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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 204 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require certain welfare programs to deny benefits to persons who fail |
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| 6 | 6 | | a drug test, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | OUZERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 11 | 11 | | mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agri- |
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| 12 | 12 | | culture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently deter- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 14 | 14 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To require certain welfare programs to deny benefits to |
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| 17 | 17 | | persons who fail a drug test, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drug Testing for Wel-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | fare Recipients Act’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 204 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. DRUG SCREENING AND TESTING UNDER STATE 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | PROGRAMS FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) P |
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| 30 | 30 | | ROHIBITION.—Section 408(a) of the Social Se-4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | curity Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the end the following: 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(13) N |
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| 34 | 34 | | O ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | FAIL DRUG SCREENING OR TESTING OR ARE NOT 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SCREENED OR TESTED FOR DRUG USE .— 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 38 | 38 | | N GENERAL.—A State to which a 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | grant is made under section 403 shall not use 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | any part of the grant to provide assistance for 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | an individual who has attained 18 years of age, 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | unless, before receipt of the assistance— 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(i) the State makes a determination, 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | in a manner the State considers appro-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | priate, of whether the individual has or has 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | not been arrested for a drug-related of-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | fense during the 5-year period immediately 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | preceding the date on which the determina-20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tion is made; 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual who 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | is determined by the State to have been ar-23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | rested for a drug-related offense during the 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 5-year period provided in clause (i), the in-25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | dividual tests negative for not less than 1 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 204 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | controlled substance, as specified by the 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | State, in such manner and at such times 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | as the State determines to be appropriate; 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | and 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(iii) in the case of an individual who 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | is determined by the State not to have 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | been arrested for a drug-related offense 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | during the 5-year period provided in clause 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (i), the individual— 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(I) completes substance abuse 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | screening in such manner and at such 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | times as the State considers appro-12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | priate; and 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(II)(aa) is determined pursuant 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | to such screening not to have a high 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | risk of abuse of a controlled sub-16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | stance; or 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(bb) is determined pursuant to 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | such screening to have a high risk of 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | abuse of a controlled substance and 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | tests negative for not less than 1 con-21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | trolled substance, as specified by the 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | State, in such manner and at such 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | times as the State determines to be 24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | appropriate. 25 |
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| 84 | 84 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 |
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| 85 | 85 | | •HR 204 IH |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(B) EFFECT OF FAILING DRUG TEST .—In 1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | the case of an individual who tests positive for 2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | a controlled substance pursuant to subpara-3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | graph (A)(ii) or (A)(iii)(II)(bb), a State shall 4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | not provide assistance under the State program 5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | funded under this part for the individual for a 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | period beginning on the date on which the State 7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | determines that the test result is positive and 8 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ending on the latest of— 9 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(i) the date that is 12 months after 10 |
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| 96 | 96 | | the date on which the State determines 11 |
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| 97 | 97 | | that the test result is positive; 12 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(ii) the date on which the individual 13 |
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| 99 | 99 | | successfully completes a treatment pro-14 |
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| 100 | 100 | | gram for each controlled substance for 15 |
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| 101 | 101 | | which the individual tested positive; or 16 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(iii) the date on which the individual 17 |
