I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3479 
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 to allow individuals with drug offenses to receive benefits 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2023 
Mr. COHEN (for himself and Mr. RUTHERFORD) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow individuals with drug 
offenses to receive benefits under the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Re-Entry Support 
Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials Act 
of 2023’’ or the ‘‘RESTORE Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN DRUG- 
RELATED CONVICTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 115 of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 (21 U.S.C. 862a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for—’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end of paragraph (2) 
and inserting ‘‘for assistance under any State pro-
gram funded under part A of title IV of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) by striking the subsection designation 
and heading and all that follows through ‘‘The 
amount of’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM
OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE
FOR 
NEEDY FAMILIES.—The amount of’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)’’ 
after ‘‘Social Security Act’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this section, the 
term ‘State’ has the meaning given the term in section 
419 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 619), when re-
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ferring to assistance provided under a State program 
funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).’’. 
(b) EFFECT ON STATE POLICIES.—Any State law, 
policy, or regulation that imposes conditions on eligibility 
for the supplemental nutrition assistance program estab-
lished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) based on an individual having a con-
viction for an offense related to a controlled substance 
shall have no force or effect. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF HOUSEHOLD 
UNDER SNAP.—Section 3(m)(5) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(m)(5)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) Incarcerated individuals who are 
scheduled to be released from an institution 
within 30 days.’’. 
Æ 
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