# 119-hr-372: Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act

119-hr-372, Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-372
- Congress: 119
- Title: Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Social Welfare
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Condition federal assistance on drug testing and screening.** This bill would require adults applying for TANF, SNAP, or covered public housing programs to be screened or tested for substance use and deny benefits to those who test positive. - Applicants would face a 5-year arrest lookback and a screening process. Those with qualifying arrests or who screen as high risk must test negative, and a positive test leads to up to 1 year of ineligibility or until treatment or a negative test. - Families and households would generally still receive support when one member is disqualified. In housing programs assistance may be prorated if a single family member loses eligibility. - States and administering entities would choose which substances to test and must not charge testing costs to applicants. States that substantially fail to enforce the requirements could lose 15% of certain federal grants the following fiscal year. *Authorizes 15% reductions in specified federal grants for states that substantially fail to comply with the bill's testing requirements.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- Drug checks for SNAP adults: cost, high. Adults 18+ on or applying for SNAP would face new drug checks. States would look back 5 years for drug arrests. If arrested, you must test negative for at least one drug the State picks. If not arrested, you must do a screening, and if high risk, test negative. A positive test would stop your SNAP…
- Stricter drug checks for TANF adults: cost, high. Adults 18+ applying for or on TANF would face new drug checks. States would look back 5 years for drug arrests. If arrested, you must test negative for at least one drug the State picks. If not arrested, you must do a screening, and if high risk, test negative. A positive test would stop TANF cash…
- Drug checks for public and Section 8 housing: cost, high. Adults 18+ seeking public housing or Section 8 would face new drug checks. Agencies would look back 5 years for drug arrests. If arrested, you must test negative for each drug the agency selects; if not arrested, you must do a screening and, if high risk, test negative for each selected drug. A pos…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-372 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/372)

## Related
- [119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8870)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5089)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-372 (as of 2025-12-21).