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| 103 | 103 | | tests negative for each such controlled sub-18 |
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| 104 | 104 | | stance, in such manner and at such times 19 |
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| 105 | 105 | | as the State determines to be appropriate. 20 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(C) R |
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| 107 | 107 | | ESPONSIBILITY FOR TESTING AND 21 |
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| 108 | 108 | | SCREENING.— 22 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘(i) M |
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| 110 | 110 | | ANNER AND TIME .—A State 23 |
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| 111 | 111 | | may provide for testing and screening pur-24 |
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| 112 | 112 | | suant to paragraph (1), and retesting and 25 |
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| 114 | 114 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 |
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| 115 | 115 | | •HR 204 IH |
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| 116 | 116 | | rescreening pursuant to paragraph (2), in 1 |
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| 117 | 117 | | such manner and at such times as the 2 |
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| 118 | 118 | | State agency considers appropriate. 3 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ‘‘(ii) C |
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| 120 | 120 | | OSTS.—A State may not re-4 |
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| 121 | 121 | | quire an individual to pay the cost of test-5 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ing or screening conducted pursuant to 6 |
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| 123 | 123 | | this paragraph. 7 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ‘‘(D) N |
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| 125 | 125 | | O EFFECT ON ASSISTANCE FOR 8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS .—The amount of as-9 |
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| 127 | 127 | | sistance payable for a family member of an in-10 |
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| 128 | 128 | | dividual for whom assistance is denied pursuant 11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | to this paragraph shall not be affected by the 12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | denial. 13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘(E) D |
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| 132 | 132 | | EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 14 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(i) C |
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| 134 | 134 | | ONTROLLED SUBSTANCE .—The 15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | term ‘controlled substance’ means, with re-16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | spect to an individual, any controlled sub-17 |
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| 137 | 137 | | stance as defined in section 102 of the 18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) 19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | that is not used by such individual pursu-20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ant to a valid prescription or as otherwise 21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | authorized by law. 22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ‘‘(ii) D |
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| 143 | 143 | | RUG-RELATED OFFENSE .—The 23 |
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| 144 | 144 | | term ‘drug-related offense’ means any 24 |
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| 145 | 145 | | criminal offense under State or Federal 25 |
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| 147 | 147 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 |
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| 148 | 148 | | •HR 204 IH |
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| 149 | 149 | | law relating to the manufacture, sale, dis-1 |
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| 150 | 150 | | tribution, use, or possession with intent to 2 |
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| 151 | 151 | | manufacture, sell, distribute, or use, of a 3 |
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| 152 | 152 | | controlled substance. 4 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ‘‘(iii) S |
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| 154 | 154 | | UBSTANCE ABUSE SCREEN -5 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ING.—The term ‘substance abuse screen-6 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ing’ means an interview, questionnaire, or 7 |
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| 157 | 157 | | other screening instrument approved by 8 |
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| 158 | 158 | | the State, that is designed to be used to 9 |
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| 159 | 159 | | determine whether an individual has a high 10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | risk of abuse of a controlled substance.’’. 11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (b) P |
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| 162 | 162 | | ENALTY.— 12 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (1) I |
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| 164 | 164 | | N GENERAL.—Section 409(a) of such Act 13 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (42 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended by adding at the end 14 |
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| 166 | 166 | | the following: 15 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘(17) F |
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| 168 | 168 | | AILURE TO CONDITION RECEIPT OF 16 |
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| 169 | 169 | | BENEFITS ON PASSING DRUG TESTING OR SCREEN -17 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ING.—If the Secretary determines that a State to 18 |
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| 171 | 171 | | which a grant is made under section 403 for a fiscal 19 |
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| 172 | 172 | | year has substantially failed to comply with section 20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | 408(a)(13) during the fiscal year, the Secretary 21 |
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| 174 | 174 | | shall reduce the grant payable to the State under 22 |
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| 175 | 175 | | section 403 for the immediately succeeding fiscal 23 |
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| 176 | 176 | | year by an amount equal to 15 percent of the State 24 |
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| 177 | 177 | | family assistance grant.’’. 25 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (2) INAPPLICABILITY OF GOOD CAUSE EXCEP -1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | TION.—Section 409(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | 609(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘or (13)’’ and in-3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | serting ‘‘(13), or (17)’’. 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (3) I |
