SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2015

SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2015

This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exempt Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) beneficiaries from work requirements if they are not offered a position in a state job training or workfare program.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1025 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1025

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the exception to 
                         the work requirement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2015

  Mr. McDermott (for himself, Ms. DelBene, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Michelle 
   Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, and Ms. Jackson Lee) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the exception to 
                         the work requirement.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Work Requirement.--Section 6(o)(3) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``or'' at the end,
            (2) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or'', and
            (3) by adding at end the following:
                    ``(F) not offered a position in a program described 
                in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (2).''.
    (b) Funding of Employment and Training Programs.--Section 
16(h)(1)(E)(ii)(II) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2025(h)(1)(E)(ii)(II)) is amended by inserting ``subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of'' after ``under''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on 
the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year that begins after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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