GRANTS. 
(a) NO STATE LIMITATION ON ALLOWABLE FINAN-
CIAL RESOURCES.—Section 408(a) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) NO ASSET OR RESOURCE LIMIT.—A State 
to which a grant is made under section 403 shall not 
apply any asset or resource limit for eligibility of a 
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family for any benefit, assistance, or service provided 
under the State program funded under this part.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 408(f) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(f)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘or resources’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the paragraph header, by striking 
‘‘AND RESOURCES’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (B); and 
(D) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘and resources’’ each place 
it appears. 
(c) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE-
QUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a State to 
which a grant is made under section 403 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603) that the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services determines requires 
State legislation (other than legislation appro-
priating funds) to meet the requirements of para-
graph (13) of section 408(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)), such State shall not be regarded as failing 
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to comply with the requirements of such paragraph 
before the first day of the first calendar quarter that 
begins after the close of the first regular session of 
the State legislature that begins after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) 2-YEAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), in the case of a State that 
has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the ses-
sion shall be considered to be a separate regular ses-
sion of the State legislature. 
SEC. 4. ELIMINATING ASSET LIMITS IN THE SUPPLE-
MENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
(SNAP). 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.—Section 5 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, 
by striking ‘‘and other financial resources’’; 
(B) by striking subsections (g) and (j); 
(C) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), 
(k), (l), (m), and (n) as subsections (g), (h), (i), 
(j), (k), and (l), respectively; and 
(D) in subsection (h) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
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(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and 
resources’’ each place it appears; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking subparagraph (B); 
and 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (C) through (E) as subpara-
graphs (B) through (D), respectively. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY DISQUALIFICATIONS.—Section 
6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (h); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(i) 
through (s) as subsections (h) through (r), re-
spectively. 
(3) RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATION, AND EVALUA-
TIONS.—Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsections (h) and (i); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(j) 
through (n) as subsections (h) through (l), re-
spectively. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 
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(A) in subsection (a), in the second sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘and (r)’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
(q)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (k)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (i)’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (10), by striking 
‘‘subsection (k) of this section’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (i)’’. 
(2) Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (o)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘subsection (n)’’; 
(B) in subsection (f), in the third sentence, 
by striking ‘‘and financial resources’’; 
(C) in subsection (q) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(2)(B)), in paragraph (1)(B), by 
striking ‘‘subsection (k)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (j)’’; and 
(D) in subsection (r) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(2)(B)), in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘allowable financial re-
sources and’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘(g), (i), (k), (l), (m), 
and (n)’’ and inserting ‘‘(h), (i), (j), (k), 
and (l)’’. 
(3) Section 7(i)(1) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(i)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 6(o)(2) of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 6(n)(2)’’. 
(4) Section 11(e)(22) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(22)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 6(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
6(h)’’. 
(5) Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(9), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 17(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 17(l)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (h)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by 
striking ‘‘section 6(o)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 6(n)’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (E)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘section 
6(o)(3)’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘section 6(n)(3)’’; 
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(bb) by striking ‘‘section 
6(o)(2)’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘section 6(n)(2)’’; 
and 
(cc) in clause (ii)— 
(AA) in subclause (III), 
by striking ‘‘section 6(o)(4)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
6(n)(4)’’; and 
(BB) in subclause (IV), 
by striking ‘‘section 6(o)(6)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
6(n)(6)’’; and 
(III) 
in 
subparagraph 
(F)(ii)(III)(ee)(AA), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 6(o)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
6(n)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (5)(C)(iv)(I), by 
striking ‘‘section 6(o)(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 6(n)(2)’’. 
(6) Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (k) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(3)(B))— 
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(i) 
by 
striking 
‘‘subsections 
(l) 
through (n)’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (k) through (m)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking 
‘‘section 6(l)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
6(k)(2)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (l) (as redesignated by 
subsection 
(a)(3)(B)), 
in 
paragraph 
(4)(A)(i)(II), by striking ‘‘and financial re-
sources (as described in section 5(g))’’. 
(7) Section 18(g)(2) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027(g)(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 5(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5(g)’’. 
(8) Section 103(a)(2)(D) of the Workforce In-
novation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3113(a)(2)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 6(o) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(o))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6(n) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(n))’’. 
(9) Section 121(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the Workforce 
Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3151(b)(2)(B)(iv)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2015(o))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6(n) of the 
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Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(n))’’. 
(10) Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 654) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘section 6(l)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(l)(1))’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 6(k)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(k)(1))’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘subsection (l) or (m) of section 6 of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (k) or (l) of section 6 of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (29)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘section 6(l)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(l)(2))’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 6(k)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(k)(2))’’. 
(c) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE-
QUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a State plan 
under section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) that the Secretary of Agri-
culture determines requires State legislation (other 
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than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the 
plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by 
the amendments made by this section, the State 
plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with 
the requirements of section 11 of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) solely on the 
basis of the failure of the plan to meet those addi-
tional requirements before the first day of the first 
calendar quarter that begins after the close of the 
first regular session of the State legislature that be-
gins after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), in the case of a State that has a 2- 
year legislative session, each year of the session shall 
be considered a separate regular session of the State 
legislature. 
SEC. 5. ELIMINATING ASSET LIMIT IN LOW INCOME HOME 
ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP). 
(a) ELIMINATION OF LIMITATIONS ON ALLOWABLE 
FINANCIAL RESOURCES.—Section 2605(b)(2) of the Low- 
Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 
8624(b)(2)) is amended, in the matter following subpara-
graph (B), by inserting ‘‘, and agrees that a State may 
not exclude a household from eligibility in a fiscal year 
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