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HR 6458 114th Congress House

Help our Neediest Families Act of 2016

Official title: To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit a State from requiring individuals to submit to drug testing as a condition of assistance under the pr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit a State from requiring individuals to submit to drug testing as a condition of assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance to needy families, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit a public housing agency from requiring individuals to submit to drug testing as a condition of assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher Program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 7, 2016 Introduced by: Veasey, Marc A. Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
Social Welfare
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Dec 7, 2016
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 Latest action December 7, 2016

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

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Help Our Neediest Families Act of 2016

This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit a state to which a TANF grant is made from using any part of such grant for drug testing of TANF applicants or recipients.

If the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determines that a state has violated such prohibition, it shall reduce the family assistance grant amount payable to the state for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by not more than 1%.

This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit drug testing of aid recipients under the housing choice voucher program.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6458: Help our Neediest Families Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6458/
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"H.R. 6458: Help our Neediest Families Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6458/.
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H.R. 6458, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6458/.
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