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| 186 | 186 | | NAPPLICABILITY OF CORRECTIVE COMPLI -5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ANCE PLAN REQUIREMENT .—Section 409(c)(4) of 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(c)) is amended by striking 7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘or (16)’’ and inserting ‘‘(16), or (17)’’. 8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (c) E |
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| 191 | 191 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 9 |
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| 192 | 192 | | this section shall take effect on the first day of the first 10 |
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| 193 | 193 | | calendar month that begins after the 240-day period that 11 |
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| 194 | 194 | | begins with the date of the enactment of this Act. 12 |
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| 195 | 195 | | SEC. 3. DRUG SCREENING AND TESTING UNDER THE SUP-13 |
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| 196 | 196 | | PLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PRO-14 |
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| 197 | 197 | | GRAM. 15 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (a) D |
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| 199 | 199 | | RUGTESTING ANDSCREENINGREQUIRED FOR 16 |
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| 200 | 200 | | E |
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| 201 | 201 | | LIGIBILITY.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act 17 |
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| 202 | 202 | | of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding at end 18 |
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| 203 | 203 | | the following: 19 |
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| 204 | 204 | | ‘‘(t) E |
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| 205 | 205 | | LIGIBILITYBASED ONREQUIREDDRUGTEST-20 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ING ANDSCREENING.— 21 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 208 | 208 | | N GENERAL.—An individual who has at-22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | tained 18 years of age and who is otherwise eligible 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | to participate in the supplemental nutrition assist-24 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ance program as a member of a household shall be 25 |
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| 215 | 215 | | eligible to participate in such program only if before 1 |
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| 216 | 216 | | such assistance is provided with respect to such indi-2 |
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| 217 | 217 | | vidual— 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ‘‘(A) the State determines, in a manner 4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | the State considers appropriate, whether such 5 |
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| 220 | 220 | | individual has or has not been arrested for a 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | drug-related offense during the 5-year period 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ending on the date on which the determination 8 |
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| 223 | 223 | | is made; 9 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who is de-10 |
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| 225 | 225 | | termined by the State to have been arrested for 11 |
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| 226 | 226 | | a drug-related offense during such 5-year pe-12 |
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| 227 | 227 | | riod, such individual tests negative for not less 13 |
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| 228 | 228 | | than 1 controlled substance, as specified by the 14 |
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| 229 | 229 | | State, in such manner and at such times as the 15 |
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| 230 | 230 | | State considers appropriate; and 16 |
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| 231 | 231 | | ‘‘(C) in the case of an individual who is de-17 |
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| 232 | 232 | | termined by the State not to have been arrested 18 |
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| 233 | 233 | | for a drug-related offense during such 5-year 19 |
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| 234 | 234 | | period, such individual— 20 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(i) completes substance abuse screen-21 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ing, in such manner and at such times as 22 |
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| 237 | 237 | | the State considers appropriate; and 23 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ‘‘(ii)(I) is determined pursuant to 1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | such screening not to have a high risk of 2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | abuse of a controlled substance; or 3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(II) is determined pursuant to such 4 |
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| 245 | 245 | | screening to have a high risk of abuse of 5 |
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| 246 | 246 | | a controlled substance and tests negative 6 |
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| 247 | 247 | | for not less than 1 controlled substance, as 7 |
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| 248 | 248 | | specified by the State, in such manner and 8 |
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| 249 | 249 | | at such times as the State considers appro-9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | priate. 10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 252 | 252 | | FFECT OF A POSITIVE DRUG TEST RE -11 |
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| 253 | 253 | | SULT.—If an individual tests positive for a con-12 |
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| 254 | 254 | | trolled substance pursuant to paragraph (1), such 13 |
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| 255 | 255 | | assistance may not be provided with respect to such 14 |
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| 256 | 256 | | individual for a period beginning on the date on 15 |
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| 257 | 257 | | which the State agency determines that the test re-16 |
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| 258 | 258 | | sult is positive and ending on the latest of— 17 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ‘‘(A) the date that is 1 year after the date 18 |
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| 260 | 260 | | on which the State agency determines that the 19 |
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| 261 | 261 | | test result is positive; 20 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(B) the date on which such individual 21 |
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| 263 | 263 | | successfully completes a treatment program for 22 |
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| 264 | 264 | | each controlled substance for which the indi-23 |
