Jobs and Opportunities for SNAP Act
This bill expands applicability of the work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients who are able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs). (SNAP recipients who are ABAWDs have work-related requirements in addition to the general SNAP work registration and employment and training requirements.)
Specifically, this bill applies the work requirements for ABAWDs to adults who are not over 65 years old, whereas these requirements currently apply to adults who are not over 50 years old.
Further, the ABAWD exemption for a parent or household member with responsibility for a dependent child is restricted to a dependent child under the age of seven. Currently, the child must be under the age of 18.
The bill repeals COVID-19 public health emergency waivers issued for ABAWD work requirements.
The bill also repeals an ABAWD waiver program that allows state exemptions based on an area (1) having an unemployment rate of over 10%, or (2) not having a sufficient number of jobs.
Under current law, a state agency may exempt up to 12% of SNAP recipients from the ABAWD work requirements for each fiscal year; unused exemptions may be carried over and used in a subsequent fiscal year. The bill reduces the percentage of exemptions a state agency may provide to up to 3% of SNAP recipients and unused exemptions may not be carried over.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1550 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1550
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to restore and standardize
work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in the supplemental
nutrition assistance program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 10, 2023
Mr. LaTurner (for himself, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mrs. Miller of
Illinois, and Mr. Guest) 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 restore and standardize
work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in the supplemental
nutrition assistance program.
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 ``Jobs and Opportunities for SNAP
Act''.
SEC. 2. RESTORING THE WORK REQUIREMENT FOR ABLE-BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT
DEPENDENTS IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
Section 2301 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public
Law 116-127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) is repealed.
SEC. 3. STANDARDIZING WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR ABLE-BODIED ADULTS IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 6(o)(3) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2015(o)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
``(3) Exception.--Paragraph (2) shall not apply to an
individual if the individual is--
``(A) under 18 or over 65 years of age;
``(B) medically certified as physically or mentally
unfit for employment;
``(C) a parent or other member of a household with
responsibility for a dependent child under 7 years of
age;
``(D) otherwise exempt under subsection (d)(2); or
``(E) a pregnant woman.''.
SEC. 4. STANDARDIZING ENFORCEMENT OF WORK REQUIREMENTS IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 6(o)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2015(o)(4)) is repealed.
SEC. 5. REFORMING WORK REQUIREMENT EXEMPTIONS IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 6(o)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2015(o)(6)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (E) by striking ``12 percent'' and
inserting ``3 percent'', and
(2) in subparagraph (G) by inserting ``that begins before
the date of the enactment of the America Works Act of 2023''
after ``year'' the 2d place it appears.
SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
Section 16(h)(1))(E)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(E)(ii) is amended--
(1) in subclause (II) by adding ``and'' at the end,
(2) by striking subclause (III), and
(3) by redesignating subclause (IV) as subclause (III).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
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