113 HR 3102 IH: Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-09-16
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Nutrition Reform and Work
Opportunity Act of 2013
.
(b)The table of
contents of this Act is the following:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Supplemental nutrition assistance program
Sec. 101. Preventing payment of cash to recipients of
supplemental nutrition assistance benefits for the return of empty bottles and
cans used to contain food purchased with benefits provided under the
program.
Sec. 102. Retailers.
Sec. 103. Enhancing services to elderly and disabled
supplemental nutrition assistance program participants.
Sec. 104. Food distribution program on Indian
reservations.
Sec. 105. Updating program eligibility.
Sec. 106. Exclusion of medical marijuana from excess medical
expense deduction.
Sec. 107. Standard utility allowances based on the receipt of
energy assistance payments.
Sec. 108. Eligibility disqualifications.
Sec. 109. Repeal of State work program waiver
authority.
Sec. 110. Ending supplemental nutrition assistance program
benefits for lottery or gambling winners.
Sec. 111. Improving security of food assistance.
Sec. 112. Demonstration projects on acceptance of benefits of
mobile transactions.
Sec. 113. Use of benefits for purchase of community-supported
agriculture share.
Sec. 114. Restaurant meals program.
Sec. 115. Mandating State immigration verification.
Sec. 116. Data exchange standardization for improved
interoperability.
Sec. 117. Pilot projects to improve Federal-State cooperation
in identifying and reducing fraud in the supplemental nutrition assistance
program.
Sec. 118. Prohibiting Government-sponsored recruitment
activities.
Sec. 119. Repeal of bonus program.
Sec. 120. Funding of employment and training
programs.
Sec. 121. Monitoring employment and training
programs.
Sec. 122. Cooperation with program research and
evaluation.
Sec. 123. Pilot projects to reduce dependency and increase work
effort in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Sec. 124. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 125. Limitation on use of block grant to Puerto
Rico.
Sec. 126. Assistance for community food projects.
Sec. 127. Emergency food assistance.
Sec. 128. Nutrition education.
Sec. 129. Retailer trafficking.
Sec. 130. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 131. Tolerance level for excluding small
errors.
Sec. 132. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands pilot
program.
Sec. 133. Annual State report on verification of SNAP
participation.
Sec. 134. Termination of existing agreement.
Sec. 135. Service of traditional foods in public
facilities.
Sec. 136. Testing applicants for unlawful use of controlled
substances.
Sec. 137. Eligibility disqualifications for certain convicted
felons.
Sec. 138. Expungement of unused supplemental nutrition
assistance program benefits.
Sec. 139. Pilot projects to promote work and increase State
accountability in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Sec. 140. Improved wage verification using the National
Directory of New Hires.
Sec. 141. Feasibility study for Indian tribes.
Title II—Commodity distribution programs
Sec. 201. Commodity distribution program.
Sec. 202. Commodity supplemental food program.
Sec. 203. Distribution of surplus commodities to special
nutrition projects.
Sec. 204. Processing of commodities.
Title III—Miscellaneous
Sec. 301. Farmers’ market nutrition program.
Sec. 302. Nutrition information and awareness pilot
program.
Sec. 303. Fresh fruit and vegetable program.
Sec. 304. Additional authority for purchase of fresh fruits,
vegetables, and other specialty food crops.
Sec. 305. Encouraging locally and regionally grown and raised
food.
Sec. 306. Review of public health benefits of white
potatoes.
Sec. 307. Healthy Food Financing Initiative.
Sec. 308. Review of sole-source contracts in Federal nutrition
programs.
Sec. 309. Purchase of Halal and Kosher food for emergency food
assistance program.
<enum>I</enum><header>Supplemental
nutrition assistance program</header>
<section id="HD79A71B734E340459EAAAB93B61639C2"><enum>101.</enum><header>Preventing
payment of cash to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance benefits for
the return of empty bottles and cans used to contain food purchased with
benefits provided under the program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(k)(1) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012(k)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8C70B5BA478448B98F26FE60AB29E509"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and hot foods</quote>
and inserting <quote>hot foods</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A5155745BDB4FE6840ED63630E9D8BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>and any deposit fee in excess of amount of the State
fee reimbursement (if any) required to purchase any food or food product
contained in a returnable bottle or can, regardless of whether such fee is
included in the shelf price posted for such food or food
product,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD73B87D4DCC747BEA7D0AF4E9DFFB3ED"><enum>102.</enum><header>Retailers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF4E01B820C2B44738875EC6FC7FB8D55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
retail food store</header><text>Section 3(p)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012(p)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>at least
2</quote> and inserting <quote>at least 3</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H24C04EFC05B44E8CBF3A6141113A1D46"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alternative
benefit delivery</header><text>Section 7(f) of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDA568E8B63DF47F7BC3A641F787733F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21ACDE7F98314A2F91D6747A35B10789" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC946B892DDBC45F594CD57EE6ABD143A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Imposition of
costs</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA957608F91FB441DAFE086314596767F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary
shall require participating retailers (including restaurants participating in a
State option restaurant program intended to serve the elderly, disabled, and
homeless) to pay 100 percent of the costs of acquiring, and arrange for the
implementation of, electronic benefit transfer point-of-sale equipment and
supplies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCAF122381D5C4DC394D64E76B7F7E40E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text>The
Secretary may exempt from subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HBFDE41F82D1D481A85E325429D12516A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>farmers’ markets
and other direct-to-consumer markets, military commissaries, nonprofit food
buying cooperatives, and establishments, organizations, programs, or group
living arrangements described in paragraphs (5), (7), and (8) of section 3(k);
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5EDA344962AF40DABCB85EC64B1FD88C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establishments
described in paragraphs (3), (4), and (9) of section 3(k), other than
restaurants participating in a State option restaurant
program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDBE18C4747D0401EB75047E2DD2D38BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46E3E6BC4E534232AF6F4E8B0B1B7A24" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HED829F29DB7741D18E843739F58E658E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Termination of
manual vouchers</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCC0EDD785B3C4E918D6DD1DA35A6C2D3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Effective beginning on the effective date of this
paragraph, except as provided in subparagraph (B), no State shall issue manual
vouchers to a household that receives supplemental nutrition assistance under
this Act or allow retailers to accept manual vouchers as payment, unless the
Secretary determines that the manual vouchers are necessary, such as in the
event of an electronic benefit transfer system failure or a disaster
situation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6B5D0C6541BF458FBC379198762A1047"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text>The
Secretary may exempt categories of retailers or individual retailers from
subparagraph (A) based on criteria established by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9CD80AAE87B1428CBBD7D5C43DA94BD5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Unique
identification number required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In an effort to enhance the antifraud
protections of the program, the Secretary shall require all parties providing
electronic benefit transfer services to provide for and maintain a unique
business identification and a unique terminal identification number information
through the supplemental nutrition assistance program electronic benefit
transfer transaction routing system. In developing the regulations implementing
this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider existing commercial practices for
other point-of-sale debit transactions. The Secretary shall issue proposed
regulations implementing this paragraph not earlier than 2 years after the date
of enactment of this
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB724226132A74257A00DA0C5FCE98768"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Electronic
benefit transfers</header><text>Section 7(h)(3)(B) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>is
operational—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(ii) in the case of
other participating stores,</quote> and inserting <quote>is
operational</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBD7A60F5C0784ACEA968346B43DB9CB4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Approval of
retail food stores and wholesale food concerns</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2018">7 U.S.C. 2018</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H34489988BD9544F8AF4E0FB953F02EB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the 2d sentence of subsection (a)(1) by
striking <quote>; and (C)</quote> and inserting <quote>; (C) whether the
applicant is located in an area with significantly limited access to food; and
(D)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1316C952D9FB4913A2E46FEF175617D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DB8899CDFB64C49AD8709B83DF09680" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2634DFDA09AB4B838EA7BFF56F427DE5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>EBT service
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An approved
retail food store shall provide adequate EBT service as described in section
7(h)(3)(B).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0B0F6C02B0AC4BAAB30D5FED503C3E6B"><enum>103.</enum><header>Enhancing
services to elderly and disabled supplemental nutrition assistance program
participants</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7F581E71D35402CBA0B1F94A3F79F47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enhancing
services to elderly and disabled program participants</header><text>Section
3(p) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012(p)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB07C52BF1F824DD7B8096B121EF129BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F783A87AEB84FAF8FE8970F00213A71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>,
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78878E11802A408CA1AB550A62748092"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H14EC9E3CAC9B4EB6A6A0EFE509F531DA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H11C4927E8A6B43F98ABF3C0F64B9CFD3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a governmental or
private nonprofit food purchasing and delivery service that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16E149626A0F47289E6151A03D35830D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>purchases food
for, and delivers such food to, individuals who are—</text>
<clause id="HBAA187FEFCFD4B4B91CF28800D25D1BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>unable to shop for
food; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1AA9C0A6E3F140F88510AEB3CEAC8056"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H28E4277F0B394908B0BA5B4CC4D94A60"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not less than 60 years
of age; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8D80FE6DB96749C198DCF8EDBAC1156C" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>physically or mentally handicapped or
otherwise disabled;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA6AD798C9E64CE19E0518D3D08CBEBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>clearly notifies
the participating household at the time such household places a food
order—</text>
<clause id="H88DB7141493B46998717C2731F150540"><enum>(i)</enum><text>of
any delivery fee associated with the food purchase and delivery provided to
such household by such service; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A2EE893A7314971B7D1503102DFC4DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that a delivery
fee cannot be paid with benefits provided under supplemental nutrition
assistance program; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42910EB17565476DAF5978B08693FDB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>sells food
purchased for such household at the price paid by such service for such food
and without any additional cost
markup.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB2CB496223CD405D81AD06CE7993FED1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<paragraph id="H5143F43AE99E4F43B9BE31565ABB184E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance of
rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Agriculture shall issue regulations that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE14C8AD8985540FAB856975F78A7112C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish criteria
to identify a food purchasing and delivery service referred to in section
