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 PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1573

(C) striking out all that follows "(iii)" through "days; or (iv)"; and (D) inserting before the period at the end thereof the Prohibition, following: "; and (B) no household shall be eligible to participate in the food stamp program (i) if the head of the household is a physically and mentally fit person between the ages of sixteen and sixty and such individual refuses to do any of those acts described in clause (A) of this sentence, or (ii) if the head of the household voluntarily quits any job without good cause, but, in such case, the period of ineligibility shall be ninety days"; (2) adding at the end of subsection (d)(1) the following: "Any period of ineligibility for violations under this paragraph shall end when the household member who committed the violation complies with the requirement that has been violated. If the household member who committed the violation leaves the household during the period of ineligibility, such household shall no longer be subject to sanction for such violation and, if it is otherwise eligible, may resume participation in the food stamp program, but any other household of which such person thereafter becomes the head of the household shall be ineligible for the balance of the period of ineligibility."; (3) in subsection (d)(2) by— (A) striking out "or" at end of clause (D); (B) inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: "; or (F) a person between the ages of sixteen and eighteen who is not a head of a household or who is attending school, or enrolled in an employment training program, on at least a half-time basis"; and (4) inserting at the end of clause (2) of subsection (e) the following: "or is an individual who is not assigned to or placed in an institution of higher learning through a program under the Job Training Partnership Act,"; and 29 USC 1501 (5) in clause (2) of subsection (f)— "^ote. (A) striking out "section 203(a)(7)" and "(8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(7))" in subclause (D) and inserting in lieu thereof "sections 207 and 208" and "(8 U.S.C. 1157 and 1158)", respectively; (B) striking out "because of persecution" and all that follows through "natural calamity" in subclause (D); (C) striking out "because of the judgment of the Attorney General" and all that follows in subclause (F) through "political opinion". EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM

SEC. 1517. (a) Section 6(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) is amended by— (1) amending clause (A)(ii) of paragraph (1) to read as follows: "(ii) refuses without good cause to participate in an employment and training program under paragraph (4), to the extent required under paragraph (4), including any resisonable employment requirements as are prescribed by the State sigency in accordance with paragraph (4), and the period of ineligibility shall be two months;"; and (2) adding at the end thereof the following:

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