118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 204Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act

To require certain welfare programs to deny benefits to persons who fail a drug test, and for other purposes.

Social welfare
Introduced Jan 9, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jan 9, 2023
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Referred
Dec 17, 2024
Agriculture · Financial Services · Ways & Means
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 6 actions
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Feb 13, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Jan 9, 2023
Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2023
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.
Jan 9, 2023
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.
Jan 9, 2023
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.