3(p)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 as amended by this Act,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AED5B04E2284D6CBBCF834825A028B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish
procedures to ensure that such service—</text>
<clause id="H76853885F59B46FDA50192D0A01DD6CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>does
not charge more for a food item than the price paid by the such service for
such food item,</text>
</clause><clause id="HBD1C5AEAD141467DB83AB438DFB3EF7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>offers food
delivery service at no or low cost to households under such Act,</text>
</clause><clause id="H926E1D378D534A38B982D8DBF87E9AFC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>ensures that
benefits provided under the supplemental nutrition assistance program are used
only to purchase food, as defined in section 3 of such Act,</text>
</clause><clause id="H7BDF49EFEE8942218DD1CF51AA7E4B72"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>limits the
purchase of food, and the delivery of such food, to households eligible to
receive services described in section 3(p)(5) of such Act as so amended,</text>
</clause><clause id="H69A32DD78D904EC2B8F89EC713187B1A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>has
established adequate safeguards against fraudulent activities, including
unauthorized use of electronic benefit cards issued under such Act, and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCDB9490CE1244E6DBFB02E2E3064038A"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>such other
requirements as the Secretary deems to be appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFFDDD66E18D049DFA6D686DB06D8DAA5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before the issuance of rules under
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture may not approve more than 20 food
purchasing and delivery services referred to in section 3(p)(5) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 as amended by this Act, to participate as retail food
stores under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2F77A747E9FD4F8D8F7D350072AC6219"><enum>104.</enum><header>Food
distribution program on Indian reservations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b)(6)(F) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(b)(6)(F)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote>
and inserting <quote>2016</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3D000146E00E4F7F93282D9777F03146"><enum>105.</enum><header>Updating
program eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB67B110155C2459D9DA6B644C89B1F01"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the 2d sentence of subsection (a) by
striking <quote>households in which each member receives benefits</quote> and
inserting <quote>households in which each member receives cash
assistance</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68D9BE6B8143419893F1550E8C8854F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j) by striking <quote>or who
receives benefits under a State program</quote> and inserting <quote>or who
receives cash assistance under a State program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HDA361D6E524040568A0D5257CFB82A96"><enum>106.</enum><header>Exclusion of
medical marijuana from excess medical expense deduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(e)(5) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40C4935526434620BE097843C23BF248" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H0B0640BA58A04F54AEE07E54E642D9D8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusion of
medical marijuana</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall promulgate rules to ensure that medical marijuana is not
treated as a medical expense for purposes of this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H6E48E83B39AF48DF8E396D440555FA57"><enum>107.</enum><header>Standard
utility allowances based on the receipt of energy assistance payments</header>
<subsection id="HF02D4AF8847D484D998B5127AEAFC04E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standard utility
allowances in the supplemental nutrition assistance program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(e)(6)(C) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BE2007FE3034B06BF68B8CB184F80F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i) by
inserting <quote>, subject to clause (iv)</quote> after
<quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6619D11F1C034556853D6F03B982A823"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subclause (I) of clause (iv) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08C5488F9B694950894424A45E65648C" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HA691D7D1BF7C4A63B046C439DD388427"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subclause (II), if a State agency elects to
use a standard utility allowance that reflects heating and cooling costs, the
standard utility allowance shall be made available to households that received
a payment, or on behalf of which a payment was made, under the Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8621">42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.</external-xref>) or other similar energy
assistance program, if in the current month or in the immediately preceding 12
months, the household either received such payment, or such payment was made on
behalf of the household, that was greater than $20 annually, as determined by
the Secretary.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE8883F749DF4AEAADF1AF4656A4D483"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 2605(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy
Assistance Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8624">42 U.S.C. 8624(f)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before
the semicolon the following: <quote>, except that, for purposes of the
supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>), such payments or allowances were
greater than $20 annually, consistent with section 5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of that
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)</external-xref>), as determined by the Secretary of
Agriculture</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE2149D1F34CC4C6B9CE2ABAE78E79987"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date
and implementation</header>
<paragraph id="H4E1A8ED1955B41A9883F48D896833B59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section and the
amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013, and shall
apply with respect to certification periods that begin after such date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3849150BF8C49BDA02669096AC20D83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State option to
delay implementation for current recipients</header><text>A State may, at the
option of the State, implement a policy that eliminates or reduces the effect
of the amendments made by this section on households that received a standard
utility allowance as of the date of enactment of this Act, for not more than a
180-day period that begins on the date on which such amendments would otherwise
apply to the respective household.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC7FF3250C3B24FE28592E22D1F119204"><enum>108.</enum><header>Eligibility
disqualifications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
6(e)(3)(B) of Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(e)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>section;</quote> and inserting the following:
<quote>section, subject to the condition that the course or program of
study—</quote></text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E337B5C812E460190F3A60AD39BAEB1" style="OLC">
<clause id="HC8E54A61E4984657BEFF7CADEAC99484"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
part of a program of career and technical education (as defined in section 3 of
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C.
2302)) that may be completed in not more than 4 years at an institution of
higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H7DEE76CB3AAA4284BDBB37A808AFBD97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is limited to
remedial courses, basic adult education, literacy, or English as a second
language;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3C2BA222DCF46CA8155089A98A502AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header>Repeal of State work
program waiver authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(o)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5F3FAB600BD54A59B3433F24B129CC93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(D) by striking <quote>(5), or (6)</quote> and inserting <quote>or
(5)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC50F60CDEF454285BF6F99D97316EEA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7337E789A3EA4FE1ABBE0B1E7D31B952"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDF2FD360659643ABA16690B10FC04003"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii)—</text>
<clause id="HB5C1400FCA794C88B6F0F6F238082778"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking subclause (II);</text>
</clause><clause id="H9D355961F6A5406A98A68DED5106FAED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subclause (V) by striking <quote>(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>(4)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H737D0BF758BC4CA2B876E574E243438A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subclauses (III), (IV), and (V) as subclauses (II), (III), and
(IV), respectively;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9221485FDF34BBC9FF4326EE639EF70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B) by striking <quote>(G)</quote> and inserting <quote>(H)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8FE9BC15D9F44B3B111AEF4F37F0203"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D) by striking <quote>and each subsequent fiscal year</quote> and inserting
<quote>through fiscal year 2013</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BD63F744AA84845875389B068C5DB7D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F) by striking <quote>and each subsequent fiscal year</quote> and inserting
<quote>through fiscal year 2013</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DA7CDACFE634491AD671B390E6FEDDB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10C71BB65C714B2B911EAE34856B6372" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H876B29C8AB094066BB3BB35937F5266D"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2014
and thereafter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
subparagraph (G), for fiscal year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal year, a State
agency may provide a number of exemptions such that the average monthly number
of the exemptions in effect during the fiscal year does not exceed 15 percent
of the number of individuals identified as <quote>Nondisabled Adults Age 18-49
in Childless Households</quote> in the table <quote>B.5 Distribution of
Participating Households by Household Composition and by State</quote> of the
report entitled Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Households: Fiscal Year 2011 (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Report
No. SNAP–12–CHAR) prepared for and published by the Office of Research and
Analysis of the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture in
November 2012.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA0BDBFAC59CE4CD5BE5EEB21ADCF53CA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C9B1163233B4F87926A79DB2843347B"><enum>110.</enum><header>Ending
supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits for lottery or gambling
winners</header>
<subsection id="HF198A61072CA4C7AAD93D3091FF413A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2015) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBF5AA27F16B460EBF7892B9F47318DF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDA5CD2B06F3946238987365BE9E50201"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Ineligibility
for benefits due to receipt of substantial lottery or gambling
winnings</header>
<paragraph id="H1CDAF4F4673047618D1C5AAFE4957676"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any household in which a member receives substantial
lottery or gambling winnings, as determined by the Secretary, shall lose
eligibility for benefits immediately upon receipt of the winnings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1016B6FCC8A44A3F90050A96FDBA6D33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration of
ineligibility</header><text>A household described in paragraph (1) shall remain
ineligible for participation until the household meets the allowable financial
resources and income eligibility requirements under subsections (c), (d), (e),
(f), (g), (i), (k), (l), (m), and (n) of section 5.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AF7DF531849448289F1A4FD192E8224"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>As
determined by the Secretary, each State agency, to the maximum extent
practicable, shall establish agreements with entities responsible for the
regulation or sponsorship of gaming in the State to determine whether
individuals participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program have
received substantial lottery or gambling
winnings.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2880B10A3F444FA3925D1262D70D96B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2014(a)) is amended in the 2d sentence by striking <quote>sections 6(b),
6(d)(2), and 6(g)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (b), (d)(2), (g),
and (r) of section 6</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88E15AE9BA664235BD3B00422585CB98" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>Improving security
of food assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
7(h)(8) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(8)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2E0F5B3227874343BA929326D9646B3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">card
fee</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">of cards</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFFB04ECD4A04EABB5F9448FBB431A60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>A State</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A8F68FC9AF54C2F8F5D430AAE4A47A8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H57EC8C2311784175902F0112BA4A9970"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>A
