42 U.S.C. § 608a : US Code - Section 608A: Fraud under means-tested welfare and public assistance programs

Search 42 U.S.C. § 608a : US Code - Section 608A: Fraud under means-tested welfare and public assistance programs

(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) of this section, 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.