The Joint Conference Committee (JCC) has completed the NEW Farm Bill (HR 2642), short of being signed by the President, and the article which informs us of this is HERE if folks want to read it. There are thousand of issues in the bill but we only address the portion that affects folks we advocate for.
The JCC has combined the Senate ver. with the House ver., then modified as shown below. While it IS NOT retroactive, there is still a very onerous SLAM to any family that houses one of these future sex offenders. The SLAM comes in the form of how the household food stamp amount is calculated. see "(2) EFFECTS ON ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS FOR OTHERS" below. Gut feel, is this actionable? ACLU where are you?
Today all is said and done, there is no way to get this changed, but Advocates should make this a priority in future dealings with folks in Congress. And just a reminder, the Second Chance Act also excludes sex offenders which should be remembered when dealing with folks in Congress!
Note that there are other crime types similarly affected which are not part of our advocacy, see below.
