Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act

Bill: 115-hr-5853
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2018-05-16
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act </b></p> <p>This bill requires state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)&nbsp;programs to maintain policies preventing assistance under the TANF program from being used at an establishment that offers marijuana for sale.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5853 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2018 Mr. Reichert (for himself and Mr. Smith of Nebraska ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To prohibit assistance provided under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families from being accessed through the use of an electronic benefit transfer card at any store that offers marijuana for sale.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act . 2. Prohibition on use of electronic benefit transfer card to access TANF assistance at any store that offers marijuana for sale (a) Prohibition Section 408(a)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 608(a)(12)(A) ) is amended— (1) by striking or at the end of clause (ii); (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (iv) any establishment that offers marihuana (as defined in section 102(16) of the Controlled Substances Act) for sale. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.