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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1528 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to standardize work require- |
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| 6 | 6 | | ments for able-bodied adults enrolled in the supplemental nutrition assist- |
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| 7 | 7 | | ance program. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY24, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. J |
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| 11 | 11 | | OHNSONof South Dakota (for himself, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. DAVIDSON, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. L |
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| 13 | 13 | | AMALFA, and Mr. FINSTAD) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 14 | 14 | | was referred to the Committee on Agriculture |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to stand- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ardize work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled |
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| 18 | 18 | | in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America Works Act 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) A |
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| 26 | 26 | | MENDMENTS TO THE FOOD ANDNUTRITION 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | A |
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| 28 | 28 | | CT OF2008.—Section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act of 2008 is amended— 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | •HR 1528 IH |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | lows: 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(3) E |
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| 36 | 36 | | XCEPTION.—Paragraph (2) shall not 3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | apply to an individual if the individual is— 4 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(A) under 18 or over 65 years of age; 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(B) medically certified as physically or 6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | mentally unfit for employment; 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(C) is a parent or other member of a 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | household with responsibility for a dependent 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | child under 7 years of age; 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(D) otherwise exempt under subsection 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (d)(2); or 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(E) a pregnant woman.’’, and 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) by amending subparagraph (4)(A) to read 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | as follows: 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 50 | 50 | | N GENERAL.—On the request of a 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | State agency and with the support of the chief 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | executive officer of the State, the Secretary may 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | waive the applicability of paragraph (2) to any 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | group of individuals in the State if the Sec-20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | retary makes the determination that the county 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | or county-equivalent in which the individuals re-22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | side has an unemployment rate of over 10 per-23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | cent.’’, and 24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •HR 1528 IH |
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| 62 | 62 | | (b) CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 311 of title 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | II of division C of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (Public Law 118–5; 137 STAT. 36) is amended by strik-3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ing subsection (b). 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Æ |
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