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| 265 | 265 | | vidual tested positive pursuant to paragraph 24 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (1); and 25 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(C) the date by which the test result for 1 |
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| 271 | 271 | | such individual is not positive for each con-2 |
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| 272 | 272 | | trolled substance for which the individual tested 3 |
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| 273 | 273 | | positive pursuant to paragraph (1). 4 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 275 | 275 | | ESPONSIBILITY FOR TESTING AND 5 |
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| 276 | 276 | | SCREENING.— 6 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(A) The State agency may provide for 7 |
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| 278 | 278 | | testing and screening pursuant to paragraph 8 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (1), and retesting and rescreening pursuant to 9 |
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| 280 | 280 | | paragraph (2), in such manner and at such 10 |
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| 281 | 281 | | times as the State agency considers appro-11 |
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| 282 | 282 | | priate. 12 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(B) The State agency may not require an 13 |
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| 284 | 284 | | individual or a household to pay the cost of a 14 |
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| 285 | 285 | | test or screening conducted pursuant to this 15 |
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| 286 | 286 | | subsection. 16 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ‘‘(4) D |
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| 288 | 288 | | EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-17 |
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| 289 | 289 | | section: 18 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ‘‘(A) C |
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| 291 | 291 | | ONTROLLED SUBSTANCE .—The 19 |
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| 292 | 292 | | term ‘controlled substance’ means a controlled 20 |
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| 293 | 293 | | substance as defined in section 102 of the Con-21 |
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| 294 | 294 | | trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) that is 22 |
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| 295 | 295 | | not used by the tested individual pursuant to a 23 |
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| 296 | 296 | | valid prescription or as otherwise authorized by 24 |
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| 297 | 297 | | law. 25 |
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| 301 | 301 | | ‘‘(B) DRUG-RELATED OFFENSE .—The 1 |
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| 302 | 302 | | term ‘drug-related offense’ means any criminal 2 |
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| 303 | 303 | | offense under State or Federal law relating to 3 |
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| 304 | 304 | | the manufacture, sale, distribution, use, or pos-4 |
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| 305 | 305 | | session with intent to manufacture, sell, dis-5 |
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| 306 | 306 | | tribute, or use, of a controlled substance. 6 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ‘‘(C) S |
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| 308 | 308 | | UBSTANCE ABUSE SCREENING .— 7 |
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| 309 | 309 | | The term ‘substance abuse screening’ means an 8 |
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| 310 | 310 | | interview, questionnaire, or other screening in-9 |
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| 311 | 311 | | strument approved by the State, that is de-10 |
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| 312 | 312 | | signed to be used to determine whether an indi-11 |
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| 313 | 313 | | vidual has a high risk of abuse of a controlled 12 |
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| 314 | 314 | | substance.’’. 13 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (b) R |
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| 316 | 316 | | EDUCTION OFREIMBURSEMENT FOR ADMINIS-14 |
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| 317 | 317 | | TRATIVECOSTS.—Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 15 |
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| 318 | 318 | | Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended— 16 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘subsection 17 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (k)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (k) and (l)’’, and 18 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (2) by adding at end the following: 19 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ‘‘(l) F |
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| 323 | 323 | | AILURETOENFORCEDRUGTESTING AND 20 |
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| 324 | 324 | | S |
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| 325 | 325 | | CREENINGREQUIREMENTS.—If the Secretary deter-21 |
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| 326 | 326 | | mines that the State agency failed substantially to enforce 22 |
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| 327 | 327 | | the eligibility requirement established in section 6(t) in a 23 |
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| 328 | 328 | | fiscal year, the Secretary shall reduce by 15 percent the 24 |
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| 332 | 332 | | amount otherwise payable under subsection (a) to such 1 |
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| 333 | 333 | | State agency for the immediately succeeding fiscal year.’’. 2 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (c) E |
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| 335 | 335 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 3 |
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| 336 | 336 | | this section shall take effect 240 days after the date of 4 |
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| 337 | 337 | | the enactment of this Act. 5 |
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| 338 | 338 | | SEC. 4. DRUG SCREENING AND TESTING UNDER PUBLIC 6 |
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| 339 | 339 | | HOUSING AND SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSIST-7 |
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| 340 | 340 | | ANCE PROGRAMS. 8 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (a) P |
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| 342 | 342 | | ROHIBITION.—Section 214 of the Housing and 9 |
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| 343 | 343 | | Community Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) 10 |
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| 344 | 344 | | is amended by adding at the end the following: 11 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ‘‘(j) P |
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| 346 | 346 | | ROHIBITION OFHOUSINGASSISTANCE FORIN-12 |
