42 U.S.C. § 608a - Fraud under means-tested welfare and public assistance programs

• Cite as: 42 U.S.C. § 608a

(a) In general

If an individual's benefits under a Federal, State, or local law relating to a means-tested welfare or a public assistance program are reduced because of an act of fraud by the individual under the law or program, the individual may not, for the duration of the reduction, receive an increased benefit under any other means-tested welfare or public assistance program for which Federal funds are appropriated as a result of a decrease in the income of the individual (determined under the applicable program) attributable to such reduction.

(b) Welfare or public assistance programs for which Federal funds are appropriated

For purposes of subsection (a), the term "means-tested welfare or public assistance program for which Federal funds are appropriated" includes the food stamp program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), any program of public or assisted housing under title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), and any State program funded under this part.

Cite as 42 U.S.C. § 608a

Source: Pub. L. 104-193, title IX, §911, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2353.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 6/14/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Food Stamp Act of 1977, referred to in subsec. (b), subsequently renamed the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, is Pub. L. 88-525, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 703, which is classified generally to chapter 51 (§2011 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2011 of Title 7 and Tables.