,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjaf    
,mr4 ,chabot introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend the ,food and ,nutrition ,act 
of #bjjh to reform the work requirements
 for able-bodied adults without         
dependents2 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,food and ,nutrition ,reform1      
,responsibility1 and ,accountability    
,act of #bjaf4  #b4 ,enhanced work      
requirement for certain adults ,section 
#f7o7 of the ,food and ,nutrition ,act  
of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjae7 is        
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#b7 by    
striking #c months 7consecutive or      
otherwise7 and inserting #a month1 and  
7#b7 in paragraph 7#f77;,a77ii77,,iv7 by
 striking #c months and inserting #a    
month4  #c4 ,age modification of        
exemption from work requirement ,section
 #f7o77#c77;,a7 of the ,food and        

,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjae7o77#c77;,a77 is amended to read as
 follows3  7,a7 7i7 is less than #ah    
years of age2  7ii7 is more than #ej    
years of age in a household that        
includes an individual less than #ah    
years of age2 or  7iii7 is more than #fc
 years of age2  4  #d4 ,termination of  
,state waiver authority ,section        
#f7o77#d7 of the ,food and ,nutrition   
,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4             
#bjae7o77#d77 is amended by adding at   
the end the following3  7,c7            
,termination ,subparagraph 7,a7 shall   
not apply with respect to any fiscal    
year that begins after the effective    
date of this subparagraph4  4  #e4      
,reduction in ,state exemption authority
 ,section #f7o77#f7 of the ,food and    
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjae7o77#f77 is amended-- 7#a7 in the  
heading by striking #ae-percent and     
inserting #e-percent1 and  7#b7 in      
subparagraph 7,d7 by striking #ae       
percent and inserting #e percent4  #f4  

,expungement of unused supplemental     
nutrition assistance program benefits   
,section #aa of the ,food and ,nutrition
 ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjbj71 as 
amended by section #djae1 is amended by 
adding at the end the following3  7w7   
,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 #ij-;day period beginning on the 
date such benefits are posted to such   
account4  4  #g4 ,expungement of dormant
 supplemental nutrition assistance      
accounts ,section #aa of the ,food and  
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjbj71 as amended by section #djae1 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7w7 ,expungement of benefits
 in dormant ,,ebt account ,the ,state   
agency shall expunge from an ,,ebt      
account that has not been accessed for a
 #c-month period all of the benefits    
that are posted to such account during  
such period4  4  #h4 ,state workfare    

program requirement for participation in
 the supplemental nutrition assistance  
program ,section #bj7;a7 of the ,food   
and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g        
,u4,s4,c4 #bjbi7;a77 is amended by      
inserting for not less than #f hours per
 week after perform work1 the second    
place it appears4  #i4 ,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 #a year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act4