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| 347 | 347 | | DIVIDUALSWHOFAILDRUGSCREENING ORTESTING OR 13 |
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| 348 | 348 | | A |
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| 349 | 349 | | RENOTSCREENED ORTESTED.— 14 |
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| 350 | 350 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 351 | 351 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 15 |
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| 352 | 352 | | provision of law, the applicable administrative entity 16 |
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| 353 | 353 | | may not make covered housing assistance available 17 |
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| 354 | 354 | | for the benefit of any individual who has attained 18 18 |
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| 355 | 355 | | years of age, unless, before such assistance is pro-19 |
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| 356 | 356 | | vided with respect to such individual— 20 |
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| 357 | 357 | | ‘‘(A) the applicable administrative entity 21 |
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| 358 | 358 | | makes a determination, in a manner the entity 22 |
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| 359 | 359 | | considers appropriate, of whether the individual 23 |
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| 360 | 360 | | has or has not been arrested for a drug-related 24 |
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| 361 | 361 | | offense during the 5-year period immediately 25 |
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| 365 | 365 | | preceding the date on which the determination 1 |
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| 366 | 366 | | is made; 2 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who is de-3 |
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| 368 | 368 | | termined by the applicable administrative entity 4 |
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| 369 | 369 | | to have been arrested for a drug-related offense 5 |
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| 370 | 370 | | during the 5-year period provided in subpara-6 |
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| 371 | 371 | | graph (A), the individual tests negative for each 7 |
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| 372 | 372 | | controlled substance that the entity has deter-8 |
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| 373 | 373 | | mined to be appropriate for testing; and 9 |
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| 374 | 374 | | ‘‘(C) in the case of an individual who is de-10 |
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| 375 | 375 | | termined by the applicable administrative entity 11 |
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| 376 | 376 | | not to have been arrested for a drug-related of-12 |
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| 377 | 377 | | fense during the 5-year period provided in 13 |
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| 378 | 378 | | clause (i), the individual— 14 |
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| 379 | 379 | | ‘‘(i) completes substance abuse screen-15 |
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| 380 | 380 | | ing in such manner and at such times as 16 |
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| 381 | 381 | | the entity considers appropriate; and 17 |
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| 382 | 382 | | ‘‘(ii)(I) is determined pursuant to 18 |
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| 383 | 383 | | such screening not to have a high risk of 19 |
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| 384 | 384 | | abuse of a controlled substance; or 20 |
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| 385 | 385 | | ‘‘(II) is determined pursuant to such 21 |
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| 386 | 386 | | screening to have a high risk of abuse of 22 |
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| 387 | 387 | | a controlled substance and tests negative 23 |
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| 388 | 388 | | for each controlled substance that the enti-24 |
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| 392 | 392 | | ty has determined to be appropriate for 1 |
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| 393 | 393 | | testing. 2 |
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| 394 | 394 | | The applicable administrative entity shall determine 3 |
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| 395 | 395 | | that not less than 1 controlled substance, as speci-4 |
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| 396 | 396 | | fied by the entity, is appropriate for testing for pur-5 |
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| 397 | 397 | | poses of this paragraph. 6 |
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| 398 | 398 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 399 | 399 | | FFECT OF FAILING DRUG TEST .—If an 7 |
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| 400 | 400 | | individual tests positive for a controlled substance 8 |
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| 401 | 401 | | pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) or (1)(C)(ii)(II), cov-9 |
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| 402 | 402 | | ered housing assistance may not be provided with re-10 |
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| 403 | 403 | | spect to such individual for the period beginning on 11 |
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| 404 | 404 | | the date on which the applicable administrative enti-12 |
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| 405 | 405 | | ty determines that the test result is positive and 13 |
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| 406 | 406 | | ending on the latest of— 14 |
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| 407 | 407 | | ‘‘(A) the date that is 12 months after the 15 |
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| 408 | 408 | | date on which the applicable administrative en-16 |
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| 409 | 409 | | tity determines that the test result is positive; 17 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ‘‘(B) the date on which the individual suc-18 |
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| 411 | 411 | | cessfully completes a treatment program for 19 |
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| 412 | 412 | | each controlled substance for which the indi-20 |
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| 413 | 413 | | vidual tested positive; and 21 |
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| 414 | 414 | | ‘‘(C) the date on which the individual tests 22 |
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| 415 | 415 | | negative for each such controlled substance, in 23 |
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| 416 | 416 | | such manner and at such times as the applica-24 |
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| 420 | 420 | | ble administrative entity determines to be ap-1 |
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| 421 | 421 | | propriate. 2 |
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| 422 | 422 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 423 | 423 | | ESPONSIBILITY FOR TESTING AND 3 |
