Food Assistance to Improve Reintegration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-197
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-01-04
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Food assistance and relief

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Food Assistance to Improve Reintegration Act of 2013 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) eligibility of a person convicted of a felony which has as an element the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 197 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2013 Ms. Lee of California 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 repeal the denial of food stamp eligibility of ex-offenders.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food Assistance to Improve Reintegration Act of 2013 . 2. Repeal of denial of benefits Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (21 U.S.C. 862a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (2); (2) in subsection (b) by striking paragraph (2); and (3) in subsection (e) by striking paragraph (2).