1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SNAP Ban Study Act . 2. Study of SNAP ban and waiver provisions affecting drug felons (a) In general The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to evaluate the effects of the post-incarceration ban and waiver provisions regarding participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program by drug felons, as in effect under section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 42 U.S.C. 286a ). (b) Elements of the study The study conducted under subsection (a) shall— (1) identify the full range of options States have implemented with respect to the supplemental nutrition assistance program ban, including— (A) implementing the full ban; (B) using their discretionary power provided in the law to opt out of the ban partially, including the various different modifications States have made or completely repealing the ban; and (C) when each of those States has made substantive revisions to their laws in this area over the past 15 years; (2) for each group of those convicted of felony use, felony distribution, and felony trafficking offenses, the rates, 5 and 10 years after release from the incarceration that triggered the supplemental nutrition assistance program ban, of— (A) subsequent arrest for one or more felonies; (B) subsequent conviction for one or more felonies; and (C) return to prison for such offenders