HR 8004 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

America Works Act of 2022

Introduced Jun 9, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Rodney Davis R-IL

Latest action · Jun 30, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 9, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

America Works Act of 2022

This bill reinstates and expands work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 9, 2022 to Dec 5, 2022; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Jun 9, 2022
R-FL	Brian J. Mast	Original	Jun 9, 2022
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Jun 9, 2022
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Jun 9, 2022
R-SD	Dusty Johnson	Original	Jun 9, 2022
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Jun 9, 2022
R-KS	Jake LaTurner	Original	Jun 9, 2022
R-PA	John Joyce	Original	Jun 9, 2022
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Jun 9, 2022
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV	Original	Jun 9, 2022
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Jun 14, 2022
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Jun 14, 2022
R-IN	Greg Pence		Jun 14, 2022
R-TX	Pat Fallon		Dec 5, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Jun 9, 2022
	Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee	Referred Jun 30, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 30, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Jun 9, 2022Introduced in House
Jun 9, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 99, June 9, 2022, page H5447.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to restore and standardize work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: America Works Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 9, 2022Introduced in House

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