State</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2396FC99035412AAE4F4AA051E0994F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding after
subparagraph (A) (as so designated by paragraph (2)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F4EB73A91174AF5B607AFFBEA28262D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H84D1CB741C9245F7BC735503229523A6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purposeful loss
of cards</header>
<clause id="HC1285FAE2A9C426D949CA99FC2CA28E5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to terms and conditions established by the
Secretary in accordance with clause (ii), if a household makes excessive
requests for replacement of the electronic benefit transfer card of the
household, the Secretary may require a State agency to decline to issue a
replacement card to the household unless the household, upon request of the
State agency, provides an explanation for the loss of the card.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2ECFDD35809044ED85CED4A105C23BBA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
terms and conditions established by the Secretary shall provide that—</text>
<subclause id="HF37B4AF1E79348538C3EB12B54F791FD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the household be
given the opportunity to provide the requested explanation and meet the
requirements under this paragraph promptly;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6AE9B211D4E74BCE82FE2515FD7A9E48"><enum>(II)</enum><text>after an
excessive number of lost cards, the head of the household shall be required to
review program rights and responsibilities with State agency personnel
authorized to make determinations under section 5(a); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCBD9E02F4A7849769AA03FC45995B676"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any action
taken, including actions required under section 6(b)(2), other than the
withholding of the electronic benefit transfer card until an explanation
described in subclause (I) is provided, shall be consistent with the due
process protections under section 6(b) or 11(e)(10), as appropriate.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C755F3EA6094FD6B0E93854695BE1F6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Protecting
vulnerable persons</header><text>In implementing this paragraph, a State agency
shall act to protect homeless persons, persons with disabilities, victims of
crimes, and other vulnerable persons who lose electronic benefit transfer cards
but are not intentionally committing fraud.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B33ED4030DE4A9C9832AAB6411D720D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effect on
eligibility</header><text>While a State may decline to issue an electronic
benefits transfer card until a household satisfies the requirements under this
paragraph, nothing in this paragraph shall be considered a denial of, or
limitation on, the eligibility for benefits under section
5.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC5D414EEB7984C10990F018942B2323D"><enum>112.</enum><header>Demonstration
projects on acceptance of benefits of mobile transactions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA167030D7A3E4A06B3DAEDC24B782AE8">
<paragraph id="HBBB7A6C801224E9C8DD54ACD40A5177B"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Demonstration
projects on acceptance of benefits of mobile transactions</header>
<subparagraph id="H47A4D24AC69A490DB06769D94D88C05E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall pilot the use of mobile technologies
determined by the Secretary to be appropriate to test the feasibility and
implications for program integrity, by allowing retail food stores, farmers
markets, and other direct producer-to-consumer marketing outlets to accept
benefits from recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance through mobile
transactions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36E0A86B016E496D835508FE393024D5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Demonstration
projects</header><text>To be eligible to participate in a demonstration project
under subsection (a), a retail food store, farmers market, or other direct
producer-to-consumer marketing outlet shall submit to the Secretary for
approval a plan that includes—</text>
<clause id="H99A637C855DB44BE9D70A5E3C936B392"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
description of the technology;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC75D5F113B364CDB8E3ACA6186D2F466"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the manner by
which the retail food store, farmers market or other direct
producer-to-consumer marketing outlet will provide proof of the transaction to
households;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBBD8466DAD66474CBCF7C0AA53898AC6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the provision of
data to the Secretary, consistent with requirements established by the
Secretary, in a manner that allows the Secretary to evaluate the impact of the
demonstration on participant access, ease of use, and program integrity;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF03111B5A1E42BCA989C1B64954CC8B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>such other
criteria as the Secretary may require.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE12016BFF8884314996CB1E0E6F2171A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Date of
completion</header><text>The demonstration projects under this paragraph shall
be completed and final reports submitted to the Secretary by not later than
July 1, 2016.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H176665356CEE4E72805A43074269CCD4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>The Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that includes a finding, based on the
data provided under subparagraph (C) whether or not implementation in all
States is in the best interest of the supplemental nutrition assistance
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H7667BF11F8414415A062F9465470760C"><enum>113.</enum><header>Use of benefits
for purchase of community-supported agriculture share</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2019">7 U.S.C. 2019</external-xref>) is amended in the 1st sentence by inserting
<quote>agricultural producers who market agricultural products directly to
consumers shall be authorized to redeem benefits for the initial cost of the
purchase of a community-supported agriculture share,</quote> after <quote>food
so purchased,</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H08DEF5C9470A497CB0D7E1B6DF342A51"><enum>114.</enum><header>Restaurant
meals program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD558344CA16B4216BDD6C1318A7C6AD7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11(e) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H06E0927AE4FB41139AF230B7F9E53B17"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (22) by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H667F3CA43FDA472994C3863F18D0F976"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (23)(C) by striking the period
at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCCEBE6FB43B14C69BFB84B80DE841832"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D8B3136E1624149B753AB4F367B0D42" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBBE121F02690428DB8F9AFFA2BE6E7A5"><enum>(24)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the State elects to carry out a program
to contract with private establishments to offer meals at concessional prices,
as described in paragraphs (3), (4), and (9) of section 3(k)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1E3CC172067E488DA5678847498B2FD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the plans of the State agency for operating
the program, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HAE4768E822254ED4B3FF7EC6F829187A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>documentation of a
need that eligible homeless, elderly, and disabled clients are underserved in a
particular geographic area;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H217438C60A3D494FA002F20B8E72C0B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the manner by
which the State agency will limit participation to only those private
establishments that the State determines necessary to meet the need identified
in clause (i); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDAE270E06C2849D2909F1661EE58EBA5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any other
conditions the Secretary may prescribe, such as the level of security necessary
to ensure that only eligible recipients participate in the program; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBAFEB70AD3C54CABAE8A5A718270019A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a report by the
State agency to the Secretary annually, the schedule of which shall be
established by the Secretary, that includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H55CF1C06C13140A195F77139D28D83C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
households and individual recipients authorized to participate in the program,
including any information on whether the individual recipient is elderly,
disabled, or homeless; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H48093E91CF7B4568A159D50FAD801B09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an assessment of
whether the program is meeting an established need, as documented under
subparagraph
(A)(i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9CAC524CF36948F1A92E370DB839C33A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Approval of
retail food stores and wholesale food concerns</header><text>Section 9 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2018">7 U.S.C. 2018</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF7FBC7CD12141C580A8F621FEE3D814" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H46580EF961AD41DB8A7861FED60BE549"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Private
establishments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1CA1E0CC66D14CECBFE1D819AB2C199E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), no private establishment that
contracts with a State agency to offer meals at concessional prices as
described in paragraphs (3), (4), and (9) of section 3(k) may be authorized to
accept and redeem benefits unless the Secretary determines that the
participation of the private establishment is required to meet a documented
need in accordance with section 11(e)(24).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5E9D7E9FA8F8413797B18CA4A23A226C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Existing
contracts</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8F8227A17AA74FC79E50211A99BA29FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If, on the day before the effective date of this
subsection, a State has entered into a contract with a private establishment
described in paragraph (1) and the Secretary has not determined that the
participation of the private establishment is necessary to meet a documented
need in accordance with section 11(e)(24), the Secretary shall allow the
operation of the private establishment to continue without that determination
of need for a period not to exceed 180 days from the date on which the
Secretary establishes determination criteria, by regulation, under section
11(e)(24).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H142FCC4C844E40208637A365B3CD79A6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Justification</header><text>If
the Secretary determines to terminate a contract with a private establishment
that is in effect on the effective date of this subsection, the Secretary shall
provide justification to the State in which the private establishment is
located for that termination.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H426CC595C72741D09264F4A2C4379F44"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 90 days after September 30, 2014, and 90
days after the last day of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall
report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on the
effectiveness of a program under this subsection using any information received
from States under section 11(e)(24) as well as any other information the
Secretary may have relating to the manner in which benefits are
used.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE0B21F8C25174DFB88F788FE5AB8079C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 3(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2012(k)) is amended by inserting <quote>subject to section 9(h)</quote>
after <quote>concessional prices</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBC26E73512BD4BB68C9D593D788517BE"><enum>115.</enum><header>Mandating State
immigration verification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11(p) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(p)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62A18E72C4B2446AB56742E087F61DB5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5CB916DAD6CB4A299A0BCFA8FFF58F03"><enum>(p)</enum><header>State
verification option</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
carrying out the supplemental nutrition assistance program, a State agency
shall be required to use an income and eligibility, or an immigration status,
verification system established under section 1137 of the Social Security Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1320b-7">42 U.S.C. 1320b–7</external-xref>), in accordance with standards set by the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H920F38241D914C8E98D34C277CB9C2F7"><enum>116.</enum><header>Data exchange
standardization for improved interoperability</header>
<subsection id="H5802C647A50A42119D2C27CBE1A7C318"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Data exchange
standardization</header><text>Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H740BECF9D28A4A46963BC65FFC68D03E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0DCC47FB90064DE4999B76B142540993"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Data exchange
