DISQUALIFICATION OF FLEEING FELONS.

SEC. 821. DISQUALIFICATION OF FLEEING FELONS. Section 6 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015), as amended by section 820, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(k) Disqualification of Fleeing Felons.—No member of a household who is otherwise eligible to participate in the food stamp program shall be eligible to participate in the program as a member of that or any other household during any period during which the individual is— “(1) fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the law of the place from which the individual is fleeing, for a crime, or attempt to commit a crime, that is a felony under the law of the place from which the individual is fleeing or that, in the case of New Jersey, is a high misdemeanor under the law of New Jersey; or “(2) violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under a Federal or State law.” .