Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Food and Nutrition Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2016”.
Food and Nutrition Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2016
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to reform the work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents; and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Enhanced work requirement for certain adults
Sec. 3 Age modification of exemption from work requirement
Section 6(o)(3)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
“(A)
“(i) is less than 18 years of age;
“(ii) is more than 50 years of age in a household that includes an individual less than 18 years of age; or
“(iii) is more than 63 years of age;”
Sec. 4 Termination of State waiver authority
Section 6(o)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(C) Termination—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to any fiscal year that begins after the effective date of this subparagraph.”
Sec. 5 Reduction in State exemption authority
Section 6(o)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(6)) is amended—
in the heading by striking “15-percent” and inserting “5-percent”, and
in subparagraph (D) by striking “15 percent” and inserting “5 percent”.
Sec. 6 Expungement of unused supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits
Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020), as amended by section 4015, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(w) Expungement of unused beneftis—The State agency shall expunge from the EBT account of the household benefits that are not used before the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date such benefits are posted to such account.”
Sec. 7 Expungement of dormant supplemental nutrition assistance accounts
Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020), as amended by section 4015, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(w) Expungement of benefits in dormant EBT account—The State agency shall expunge from an EBT account that has not been accessed for a 3-month period all of the benefits that are posted to such account during such period.”
Sec. 8 State workfare program requirement for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program
Section 20(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2029(a)) is amended by inserting “for not less than 6 hours per week” after “perform work,” the second place it appears.
Sec. 9 Effective date
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first month that begins more than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.