standards for improved interoperability</header>
<paragraph id="H45B3DA90400C4E579242785C711CAABB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
Secretary shall, in consultation with an interagency work group established by
the Office of Management and Budget, and considering State government
perspectives, designate data exchange standards to govern, under this
part—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0FBC38CE16D4F4996CF43D5341A9378"><enum>(A)</enum><text>necessary
categories of information that State agencies operating such programs are
required under applicable law to electronically exchange with another State
agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDFE67F645C344A09B67A0F06C01EAF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Federal reporting
and data exchange required under applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H48F4F73DFA1241A2B33DF4A6675A9BE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
data exchange standards required by paragraph (1) shall, to the extent
practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7734BB6BC7A4DCBAD87FEC1475C9A71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporate a
widely accepted, non-proprietary, searchable, computer-readable format, such as
the eXtensible Markup Language;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAFEE467B6EC64BEF8DCC9E6698659E0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contain
interoperable standards developed and maintained by intergovernmental
partnerships, such as the National Information Exchange Model;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H185650E6865242058EB98DB035E1EA47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>incorporate
interoperable standards developed and maintained by Federal entities with
authority over contracting and financial assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6BDB4786717461197513A0160ACEEDD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>be consistent with
and implement applicable accounting principles;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB979FAF4CFFA4492BE15556A1E1CD128"><enum>(E)</enum><text>be implemented in
a manner that is cost-effective and improves program efficiency and
effectiveness; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAECE59EFB5A549049FFCF958A20804C1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>be capable of
being continually upgraded as necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H58DBFF1DAED84E2F95FB724DEE8F630C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rules of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
require a change to existing data exchange standards for Federal reporting
found to be effective and
efficient.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD4B6CB6BE67540898FEAAF421CC6B2D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The Secretary shall issue a proposed rule within 24 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act. The rule shall identify federally
required data exchanges, include specification and timing of exchanges to be
standardized, and address the factors used in determining whether and when to
standardize data exchanges. It should also specify state implementation options
and describe future milestones.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8F3F7EA9168F4EFF924E0E6A028A968D"><enum>117.</enum><header>Pilot projects
to improve Federal-State cooperation in identifying and reducing fraud in the
supplemental nutrition assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2021">7 U.S.C. 2021</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC905382CAD624CDAAC31E16EC1481FD3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H85899282FEA640D896B22A3654C2EBD9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Pilot projects
To improve Federal-State cooperation in identifying and reducing fraud in the
supplemental nutrition assistance program</header>
<paragraph id="H07DFF734420047E6B76A06C6BA975B7B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
carry out, under such terms and conditions as determined by the Secretary,
pilot projects to test innovative Federal-State partnerships to identify,
investigate, and reduce retailer fraud in the supplemental nutrition assistance
program, including allowing States to operate retail Food Store investigation
programs. At least 1 such pilot project shall be carried out in an urban area
that is among the 10 largest urban areas in the United States (based on
population) if the supplemental nutrition assistance program is separately
administered in such area and if the administration of such program in such
area complies with the other applicable requirements of such program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EF4E06227B345D48AC96C080DBB6FB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>Pilot projects shall be selected based on criteria the
Secretary establishes, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD56DDA6A1DC74A10AFDBBE4B7A9ED03E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhancing existing
efforts by the Secretary to reduce retailer fraud;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80BDFC7419514054BBC86AA8A1F4DDAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requiring
participant States to maintain their overall level of effort at addressing
recipient fraud, as determined by the Secretary, prior to participation in the
pilot project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H809E5DF91C404D99BE4217CCF84EE343"><enum>(C)</enum><text>collaborating with
other law enforcement authorities as necessary to carry out an effective pilot
project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB77C17B6BD214EDD8549AE6B033C2B58"><enum>(D)</enum><text>commitment of the
participant State agency to follow Federal rules and procedures with respect to
retailer investigations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0873C84441D14A679442437AB2A3EC53"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the extent to
which a State has committed resources to recipient fraud and the relative
success of those efforts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC2A69D8E6D984F4D92023599BCFD4E61"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<subparagraph id="HAAEFEE9788874C629DE1B1069ACF592D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall evaluate the projects selected under this subsection to measure the
impact of the pilot projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39EE8C512482419C8A6E23C46C19EC90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Such evaluation
shall include—</text>
<clause id="H3F303907DCE643ABA5F27B690D82AB9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each pilot
project’s impact on increasing the Secretary’s capacity to address retailer
fraud;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C2BFBF57A1644F0A4DCA7FDEDBF4477"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the effectiveness
of the pilot projects in identifying, preventing and reducing retailer fraud;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2E566CF08ECA45078C844F298116ED97"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the cost
effectiveness of such pilot projects.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6DBACEF2E7B44A07BA7A28B0C1CB5434"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2017, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of the Senate, a report that
includes a description of the results of each pilot project, including an
evaluation of the impact of the project on retailer fraud and the costs
associated with each pilot project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EF84DD73867488EA990BFE9740B1E63"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Any
costs incurred by the State to operate the pilot projects in excess of the
amount expended under this Act for retailer fraud in the respective State in
the previous fiscal year shall not be eligible for Federal reimbursement under
this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HFA607B6248C8449F8A4CD5564928985A"><enum>118.</enum><header>Prohibiting
government-sponsored recruitment activities</header>
<subsection id="H1112A19504A24E1BA0786D9BAB9935BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative
cost-Sharing and quality control</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16(a)(4) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after
<quote>recruitment activities</quote> the following: <quote>designed to
persuade an individual to apply for program benefits or that promote the
program via television, radio, or billboard advertisements</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB85D6FD84F574F7DBC1ED0CE553F8FAD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of funds authorized To be appropriated under Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE308DCB14CBF42F2BEFD89F8FAA47A6F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HED8248DF1DDC4C97838FF7077DC5DC42"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Ban on
recruitment and promotion activities</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF4BB158C0DEB4720B55DA612C5ED4EED"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), no
funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act shall be used by the
Secretary for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8CBEC10E08F746918F8EEC67C1C55B32" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recruitment activities designed to
persuade an individual to apply for supplemental nutrition assistance program
benefits;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6A5718E8C024BA8875BA841F6346779" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">television, radio, or billboard
advertisements that are designed to promote supplemental nutrition assistance
program benefits and enrollment; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EB635B028F14FC3A3C05F589CE27E54" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any agreements with foreign governments
designed to promote supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits and
enrollment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4CA58E82B84A4BA4B87173447654BB6F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to
programmatic activities undertaken with respect to benefits made available in
response to a natural
disaster.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H99CA71A0CAC24757BDF8ECAD2D3A5F97"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Ban on
recruitment activities by entities that receive funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following :</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD6B488AD4E64EBAAAF4AF1D5A9B3C83" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9C8965DEA0604ECFB9672E631DF60EB9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Ban on
recruitment by entities that receive funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue regulations that
forbid entities that receive funds under this Act to compensate any person for
conducting outreach activities relating to participation in, or for recruiting
individuals to apply to receive benefits under, the supplemental nutrition
assistance program if the amount of such compensation would be based on the
number of individuals who apply to receive such
benefits.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HE930128E64B64A51A8F29E64E3D36E77"><enum>119.</enum><header>Repeal of bonus
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(d) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(d)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HAC6349FEB9104CD596B1BCADDD92ACEF"><enum>120.</enum><header>Funding of
employment and training programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>$90,000,000</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>$79,000,000</quote>, and inserting <quote>$79,000,000 for each fiscal
year</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HC52E4FD947C6478D83BB802640302B52"><enum>121.</enum><header>Monitoring
employment and training programs</header>
<subsection id="H8C64AF54A5D3421E9AAA1DD2000D9034"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reporting
measures</header><text>Section 16(h)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(5)</external-xref>) is amended to read:</text>
<quoted-block id="H481A8CFF3C1D411483CA036C107BA526" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF62C42EF81B34D629D90215AEF0A9920"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H939072C628AD43C0954D4753313FF44F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall monitor the employment and training
programs carried out by State agencies under section 6(d)(4) and assess their
effectiveness in—</text>
<clause id="H5857AEAA5BB7430D960A69F8FAE2EAFD" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>preparing members of households
participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program for employment,
including the acquisition of basic skills necessary for employment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H978F1AAA7ECD4EF590901217EBB0381B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>increasing the numbers of
household members who obtain and retain employment subsequent to their
participation in such employment and training programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BE5599EB7C340168E046236B26F416B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting measures</header><text>The
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall develop reporting
measures that identify improvements in the skills, training education or work
experience of members of households participating in the supplemental nutrition
assistance program. Measures shall be based on common measures of performance
for federal workforce training programs, so long as they reflect the challenges
facing the types of members of households participating in the supplemental
nutrition assistance program who participate in a specific employment and
training component. The Secretary shall require that each State employment and
training plan submitted under section 11(e)(19) identify appropriate reporting
measures for each of their proposed components that serve at least 100 people.
