S.Amdt. 3343Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 3343
Sponsored by
Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
Submitted June 27, 2018
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June 27, 2018
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SA 3343. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. Roberts (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following: SEC. 41__. CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY. (a) In General.--Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``Assistance'' and inserting the following: ``(4) Applications for participation.--Assistance''; (B) in the second sentence-- (i) by striking ``Act, shall be eligible'' and all that follows through ``Except'' in the third sentence and inserting the following: ``Act. ``(3) Additional eligibility.--Except''; (ii) by striking ``Act, or aid'' and inserting the following: ``Act. ``(D) Households in which each member receives aid''; (iii) by striking ``supplemental security'' and inserting the following: ``with an income eligibility limit of not greater than 130 percent of the poverty line (as defined in subsection (c)(1)). ``(B) Households in which each member is elderly or disabled and receives cash assistance or ongoing and substantial services under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), with an income eligibility limit of not greater than 200 percent of the poverty line (as defined in subsection (c)(1)). ``(C) Households in which each member receives supplemental security''; (iv) by striking ``households in which each member receives benefits'' and inserting the following: ``the following households shall be eligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program: ``(A) Households in which each member receives cash assistance or ongoing and substantial services''; and (v) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the following: ``(2) Categories of eligibility.--Notwithstanding''; and (C) in the first sentence, by striking ``(a) Participation'' and inserting the following: ``(a) Eligibility for Participation.-- ``(1) In general.--Participation''; and (2) in subsection (j)-- (A) by striking ``or who receives benefits'' and inserting ``cash assistance or ongoing and substantial services''; and (B) by striking ``the Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) to have'' and inserting ``that Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), with an income eligibility limit of not greater than 130 percent of the poverty line (as defined in subsection (c)(1)), or who is elderly or disabled and receives cash assistance or ongoing and substantial services under a State program funded under that part, with an income eligibility limit of not more than 200 percent of the poverty line (as defined in subsection (c)(1)), to have''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect October 1, 2020. ______