To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to eliminate the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to grant a waiver from the work requirements for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program on account of an area's high unemployment rate or limited employment availability for individuals who reside in the area.

Bill: 114-hr-6171
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2016-09-26
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employment and training programs

Food assistance and relief

Poverty and welfare assistance

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2016-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to eliminate the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to waive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) work requirements for individuals who reside in areas with an unemployment rate above 10% or an insufficient number of jobs.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6171 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2016 Mr. Grothman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to eliminate the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to grant a waiver from the work requirements for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program on account of an area’s high unemployment rate or limited employment availability for individuals who reside in the area.

1. Elimination of authority to waive supplemental nutrition assistance program work requirements based on unemployment rate or job availability (a) Elimination of waiver authority Section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(o) ) is amended by striking paragraph (4). (b) Conforming regulatory change Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall implement the amendment made by subsection (a) by revising section 273.24 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to remove subsection (f).