Such measures may include:</text>
<clause id="HF1972F409FB5427784D542A6BFD84E8A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the percentage and number of
program participants who received employment and training services and are in
unsubsidized employment subsequent to the receipt of those services;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDBC8C1C5EB6B4BB3989B86A2AF4E9EC2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the percentage and number of
program participants who obtain a recognized postsecondary credential,
including a registered apprenticeship, or a regular secondary school diploma or
its recognized equivalent, while participating in or within 1 year after
receiving employment and training services;</text>
</clause><clause id="H25B55BCB56AF43179F266998E8919DE9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the percentage and number of
program participants who are in an education or training program that is
intended to lead to a recognized postsecondary credential, including a
registered apprenticeship or on-the-job training program, a regular secondary
school diploma or its recognized equivalent, or unsubsidized employment;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEC5584427C874352B9403CD3B268BBD4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>subject to the terms and
conditions set by the Secretary, measures developed by each State agency to
assess the skills acquisition of employment and training program participants
that reflect the goals of their specific employment and training program
components, which may include, but are not limited to—</text>
<subclause id="H05E875011A964DE8B45C6987A5F7B9BD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the percentage and number of program
participants who are meeting program requirements in each component of the
State’s education and training program; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA960D7998A444776BCAB28E8D39D513D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the percentage and number of program
participants who are gaining skills likely to lead to employment as measured
through testing, quantitative or qualitative assessment or other method;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HA9669DEC70D54624AFD2C65AD478E22A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other indicators as approved by the
Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DAFEC2B2614453486E9BE3731713C28" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State report</header><text>Each
State agency shall annually prepare and submit to the Secretary a report on the
State’s employment and training program that includes the numbers of
supplemental nutrition assistance program participants who have gained skills,
training, work or experience that will increase their ability to obtain regular
employment using measures identified in subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1974ADC10944414B5D92CD04FF8FBE1" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Modifications to the state
employment and training plan</header><text>Subject to the terms and conditions
established by the Secretary, if the Secretary determines that the state
agency’s performance with respect to employment and training outcomes is
inadequate, the Secretary may require the State agency to make modifications to
their employment and training plan to improve such outcomes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB63C721F4C8D41D78628C816328DDF04" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Periodic evaluation</header>
<clause id="HE1F80BA000404282A6499A97E71DAD56"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject
to terms and conditions established by the Secretary, not later than October 1,
2016, and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary
shall conduct a study to review existing practice and research to identify
employment and training program components and practices that—</text>
<subclause id="H41DF050F17914B14876787C539105F94"><enum>(I)</enum><text>effectively assist members of households
participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program in gaining
skills, training, work, or experience that will increase their ability to
obtain regular employment, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFB4855A90633410F8E25D0C3A55EFDA6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are best integrated with statewide
workforce development systems.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H854C6702E9134A519E947D2A64B039D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>The Secretary shall submit a report that describes the
results of the study under clause (i) to the Committee on Agriculture in the
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and
Forestry in the
Senate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA093139B59F54978981D74800FAB281D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Notwithstanding section 4(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(a)</external-xref>), the Secretary shall issue interim final regulations
implementing the amendment made by subsection (a) no later than 18 months after
the date of enactment of this Act. States shall include such reporting measures
in their employment and training plans for the 1st fiscal year thereafter that
begins no sooner than 6 months after the date that such regulations are
published.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H845D2AB3B68641848D056C8F1E2D5988"><enum>122.</enum><header>Cooperation
with program research and evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5359E519AAA041A49FA756C0CD1AE612" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H662FAE72B4F043D5A4AE64F40A67858D"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Cooperation with
program research and evaluation</header><text>States, State agencies, local
agencies, institutions, facilities such as data consortiums, and contractors
participating in programs authorized under this Act shall cooperate with
officials and contractors acting on behalf of the Secretary in the conduct of
evaluations and studies under this Act and shall submit information at such
time and in such manner as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H7EE40999D2594D6B9476CA7E9CFA4A4E"><enum>123.</enum><header>Pilot projects
to reduce dependency and increase work effort in the supplemental nutrition
assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>), as amended by section
121, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H926EC4752C8C4DEEA61D7A43A22D416A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC96BD4DD19654972B4A345D18C57B5EC"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Pilot projects
To reduce dependency and increase work effort in the supplemental nutrition
assistance program</header>
<paragraph id="HF044ADA7E88748248E0B057753C47718"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out, under such terms and
conditions as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, pilot projects to
identify best practices for employment and training programs under this Act to
raise the number of work registrants who obtain unsubsidized employment,
increase their earned income, and reduce their reliance on public assistance,
including but not limited to the supplemental nutrition assistance
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9721AE6E0B94827BCA362D314B2DB36"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>Pilot projects shall be selected based on criteria the
Secretary establishes, that shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0EBFE93DB10C44FBBE85E3820EE06BF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enhancing existing
employment and training programs in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59F760AD4FC24E5687D175841AD70D7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agreeing to
participate in the evaluation described in paragraph (3), including making
available data on participants’ employment activities and post-participation
employment, earnings, and public benefit receipt;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D695494F18A4B1AB553BF8A339A4B42"><enum>(C)</enum><text>collaborating with
the State workforce board and other job training programs in the State and
local area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB4DB00FBDEF4B8CAAD9223CD6661321"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the extent to
which the pilot project’s components can be easily replicated by other States
or political subdivisions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H786CDFB5E545454E8E03C990AC97562F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>such additional
criteria that ensure that the pilot projects—</text>
<clause id="HEC58EF16BC484080A8F83FB6D4ABCF3A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>target a variety
of populations of work registrants, including childless adults, parents, and
individuals with low skills or limited work experience;</text>
</clause><clause id="H61B2A3493E2C4F7E97A84BB272358299"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are selected from
a range of existing employment and training programs including programs that
provide—</text>
<subclause id="HB208FEF25D5143FDBD5B35C1F0957475"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 20
workfare;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H89AF99FD910144E1AE5D62328867801D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>skills
development for work registrants with limited employment history;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7A6FDBB759194DE1A832FEC58B9153BD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>post-employment
support services necessary for maintaining employment; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6B95237A43FE4C1C8B5A0530EB059A7C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>education leading
to a recognized postsecondary credential, registered apprenticeship, or
secondary school diploma or its equivalent;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H667019B0B0C24BE7928DD12BEDB63494"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are located in a
range of geographic areas, including rural, urban, and Indian reservations;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1894284C356C4F4188CE7A535B95AEB2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>include
participants who are exempt and not exempt under section (6)(d)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA64B7AFD3B444BA08850FAF288533F2B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The
Secretary shall provide for an independent evaluation of projects selected
under this subsection to measure the impact of the pilot projects on the
ability of each pilot project target population to find and retain employment
that leads to increased household income and reduced dependency, compared to
what would have occurred in the absence of the pilot project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCEFC177A8CE477CB760C7E80C25185F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>By September 30, 2017, the Secretary shall submit, to
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, a report that includes a
description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F7F69348F3D473F94321847C939B5D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of
each pilot project, including an evaluation of the impact of the project on the
employment, income, and public benefit receipt of the targeted population of
work registrants;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5549D8AF4EF4475291F3E775151D9F90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Federal,
State, and other costs of each pilot project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H735A71790D074048A733D4ACA3828879"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the planned
dissemination of the reports’ findings with State agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10221DA49FDC49CB841893723D906A61"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the steps and
funding necessary to incorporate components of pilot projects that demonstrate
increased employment and earnings into State employment and training
programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9D7AD71747134EE7877A45259DBF8532"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>From
amounts made available under section 18(a)(1), the Secretary shall make
$10,000,000 available for each of the fiscal years 2014, 2015, and 2016 to
carry out this subsection. Such amounts shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE37A1038D1043308F578E5091F2D132"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H8BEDE4E267644DD0B0159101D244930F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Funds provided
under this subsection for pilot projects shall be used only for—</text>
<clause id="HD89A03B4BC694690A8C308BF7EC60661"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pilot projects
that comply with the provisions of this Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA093825EDB954FDDABC67FB5C62AF106"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the costs and
administration of the pilot projects;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC58AF052970B4F648112539DE30CC462"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the costs
incurred in providing information and data to the independent evaluation under
paragraph (3); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9F1990134CAF480BA2D430C393C081ED"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the costs of the
evaluation under paragraph (3).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66051B5A07A248948AAACBFE24450D55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Funds made
available under this subsection may not be used to supplant non-Federal funds
used for existing employment and training
activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HDB1A7CF4872445BE9D2EBFBBDA8FF1D1"><enum>124.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended
in the 1st sentence by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting
<quote>2016</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H5260836D32984780B47699CF3A515C39"><enum>125.</enum><header>Limitation on
use of block grant to Puerto Rico</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19(a)(2)(B) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2028">7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51E16A3141DA4E4B953CCE5408FC79DA" style="OLC">
<clause id="H940DBACC617942DBA848B68D750C59EE"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the
funds made available to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this subparagraph
may be used to provide nutrition assistance in the form of cash
benefits.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HAD8AEBA9C7AD46E5B1125AAEF0090F26"><enum>126.</enum><header>Assistance for
community food projects</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF80531B877144AD9B1FA4CDD3896AB03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2034">7 U.S.C. 2034(a)(1)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB3CE2A55CCF24DFCABB3BEA56EC8A8AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subclause (II)
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF66C869B661345709E18F3B7A292D86D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause (III)
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65585A029BCA4FB7984B4E37C85DA3C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE1077322B194F54B6F513B4E20CBEBB" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HA46B2985B5F94BDCAE04F18489243BBA" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to
provide incentives for the consumption of fruits and vegetables among
low-income individuals;
or</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H08DAEB4E5165418F88181F1BCAD9893E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25(b) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2034">7 U.S.C. 2034</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37DEA268FB1342A0910C1B6D8CCC5D98" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC0771F52033245A58C59AD1F527A1A97"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subparagraph id="HA62B50DB5808445E97DF166851E1A37D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Out of any funds in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer to the Secretary to carry out this section not less than $10,000,000
for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter. Of the amount made
available under this subparagraph for each such fiscal year, $5,000,000 shall
be available to carry out subsection (a)(1)(B)(I)(IV).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BB35BFB0B4345368B7C959D7FB2FE24"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Receipt and
