Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act

United States118th CongressHR-204House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 17, 2024

Summary

Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act This bill requires the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and specified public housing programs to subject individuals to substance-abuse screening and to deny benefits for individuals who test positive for a controlled substance.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

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  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.

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