,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dadb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #d1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,gosar 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,franks of   
,arizona1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4      
,jones1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 and ,mr4 ,duncan
 of ,tennessee7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on           
,agriculture1 for a period to be        
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,food and      
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh to prohibit the
 use of benefits to purchase marijuana  
products1 to amend part ,a of title ,,iv
 of the ,social ,security ,act to       
prohibit assistance provided under the  
program of block grants to ,states for  
temporary assistance for needy families 
from being accessed through the use of  
an electronic benefit transfer card at  

any store that offers marijuana for     
sale1 and for other purposes4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,no ,welfare for ,weed ,act of      
#bjad4  #b4 ,amendment to ,food and     
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh ,section #c7k7 
of the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of     
#bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjab7k77 is amended
 by inserting 1 marijuana products1     
after tobacco14  #c4 ,prohibition on use
 of electronic benefit transfer card to 
access ,,tanf assistance at any store   
that offers marijuana for sale  ,section
 #djh7;a77#ab77;,a7 of the ,social      
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#fjh7;a77#ab77;,a77 is amended--  7#a7  
by striking or at the end of clause     
7ii72  7#b7 by striking the period at   
the end of clause 7iii7 and inserting 2 
or2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end the  
following3  7iv7 any establishment that 
offers marihuana 7as defined in section 
#ajb7af7 of the ,controlled ,substances 
,act7 for sale4  4  #d4 ,effective date 
,this ,act and the amendments made by   

this ,act shall take effect #a year     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4