acceptance</header><text>The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall
accept, and shall use to carry out this section, the funds transferred under
subparagraph (A) without further appropriation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96916208071A45F9816FEAB70A8C754B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Maintenance of
funding</header><text>The funding provided under subparagraph (A) shall
supplement (and not supplant) other Federal funding made available to the
Secretary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75C993EBFFDF40F89A13630C493958ED"><enum>127.</enum><header>Emergency food
assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H700ECFB282974D14AE4CFE91F289A09D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purchase of
commodities</header><text>Section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036">7 U.S.C. 2036(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB3DC3D000DD94B1B9CFDA530469B0BC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by striking <quote>2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2013 through
2016</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H626A857A6175410F8F2C83FF157868DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FBE0F126CDC4B80B2025ED3A585A72F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF440A48BFECA41ACAA10B6747EFE3FDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2013, $265,750,000;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1B46174BB7194288BA635F44DDD6B5A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2014, the dollar amount of commodities specified in subparagraph (A) adjusted
by the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under
section 3(u)(4) between June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2013, and increased by
$70,000,000;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD429AE8D177E44EBAC4205C39CE4BC4C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2015, the dollar amount of
commodities determined for fiscal year 2014 under subparagraph (B) adjusted by
the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section
3(u)(4) between June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2014;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81D7EB2971F0428BA938427A1C72ABB4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2016, the dollar amount of
commodities determined for fiscal year 2015 under subparagraph (C) adjusted by
the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section
3(u)(4) between June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2015, and reduced by $50,000,000;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H480066FF9D8C41BBA41DF484C6CFA9BD"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each subsequent fiscal year, the dollar
amount of commodities determined for the preceding fiscal year adjusted to
reflect the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under
section 3(u)(4) for the 12-month period ending on the preceding June
30.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FEC0955BBD74E61BB97DF023D290E30"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H688A89E0947E432EAA356DA67D643AC2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD3C0F43F9BB1433787496A2E2FEC5C0E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funds
availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
the funds described in this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC05CA28104464B45B6D597BA2E96E0BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make the funds
available for 2 fiscal years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD8EC73290084816912A45770A90EB0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allow States to
carry over unexpended balances to the next fiscal year pursuant to such terms
and conditions as are determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF9D0816976BA48B88A0FA50BD76EB5D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergency food
program infrastructure grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 209(d) of the Emergency Food
Assistance Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7511a">7 U.S.C. 7511a(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2016</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HFC2CC076FB1245BBBF2EAEDCCDD29682"><enum>128.</enum><header>Nutrition
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 28 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036a">7 U.S.C. 2036a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE053833BA65C4E29906EEFB8CEAF0E42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)
by inserting <quote>and physical activity</quote> after <quote>healthy food
choices</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CBB97B7A27A4702A43FE34DF865BDFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA859ECBE89024F7DB11B0EE08D88FEE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D) by striking <quote>$401,000,000;</quote> and inserting <quote>$372,000,000;
and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5ECFABD465A44700835F99C3BD5E265D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (E); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EDB812CAC66449DB792A179CCC31CFB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F) by striking <quote>(F) for fiscal year 2016</quote> and inserting
<quote>(E) for fiscal year 2015</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HB5B87A8849FE4CC993AB79CAC7704894"><enum>129.</enum><header>Retailer
trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H843B21D70A2D4A0BBD0DDB185A2BBC1A" style="OLC">
<section id="H663835F1779D4A388360AB5002FAF800"><enum>29.</enum><header>Retailer
trafficking</header>
<subsection id="H5206E8D23D1E4706B5C13FB78220A698"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this section is to provide the Department of Agriculture with
additional resources to prevent trafficking in violation of this Act by
strengthening recipient and retailer program integrity. Additional funds are
provided to supplement the Department’s payment accuracy, and retailer and
recipient integrity activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2CDD246A1E11461DA5DE1AB3FBC9062A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H277889428C0E49F0BA231E598A7FB0EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to
carry out this section not less than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and each
fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB15F0065AD0047C9BCA6203298067A42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Receipt and
acceptance</header><text>The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall
accept, and shall use to carry out this section the funds transferred under
paragraph (1) without further appropriation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0443B70F30A044A39157FF7868260F9A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maintenance of
funding</header><text>The funding provided under paragraph (1) shall supplement
(and not supplant) other Federal funding for programs carried out under this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H30FD42D32AE84CCDB497309D574F4459"><enum>130.</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<subsection id="H4F39CA559C644DC6B5FC9B40F70B8A6B"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 3 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9231ABF6C47E45EF8ABAED0875C929BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (g)
by striking <quote>coupon,</quote> the last place it appears and inserting
<quote>coupon</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H504076256ABD45329E1E1E93C96F0118"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)(7) by striking <quote>or are</quote> and inserting
<quote>and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95AC8BF664B64E5782FAFC4E6590BD16"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (l);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H450BC62CE9FE472388CC7A2481BA8416"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (m) through (t) as subsections (l) through (s), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED55AA0096BA4774B8C5A9616E93AE75"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (s) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD752EDE38D69422184340D7F147C4417" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBA201B7C28584833A62F603C47B6EB8B"><enum>(t)</enum><text><quote>Supplemental
nutritional assistance program</quote> means the program operated pursuant to
this
Act.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6769451128554314A7A234015BA02060"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Section 4(a) of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>benefits</quote> the last place it appears and inserting
<quote>Benefits</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE98CC744F69448ABB2436442D0760A3C"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Section 5 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H748C00605896493FA6CD0987A56CC74F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the last
sentence of subsection (i)(2)(D) by striking <quote>section 13(b)(2)</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 13(b)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3895D1C00DB44E3DA8DD7731D1FC1964"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)(4)(A) by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(H)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraph (2)(G)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H61189222D39B4B4A940AEF5872CAC822"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Section 6(d)(4) of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H099E1CE9F4174558A05D08696B2AD4EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(vii) by moving the left margin 4 ems to the left, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC29B75C7B98E4BA5BE6AA92D74A39BE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F)(iii) by moving the left margin 6 ems to the left.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD2E20DE0DF024F1C8275C181111E2293"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Section 7(h) of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)</external-xref>) is amended by
redesignating the 2d paragraph (12) as paragraph (13).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H918B970E596D4BFEB5D58BD16EBA88D9"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Section 12 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2021">7 U.S.C. 2021</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF053BFAE86A843C398AEEC3FD2F6C284"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3)(C) by striking <quote>civil money penalties</quote> and inserting
<quote>civil penalties</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA606FA4C01844812B0B029F4CD667D46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(1) by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1786">7 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(42
U.S.C. 1786)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H512A9E7078034BBC83C7FFAE89ECA3C4"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Section 15(b)(1)
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2024">7 U.S.C. 2024(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended in the
1st sentence by striking <quote>an benefit</quote> both places it appears and
inserting <quote>a benefit</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H53631EDB01E64605BF8510532F3297EF"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Section 16(a) of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the proviso
following paragraph (8) by striking <quote>, as amended.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H90EDDEB2F98A49B88D70F2989BC9889D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Section 18(e) of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027(e)</external-xref>) is amended in the 1st
sentence by striking <quote>sections 7(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
7(f)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H178C19F06F1D4E8DB7508C4B6B60377E"><enum>(j)</enum><text>Section
22(b)(10)(B)(i) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2031(b)(10)(B)(i)) is amended in the last sentence by striking <quote>Food
benefits</quote> and inserting <quote>Benefits</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF0FE2B8054504E839C1E6E661E01D6AD"><enum>(k)</enum><text>Section
26(f)(3)(C) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2035">7 U.S.C. 2035(f)(3)(C)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>subsection</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsections</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5E707BD9AD3F4EDFBB88DBA2041C872B"><enum>(l)</enum><text>Section 27(a)(1)
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036">7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/98/8">Public Law 98–8</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref> note)</quote> and inserting
<quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7515">7 U.S.C. 7515</external-xref>)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H80B584D53AC546E9AE070B93D098E03C"><enum>(m)</enum><text>Section 509 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3056g">42 U.S.C. 3056g</external-xref>) is amended in the section heading
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">food stamp
programs</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">supplemental nutrition assistance
program</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H00637A15D1774F34A3D2D0739F7AC27B"><enum>(n)</enum><text>Section
4115(c)(2)(H) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law
110–246; 122 Stat. 1871) is amended by striking <quote>531</quote> and
inserting <quote>454</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H57A1B8EA2D1D4D8DA997456F49CDE706"><enum>(o)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3803">Section 3803(c)(2)(C)(vii)</external-xref> of title 31 of
the United States Code is amended by striking <quote>section 3(l)</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 3(s)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23B1D0DA601B4CF1A331450D9DB106D2"><enum>(p)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/193">Public Law 104–193</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA7AAA2B2EDB4343ADE49CEDF5224D3E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2) by striking <quote>section 3(l)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
3(s)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DB48B8B7C4E47B29E4A65048E10EF58"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2) by striking
<quote>section 3(l)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 3(s)</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6320E26A6C2C4165A10B080996D98A6B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(2) by striking
<quote>section 3(l)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 3(s)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8B27F4B9DEDF43E594F0AAF575AD79D8"><enum>(q)</enum><text>The Agriculture
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H19DEB29C51F948EB9595A3DE4101CDF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 4(a) by
striking <quote>Food Stamp Act of 1977</quote> and inserting <quote>Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA69AA1910C16472EAA344FEE7553531A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
5—</text>
<subparagraph id="H886E5E88B3104F7BA0765ACF8E77CD3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i)(1) by striking
<quote>Food Stamp Act of 1977</quote> and inserting <quote>Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC5A77702E90407D8EB376DF9E963BC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (l)(2)(B) by striking
<quote>Food Stamp Act of 1977</quote> and inserting <quote>Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAAACE084B5694CB5A17A7802E8589A7E"><enum>(r)</enum><text>The Social
Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/301">42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4A2DD0BC7841476ABF28D429E5EE4FBE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading of
section 453(j)(10) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">food stamp</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">supplemental nutrition
assistance</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77DF5C723BC24076A8911D25E6A8C49E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 1137—</text>
<subparagraph id="H64E2934AC09D41B48E8192A695CB4752"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(5)(B) by striking <quote>food stamp</quote> and inserting
