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H.R. 9701 117th Congress House

Welfare Reform Act of 2022

Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program whereby the Secretary shall convey certain Federal land to individuals who permanently waive eli… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program whereby the Secretary shall convey certain Federal land to individuals who permanently waive eligibility for certain welfare programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 30, 2022 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Dec 30, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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 30, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 30, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Welfare Reform Act of 2022

This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to establish a program to convey certain federal land to individuals who permanently waive eligibility for certain welfare programs.

The BLM shall have final discretion as to the allocation of land to such individuals but must provide them with a means to express their preference for available land, including whether the land will be used for residential or agricultural purposes.

The bill prohibits the sale of the land for a 10-year period.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9701: Welfare Reform Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9701/
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"H.R. 9701: Welfare Reform Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9701/.
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H.R. 9701, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9701/.
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[H.R. 9701: Welfare Reform Act of 2022](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9701/)
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