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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 176
To remove inappropriate limitations on work requirements and to enhance
waiver authority for welfare reform demonstration projects for the Food
Stamp Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. EMERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To remove inappropriate limitations on work requirements
and to enhance waiver authority for welfare reform dem-
onstration projects for the Food Stamp Program.
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 ‘‘Food Stamp Employ-
ment and Flexibility Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF LIMITATIONS ON DURATION OF JOB
SEARCH.
(a) Section 6(d)(4)(B)(i) of the Food Stamp Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)(B)(i)) is amended by striking
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‘‘with terms and conditions’’ and all that follows through
‘‘the State agency’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘. The
State agency shall establish the duration of job search pe-
riods subject to any minimum period established by the
Secretary in regulations and’’.
(b) Section 20(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2029(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘of up to thirty
days’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘for a period estab-
lished by the agency’’.
SEC. 3. REVISION OF PROHIBITION AGAINST DISPLACING
EMPLOYEES.
(a) Section 6(d)(4)(B)(iv) of the Food Stamp Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)(B)(iv)) is amended by striking
clause (III) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(III) not result in the impairment of existing contracts
for services or collective bargaining agreements or the dis-
missal of an employee with the intent of replacing that
employee with a participant in the employment or training
experience program; and’’.
(b) Section 20(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2029(d)) is amended by striking clause (1) and
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘(1) not provide any
work that results in the impairment of existing contracts
for services or collective bargaining agreements or the dis-
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missal of an employee with the intent of replacing that
employee with a participant in the workplace program;’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY FOR STATE AGENCIES TO INCREASE
HOURS OF PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY
WORK 
EXPERIENCE 
PROGRAMS 
AND
WORKFARE.
(a) Section 20(b)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2029(b)(2)) is amended by—
(1) in subparagraph (A), striking ‘‘409’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘482(f)’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A), striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C.
609)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(42 U.S.C.
682(f))’’;
(3) in clause (i) of subparagraph (A), inserting
immediately before the semicolon the following: ‘‘and
the Federal housing assistance provided to such
household for such month, determined in accordance
with guidelines established by the Secretary in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, and the average monthly cost of pro-
viding medical assistance under the State’s plan ap-
proved under title XIX of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) to a family of the same size
as such household’’; and
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(4) in subparagraph (B), striking ‘‘120 hours
per month’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘forty
hours a week’’.
(b) Section 20(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2029(c)) is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘thirty’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘forty’’; and
(2) inserting after ‘‘entitled’’ the following:
‘‘and the Federal housing assistance provided to
such household for such month, determined in ac-
cordance with guidelines established by the Sec-
retary in consultation with the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development, and, for households receiv-
ing aid under title XIX of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the average monthly cost
of providing medical assistance under the State’s
plan to a family of the size corresponding to the
number of members of the household which receives
such assistance,’’.
SEC. 5. ENHANCED FOOD STAMP PROGRAM WAIVER AU-
THORITY 
FOR 
WELFARE 
REFORM 
DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS.
The second sentence of section 17(b)(1)(A) of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(1)(A)) is
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amended by striking ‘‘, except that no project’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘this Act’’.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall become ef-
fective 60 days after enactment of this Act.
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