[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4154 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4154

   To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to close the nominal 
                           benefits loophole.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2023

   Mr. Cline (for himself, Mr. Hern, Mr. Self, Mr. Brecheen, and Mr. 
    Perry) 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 close the nominal 
                           benefits loophole.

    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 ``No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(a)) is amended to read as follows:
``No household shall be eligible to receive benefits pursuant to this 
section if it does not meet the income and resource criteria under 
subsections (c) and (g).''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.

    (a)  Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this 
Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by this Act shall 
not apply with respect to certification periods that begin before the 
effective date of this Act.
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