Sec. 5. TANF assistance and SNAP benefits
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Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (21 U.S.C. 862a) is amended— in subsection (a)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)and
(2)as subparagraphs
(A)and (B), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as redesignated— by striking An individual and inserting the following: Except as provided in paragraph (2), an individual ; and by striking possession, use, or ; and by adding at the end the following: The prohibition under paragraph
(1)shall not apply to an individual convicted of an offense described in paragraph
(1)who— has committed an offense that the court in which the individual is convicted (referred to in this paragraph as the court ) determines is rationally related to a substance abuse disorder; is on a waiting list for, is accepted for, successfully participates in, or has satisfactorily completed a substance abuse treatment program approved by the court; or has been determined by the court to not need substance abuse treatment; and complies with all obligations imposed by the court. ; in subsection (d), by striking the date of the enactment of this Act each place that term appears and inserting the date of enactment of the ; and Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2014 in subsection (f), by striking paragraph
(5)and inserting the following: Employment services, including job training programs and any other employment services that are funded using assistance or benefits referred to in subsection (a). . In this subsection, the term TANF assistance or SNAP benefits means assistance or benefits referred to in section 115(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 21 U.S.C. 862a(a) ). A law enacted by a State under the authority under subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of subsection (d)(1) of section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 21 U.S.C. 862a ) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act), and any State law or regulation enacted to carry out the requirements of such section (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act), that imposes conditions on eligibility for TANF assistance or SNAP benefits that are more restrictive than the conditions on eligibility for TANF assistance or SNAP benefits under such section as amended by subsection
(a)shall have no force or effect.
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