[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 416 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 416

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2025

   Mr. Cline (for himself, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. 
 Brecheen, and Mr. Green of Tennessee) 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 
2025''.

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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