1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending the Cycle of Dependency Act of 2023 . 2. Modification of work requirement exemptions for able-bodied adults in the supplemental nutrition assistance program Section 6(o)(3) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3) ) is amended to read as follows: (3) Exception Paragraph (2) shall not apply to an individual if the individual is— (A) under 18 or over 65 years of age; (B) medically certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment; (C) a parent or other member of a household with primary responsibility for a dependent child under 6 years of age; (D) otherwise exempt under subsection (d)(2); or (E) a pregnant woman. . 3. Repealing waiver of geographic work requirements in the supplemental nutrition assistance program Section 6(o)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(4) ) is repealed. 4. Eliminating no good cause work requirements exceptions in the supplemental nutrition assistance program Section 6(o)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(6) ) is repealed. 5. Standardizing work requirement age limit rules in the supplemental nutrition assistance program Section 6(d)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(1)(A) ) is amended to read as follows: (A) In general No physically and mentally fit individual over the age of 15 and under the age of 65 shall be eligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program if the individual— (i) refuses, at the time of application and every 12 months thereafter, to register for employment in a manner prescribed by the Secretary; (ii) refuses without good cause to participate in an employment and training program established under paragraph (4), to the extent required by the State agency; (iii) refuses without good cause to accept an offer of employment, at a site or plant not subject to a strike or lockout at the time of the refusal, at a wage not less than the higher of— (I) the applicable Federal or State minimum wage