<quote>supplemental nutrition assistance</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC202D00429F548CAAABD800411B464FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(4) by striking <quote>food stamp program under the Food Stamp Act of
1977</quote> and inserting <quote>supplemental nutrition assistance program
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA8A10CF4FD134505A23FA27FEC58C292"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the heading of
section 1631(n) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="traditional">food stamp</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="traditional">supplemental
nutrition assistance</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC759B0C93DE84D25B911105D0D9FD598"><enum>131.</enum><header>Tolerance level
for excluding small errors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary shall set the tolerance level for excluding small errors for the
purposes of section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2025(c))—</text>
<paragraph id="H78B4B22EB8154C24A347690B0905BA25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2014 at an amount no greater than $25; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49A7CBBAEC2D4606B4E1D928BFF2C716"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each fiscal year thereafter, the amount
specified in paragraph (1) adjusted by the percentage by which the thrifty food
plan is adjusted under section 3(u)(4) of such Act between June 30, 2012, and
June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0DFEAC2C2FD44D689DAE6815246040E5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><header>Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands pilot program</header>
<subsection id="HD27696399EE7496A87006DB88F9A908D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="H9BFE4D44EF2B4387947C89660EF18F36"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Prior to establishing the pilot program under subsection
(b), the Secretary shall conduct a study to be completed not later than 2 years
after the effective date of this section to assess—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7637289F11C34152B86A346A0A257B65"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the capabilities of the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands to operate the supplemental nutrition assistance
program in the same manner in which the program is operated in the States (as
defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>));
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDE71B071ACE40EA86737EB15C8D000A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alternative models
of the supplemental nutrition assistance program operation and benefit delivery
that best meet the nutrition assistance needs of the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC789C714C1354014A182CA1389E377E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The
study conducted under paragraph (1)(A) will assess the capability of the
Commonwealth to fulfill the responsibilities of a State agency,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC7A1CA87BFD243BCBF1DF24AC45A3A87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>extending and
limiting participation to eligible households, as prescribed by sections 5 and
6 of the Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AC296A56B1B4751906D0F449421F9CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>issuing benefits
through EBT cards, as prescribed by section 7 of the Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DAD1E958EED49278E8A2AB4DB3F8BAA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>maintaining the
integrity of the program, including operation of a quality control system, as
prescribed by section 16(c) of the Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H656862C053194BED8B07C296CF5DC671"><enum>(D)</enum><text>implementing work
requirements, including operating an employment and training program, as
prescribed by section 6(d) of the Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H078C615913C94E8CAF43D6F3102491C8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>paying a share of
administrative costs with non-Federal funds, as prescribed by section 16(a) of
the Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5338C33C42294670A8F478AFBB199E36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>If
the Secretary determines that a pilot program is feasible, the Secretary shall
establish a pilot program for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
to operate the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the same manner in
which the program is operated in the States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9DD09F4AEBAF4729AF4D048E84CDBE99"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The
Secretary shall utilize the information obtained from the study conducted under
subsection (a) to establish the scope of the pilot program established under
subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H247F05378410431C864D0ADC58C025DA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than June 30, 2019, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the pilot program carried out
under this section, including an analysis of the feasibility of operating in
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands the supplemental nutrition
assistance program as it is operated in the States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA4C5382041764370BE74BCD8EF04C3D3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="HCB40ADBD1CE14B4DBFA7B7F42E8ECC7F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Of
the funds made available under section 18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008, the Secretary may use not more than $1,000,000 in each of fiscal years
2014 and 2015 to conduct the study described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA0ED3742C094A39A8AA82A567500330"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header><text>Of the funds made available under section 18(a)(1) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, for the purposes of establishing and carrying
out the pilot program established under subsection (b) of this section,
including the Federal costs for providing technical assistance to the
Commonwealth, authorizing and monitoring retail food stores, and assessing
pilot operations, the Secretary may use not more than—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8504647F84354B95B9E561CB3113D235"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$13,500,000 in
fiscal year 2016; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3145EB461E44E28ABD8D196D1F78D0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$8,500,000 in each
of fiscal years 2017 and 2018.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H379DA01A25C14351A9E01E8AA6C12C03"><enum>133.</enum><header>Annual State
report on verification of SNAP participation</header>
<subsection id="H871C4CE3D40A48A1AEA07FD5117AFA70"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later 1 year after
the date specified by the Secretary in the 180-period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, each State agency that
carries out the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall submit to the
Secretary a report containing sufficient information for the Secretary to
determine whether the State agency has, for the then most recently concluded
fiscal year preceding such annual date, verified that households to which such
State agency provided such assistance in such fiscal year—</text>
<paragraph id="H4EB63D23609B414EB6E607AE53DEA9F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">did not obtain benefits attributable to a
deceased individual;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0D31DB42DC746E59108ECADB157B026"><enum>(2)</enum><text>did not include an
individual who was simultaneously included in a household receiving such
assistance in another State; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19344F3816CC43909B25DC6AFECB2EAF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">did not include, during the time benefits
were provided, an individual who was then disqualified from receiving
benefits.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB11B51D6B5B4F7794A95E6073B429F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalty for
noncompliance</header><text>For any fiscal year for which a State agency fails
to comply with subsection (a), the Secretary shall reduce by 50 percent the
amount otherwise payable to such State agency under section 16(a) of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to such fiscal year.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8024331FA75C4A82850819E000F8AB23" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>134.</enum><header>Termination of
existing agreement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective
on the date of the enactment of this Act, the memorandum of understanding
entered into on July 22, 2004, by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United
States Department of Agriculture and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Mexico and known as the <quote>Partnership for Nutrition Assistance
Initiative</quote> is null and void.</text>
</section><section id="HDDE352799E3F49AE92859B220D6F8B89"><enum>135.</enum><header>Service of
traditional foods in public facilities</header>
<subsection id="H87DF3F68504A4E0B88D491C997AAC275"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H07560CB485594A8CA966192966B50FF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Food service
program</header><text>The term <quote>food service program</quote>
includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00C2089699FA4AC6B97950230E9254CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>food service at a
residential child care facility with a license from an appropriate State
agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE275708C88E5434884A92DFA99D6F1E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a child nutrition
program (as defined in section 25(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769f">42 U.S.C. 1769f(b)</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0859AD077F942C48B6DC4807750315D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>food service at a
hospital or clinic or long term care facility; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68A5AD15D0A44EEE95731882F5D2741B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a senior meal
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H57C0FC7AAF054FB4ADE27471959B3AC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian; Indian
tribe; Indian tribal organization</header><text>The terms
<quote>Indian</quote>; <quote>Indian tribe</quote>; and <quote>Indian Tribal
Organization</quote> have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F6ECAB4AAEA493592D7A9A3DB21677A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Traditional
food</header>
<subparagraph id="HDC46D78F352F41B6B6F9BC2C2F3E88FD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>traditional food</quote> means food that
has traditionally been prepared and consumed by an Indian tribe.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4FD0B9698A24942950EEF36626995F4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
term <quote>traditional food</quote> includes—</text>
<clause id="H4CA7ED349AAF43BA812E91EC6467A4E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>wild
game meat;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A2B4025F28845658C12E9FA039EFB8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>fish;</text>
</clause><clause id="H595F9F053E9E4A84B79CDA47B9AF26E9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>seafood;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0486090A4B4C4DA0BBD94F6EF7173A75"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>marine
mammals;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2D6172D568A64A3E856A4EE1E5C14BB1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>plants; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H37F36E0882B047D0BCBC410760BF1B7A"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>berries.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H67B883E200684396A26FE8A2DC81F295"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary shall allow the donation to and
serving of traditional food through a food service program at a public
facility, nonprofit facility, including facilities operated by an Indian tribe
or tribal organization that primarily serves Indians if the operator of the
food service program—</text>
<paragraph id="H3977A19E5C934A6197D663280C2C688E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensures that the
food is received whole, gutted, gilled, as quarters, or as a roast, without
further processing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36BAE28289144803A6302B5EE6687A19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>makes a reasonable
determination that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF62A89D3F04443E28311161513EAA7AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the animal was not
diseased;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2EE94AE7B16740C19CF9FE5AA5F1EB93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the food was
butchered, dressed, transported, and stored to prevent contamination,
undesirable microbial growth, or deterioration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA73B653B0B214211A10C6D27F9FAC86E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the food will not
cause a significant health hazard or potential for human illness;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8958FF19BBCC4912B43AF8C6A4DA57FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>carries out any
further preparation or processing of the food at a different time or in a
different space from the preparation or processing of other food for the
applicable program to prevent cross-contamination;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60CA2941EF8249FAA3C68DB480363677"><enum>(4)</enum><text>cleans and
sanitizes food-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils after processing the
traditional food; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF0C3F657AAA48B9888E3F9BB062D79D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>labels donated
traditional food with the name of the food and stores the traditional food
separately from other food for the applicable program, including through
storage in a separate freezer or refrigerator or in a separate compartment or
shelf in the freezer or refrigerator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A8D014FBF7343DE8E152802FFF32DCB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Liability</header><text>Liability
for damages from donated traditional food and products to the participating
food service program shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability
arising from the nature, age, packaging, or condition of donated food.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE89B3C0A59154FCF98C40AD4EEB4B80D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>136.</enum><header>Testing applicants
for unlawful use of controlled substances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015</external-xref>), as amended by section 109, is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19873571153D45408101D7E13C45E95B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4E20B75A2851474F9143BEA850ADB74E"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Testing
applicants for unlawful use of controlled substances</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6196714CDBD47C7A7A517F08FD1E28B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Nothing in this
Act, or in any other Federal law, shall be considered to prevent a State, at
the full cost to such State, from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2EB6F4E9E2E94D92B2B91DAFBC0DD8EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enacting legislation to provide for testing
any individual who is a member of a household applying for supplemental
nutrition assistance benefits, for the unlawful use of controlled substances as
a condition for receiving such benefits; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60EAEDCF26CB4462AD6D90F24DDAB44B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>finding an
individual ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance
program on the basis of the positive result of the testing conducted by the
State under such legislation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H18DAA3DCCD794647898EC43EDB2C4F45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of
this subsection, term <quote>controlled substance</quote> has the meaning given
such term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ((21 U.S.C.
