[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4536 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4536

 To prohibit assistance provided under the program of block grants to 
States for temporary assistance for needy families from being accessed 
  through the use of an electronic benefit transfer card at any store 
                    that offers marijuana for sale.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2021

 Mr. Rice of South Carolina (for himself and Mrs. Walorski) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit assistance provided under the program of block grants to 
States for temporary assistance for needy families from being accessed 
  through the use of an electronic benefit transfer card at any store 
                    that offers marijuana for sale.

    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 ``Welfare for Needs not Weed Act''.

SEC. 2. WELFARE FOR NEEDS NOT WEED.

    Section 408(a)(12)(A) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(12)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (ii);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) any establishment that offers 
                        marihuana (as defined in section 102(16) of the 
                        Controlled Substances Act) for sale.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2022.
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