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| 424 | 424 | | SCREENING.— 4 |
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| 425 | 425 | | ‘‘(A) M |
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| 426 | 426 | | ANNER AND TIME .—An applicable 5 |
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| 427 | 427 | | administrative entity may provide for testing 6 |
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| 428 | 428 | | and screening pursuant to paragraph (1), and 7 |
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| 429 | 429 | | retesting and rescreening pursuant to para-8 |
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| 430 | 430 | | graph (2), in such manner and at such times as 9 |
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| 431 | 431 | | the entity determines to be appropriate. 10 |
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| 432 | 432 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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| 433 | 433 | | OSTS.—An applicable administrative 11 |
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| 434 | 434 | | entity may not require an individual or family 12 |
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| 435 | 435 | | to pay the cost of a test or screening conducted 13 |
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| 436 | 436 | | pursuant to this subsection. 14 |
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| 437 | 437 | | ‘‘(4) P |
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| 438 | 438 | | RORATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE .— 15 |
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| 439 | 439 | | If an individual for whose benefit covered housing 16 |
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| 440 | 440 | | assistance is prohibited pursuant to this subsection 17 |
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| 441 | 441 | | is a member of family that includes at least one 18 |
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| 442 | 442 | | other member whose eligibility under this subsection 19 |
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| 443 | 443 | | for such assistance has been affirmatively estab-20 |
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| 444 | 444 | | lished pursuant to testing under this subsection, cov-21 |
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| 445 | 445 | | ered housing assistance made available to such fam-22 |
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| 446 | 446 | | ily shall be prorated, based on the number of indi-23 |
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| 447 | 447 | | viduals in the family for whom eligibility under this 24 |
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| 448 | 448 | | subsection for such assistance has been affirmatively 25 |
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| 452 | 452 | | established pursuant to testing under this subsection 1 |
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| 453 | 453 | | as compared with the total number of individuals 2 |
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| 454 | 454 | | who are members of the family. 3 |
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| 455 | 455 | | ‘‘(5) F |
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| 456 | 456 | | AILURE TO ENFORCE DRUG TESTING RE -4 |
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| 457 | 457 | | QUIREMENT.—If the Secretary of Housing and 5 |
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| 458 | 458 | | Urban Development determines that a public hous-6 |
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| 459 | 459 | | ing agency has substantially failed to comply with 7 |
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| 460 | 460 | | this subsection during a fiscal year, the Secretary 8 |
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| 461 | 461 | | shall reduce by 15 percent the amount otherwise 9 |
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| 462 | 462 | | provided to the agency, for the immediately suc-10 |
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| 463 | 463 | | ceeding fiscal year, under each of the following pro-11 |
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| 464 | 464 | | grams: 12 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ‘‘(A) The public housing Capital Fund pro-13 |
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| 466 | 466 | | gram under section 9(d) of the United States 14 |
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| 467 | 467 | | Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)). 15 |
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| 468 | 468 | | ‘‘(B) The public housing Operating Fund 16 |
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| 469 | 469 | | program under section 9(e) of the United 17 |
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| 470 | 470 | | States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 18 |
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| 471 | 471 | | 1437g(e)). 19 |
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| 472 | 472 | | ‘‘(C) All programs for rental housing as-20 |
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| 473 | 473 | | sistance under section 8 of the United States 21 |
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| 474 | 474 | | Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 22 |
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| 475 | 475 | | ‘‘(6) U |
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| 476 | 476 | | SE OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE AMOUNTS 23 |
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| 477 | 477 | | FOR TESTING.—Notwithstanding any other provision 24 |
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| 478 | 478 | | of law, amounts made available under the following 25 |
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| 482 | 482 | | provisions of law may be used for costs of testing in-1 |
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| 483 | 483 | | dividuals for controlled substances for purposes of 2 |
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| 484 | 484 | | compliance with this section, as follows: 3 |
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| 485 | 485 | | ‘‘(A) Amounts made available under the 4 |
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| 486 | 486 | | public housing Operating Fund program under 5 |
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| 487 | 487 | | section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act 6 |
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| 488 | 488 | | of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) may be used for 7 |
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| 489 | 489 | | such testing for residents of, and applicants for 8 |
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| 490 | 490 | | residency in, public housing. 9 |
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| 491 | 491 | | ‘‘(B) Amounts made available to a public 10 |
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| 492 | 492 | | housing agency for administrative fees under 11 |
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| 493 | 493 | | section 8(q) of the United States Housing Act 12 |
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| 494 | 494 | | of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)) may be used for 13 |
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| 495 | 495 | | such testing for individuals on behalf of whom 14 |
