Removing Barriers to SNAP Act

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9004 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9004

       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal provisions relating to the denial 
 of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2020

    Mr. Garcia of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal provisions relating to the denial 
 of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Removing Barriers to SNAP Act''.

SEC. 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 ``for--'' and all that 
        follows and inserting ``for assistance under any State program 
        funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 601 et seq.).'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1) Program of temporary 
                assistance for needy families.--''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``it--'' and all that 
        follows and inserting ``the term in section 419(5) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 619(5)) when referring to 
        assistance provided under a State program funded under 
        paragraph A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        601 et seq.).''.
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