Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “No Welfare for Terrorists Act of 2016”.
No Welfare for Terrorists Act of 2016
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide that certain convicted felons shall be ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Sec. 2 Disqualification of certain convicted felons
Section 6(r)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(r)(1)(A)) is amended—
in clause (iv) by striking “or” at the end,
in clause (v) by striking “and” at the end and inserting “or”, and
by adding at the end the following:
“(vi) an offense under chapter 113B of title 18 of the United States Code; and”