Amendment allows states to conduct drug testing on SNAP applicants as a condition for receiving benefits.

1. Adds SEC. 4033. TESTING APPLICANTS FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES at the end of subtitle A of title IV

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. 4033. TESTING APPLICANTS FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

   Inserted: Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015), as amended by section 4009. is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(s) Testing Applicants for Unlawful Use of Controlled Substances.--

   Inserted: "(1) Nothing in this Act, or in any other Federal law, shall be considered to prevent a State, at the full cost to such State, from--

   Inserted: "(A) enacting legislation to provide for testing any individual who is a member of a household applying for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits, for the unlawful use of controlled substances as a condition for receiving such benefits; and

   Inserted: "(B) finding an individual ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program on the basis of the positive result of the testing conducted by the State under such legislation.

   Inserted: "(2) For purposes of this subsection, term 'controlled substance' has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ((21 U.S.C. 802).".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle A of title IV (page 346, after line 17), insert the following new section:

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