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| 496 | 496 | | rental assistance under such section is provided 15 |
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| 497 | 497 | | by the agency and applicants for such assist-16 |
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| 498 | 498 | | ance. 17 |
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| 499 | 499 | | ‘‘(C) Amounts made available for project- 18 |
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| 500 | 500 | | based rental assistance under section 8 of the 19 |
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| 501 | 501 | | United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 20 |
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| 502 | 502 | | 1437f) may be used for such testing for resi-21 |
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| 503 | 503 | | dents of, and applicants for residency in, dwell-22 |
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| 504 | 504 | | ing units in housing projects for which such as-23 |
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| 505 | 505 | | sistance is provided. 24 |
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| 509 | 509 | | ‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-1 |
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| 510 | 510 | | section, the following definitions shall apply: 2 |
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| 511 | 511 | | ‘‘(A) A |
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| 512 | 512 | | PPLICABLE ADMINISTRATIVE ENTI -3 |
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| 513 | 513 | | TY.—The term ‘applicable administrative entity’ 4 |
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| 514 | 514 | | means— 5 |
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| 515 | 515 | | ‘‘(i) a public housing agency, with re-6 |
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| 516 | 516 | | spect to covered housing assistance admin-7 |
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| 517 | 517 | | istered by such agency; and 8 |
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| 518 | 518 | | ‘‘(ii) the Secretary, with respect to 9 |
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| 519 | 519 | | project-based rental assistance under sec-10 |
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| 520 | 520 | | tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 11 |
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| 521 | 521 | | 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 12 |
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| 522 | 522 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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| 523 | 523 | | ONTROLLED SUBSTANCE .—The 13 |
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| 524 | 524 | | term ‘controlled substance’ means, with respect 14 |
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| 525 | 525 | | to an individual, a controlled substance as de-15 |
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| 526 | 526 | | fined in section 102 of the Controlled Sub-16 |
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| 527 | 527 | | stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) that is not used by 17 |
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| 528 | 528 | | such individual pursuant to a valid prescription 18 |
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| 529 | 529 | | or as otherwise authorized by law. 19 |
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| 531 | 531 | | OVERED HOUSING ASSISTANCE .— 20 |
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| 532 | 532 | | The term ‘covered housing assistance’ means fi-21 |
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| 533 | 533 | | nancial assistance made available pursuant to 22 |
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| 534 | 534 | | the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 23 |
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| 535 | 535 | | U.S.C. 1437 et seq.). 24 |
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| 539 | 539 | | ‘‘(D) DRUG-RELATED OFFENSE .—The 1 |
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| 540 | 540 | | term ‘drug-related offense’ means any criminal 2 |
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| 541 | 541 | | offense under State or Federal law relating to 3 |
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| 542 | 542 | | the manufacture, sale, distribution, use, or pos-4 |
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| 543 | 543 | | session with intent to manufacture, sell, dis-5 |
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| 544 | 544 | | tribute, or use, of a controlled substance. 6 |
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| 545 | 545 | | ‘‘(E) S |
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| 546 | 546 | | UBSTANCE ABUSE SCREENING .— 7 |
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| 547 | 547 | | The term ‘substance abuse screening’ means an 8 |
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| 548 | 548 | | interview, questionnaire, or other screening in-9 |
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| 549 | 549 | | strument approved by the applicable adminis-10 |
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| 550 | 550 | | trative entity that is designed to be used to de-11 |
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| 551 | 551 | | termine whether an individual has a high risk 12 |
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| 552 | 552 | | of abuse of a controlled substance. 13 |
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| 554 | 554 | | THER PROVISIONS OF LAW .—This sub-14 |
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| 555 | 555 | | section may not be construed to affect the applica-15 |
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| 556 | 556 | | bility of any provision of section 576 or 577 of the 16 |
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| 557 | 557 | | Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 17 |
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| 558 | 558 | | 1998 (42 U.S.C. 13661, 13662) or of section 6(l), 18 |
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| 559 | 559 | | 8(o)(7), or 16(f) of the United States Housing Act 19 |
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| 560 | 560 | | of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(f)), except that the Sec-20 |
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| 561 | 561 | | retary of Housing and Urban Development shall en-21 |
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| 562 | 562 | | sure that any standards or lease provisions estab-22 |
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| 563 | 563 | | lished pursuant to such sections are consistent with 23 |
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| 564 | 564 | | this subsection.’’. 24 |
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| 569 | 569 | | this section shall take effect on the first day of the first 2 |
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| 570 | 570 | | calendar month that begins after the expiration of the 3 |
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| 571 | 571 | | 240-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 4 |
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| 572 | 572 | | of this Act. 5 |
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