802).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H422CF4D76FC048E7B529A469A9934434"><enum>137.</enum><header>Eligibility
disqualifications for certain convicted felons</header>
<subsection id="H000C21FA536D44AA8B2BBFC349AB291B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015</external-xref>), as amended by sections 109 and 135, is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF02A88C59A14B2AA3B60B7846EF25BD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7609ABC33C4F4B9DA1355AE8C351327F"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Disqualification
for certain convicted felons</header>
<paragraph id="HA4B81EFBE0664C5880427D3BA4D86478"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An individual shall not be eligible for benefits under
this Act if the individual is convicted of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H78030388B14F4EA38A38F270FD619D88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>aggravated sexual
abuse under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/2241">section 2241</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03A1B55A079B40B9BC10EE1E229C2115"><enum>(B)</enum><text>murder under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1111">section 1111</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A9BE7C79CF44D1AB5A9E389F3D8EEBE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an offense under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/110">chapter 110</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6214F8EC23D5499387B839922E479402"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a Federal or State
offense involving sexual assault, as defined in 40002(a) of the Violence
Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13925">42 U.S.C. 13925(a)</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA21C7E3C5E6349B4A9C5D59BC816B81B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an offense under
State law determined by the Attorney General to be substantially similar to an
offense described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5085ED0DD47E4FAD9F3DFC4D1F99EA43"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effects on
assistance and benefits for others</header><text>The amount of benefits
otherwise required to be provided to an eligible household under this Act shall
be determined by considering the individual to whom paragraph (1) applies not
to be a member of such household, except that the income and resources of the
individual shall be considered to be income and resources of the
household.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB441BB54D37A486FB3F6CE6F2F2DC0DD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Each
State shall require each individual applying for benefits under this Act,
during the application process, to state, in writing, whether the individual,
or any member of the household of the individual, has been convicted of a crime
described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H48A18D41438D4CF9AF3F95D31995B7B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(a)</external-xref>), as amended by section 109,
is amended in the 2d sentence by striking <quote>and (r)</quote> and inserting
<quote>, (r), and (t)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H146C4209E5954234AEA4C4DF3A091BEA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inapplicability
to convictions occurring on or before enactment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall
not apply to a conviction if the conviction is for conduct occurring on or
before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41CDE7AF73064995A01A92EB604B7100" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>138.</enum><header>Expungement of
unused supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020</external-xref>), as amended by section 115, is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59FC8DCF557A493A908331E51EAD63F0" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF6815E6AACFD4FF78248547C656FD9C9"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Expungement of
unused benefits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State
agency shall expunge from the EBT account of a household benefits that are not
used before the expiration of the 60-day period beginning on the date such
benefits are posted to such
account.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD699BCCD6B654AB09BFA15CAE9DBBBB3"><enum>139.</enum><header>Pilot projects
to promote work and increase State accountability in the supplemental nutrition
assistance program</header>
<subsection id="HC22CFB3EC3964D4ABFC2E17DECD86616"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot
projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>), as amended by sections 122 and
123, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB275F911DFAE493D836B81BEF2B05D8D">
<subsection id="HE0DDE72D035F4923A75F7B942B7780D4"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Pilot projects
To promote work and increase State accountability in the supplemental nutrition
assistance program</header>
<paragraph id="HF9C8FA8AD1AE4B5DA9BAAF348B75DC92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
carry out pilot projects to develop and test methods allowing States to run a
work program with certain features comparable to the State program funded under
part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/601">42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>), with the
intent of increasing employment and self-sufficiency through increased State
accountability and thereby reducing the need for supplemental nutrition
assistance benefits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCDB0C68B48F456A974FB1AA31CA6ECB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agreements</header>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FA72C3AC9254234AA183FD6636581B5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall
enter into cooperative agreements with States in accordance with pilot projects
that meet the criteria required under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76CE64CD84424357A325BDB057E6C833"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to enter into a cooperative
agreement to operate a pilot project under this subsection, a State shall amend
its State plan under section 11(d) to include a description of its pilot
project and explanations of how such project meets the criteria required under
this subsection. The Secretary may not disapprove a pilot project which meets
the requirements under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53A559BAC5C44FD29FD0C07ECE1F32CE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Assurances</header><text>A
State shall include in its plan assurances that its pilot project will—</text>
<clause id="H62672DB7E1094E9F89681AD038424885"><enum>(i)</enum><text>operate for at
least three 12-month periods but not more than five 12-month periods;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF38F0DD0D690434CA2F60ED1B5391070"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have a robust
data collection system for program administration that is designed and shared
with project evaluators to ensure proper and timely evaluation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H266022D5B95140BFA9EC9230A91496FC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">intend to offer a work activity described
in paragraph (3) to adults assigned and required to participate under paragraph
(4)(A) and who are not exempt under paragraph (4)(B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B6922634B8240A6B640C8132697506A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Number of pilot
projects</header><text>Any State may carry out a pilot project that meets the
requirements of this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A62948068714605867E4B457B9650C3"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Extent of pilot
projects</header><text>Pilot projects shall cover no less than the entire
State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1CFEFD83AB3B423B937DFC4D5E26CEEA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Work
activity</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H61EEE226573C4FA0BED39474E8226C03"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of this
subsection, the term <quote>work activity</quote> means any of the
following:</text>
<clause id="H9BE1F4AAC67141068DF998B0C8F0BB43" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Employment in the public or private
sector that is not subsidized by any public program.</text>
</clause><clause id="H55B3D3C407F9413B928BF3D8EDCBDCD1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Employment in the private sector
for which the employer receives a subsidy from public funds to offset some or
all of the wages and costs of employing an adult.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA40729B743304561BC99E6768DF513E8" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Employment in the public sector
for which the employer receives a subsidy from public funds to offset some or
all of the wages and costs of employing an adult.</text>
</clause><clause id="HCC29A641BB4A4FDBA72E4302EDBCED1E" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A work activity that—</text>
<subclause id="HFEE3749DD2B84BC59247BF27CACDAF18"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is performed in return for public
benefits;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6F0E5575DF464BD786695EE3745CE215"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provides an adult with an opportunity to
acquire the general skills, knowledge, and work habits necessary to obtain
employment;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB7F8EEB92C9E404696B33BA2CBE709C1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is designed to improve the
employability of those who cannot find unsubsidized employment; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H997F0B542AD740A4BCBD2F48B895B763"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>is supervised by an employer, work site
sponsor, or other responsible party on an ongoing basis.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HE84877D2BE84472F87B60A1EBF82A32C" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Training in the public or private
sector that is given to a paid employee while he or she is engaged in
productive work and that provides knowledge and skills essential to the full
and adequate performance of the job.</text>
</clause><clause id="H50DD613DE1BF43DB9A09D9845DB99B09" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Job search, obtaining employment,
or preparation to seek or obtain employment, including—</text>
<subclause id="H9C19B48B1A3D4F2EBEDB1A0EA4B4979F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">life
skills training;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBF1A24A10E3A4EA6800FE72A3CDE41CC"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">substance abuse treatment or mental health
treatment, determined to be necessary and documented by a qualified medical,
substance abuse, or mental health professional; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H648A27E9C6824FBFA0B461F4335A61DA"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rehabilitation activities,</text>
</subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">supervised by
a public agency or other responsible party on an ongoing basis.</continuation-text></clause><clause id="H36E2724BD2714602B4D56B78D44B9F30" indent="up1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Structured programs and embedded
activities—</text>
<subclause id="HDA7D0064C1624788AE2B62BC4EE8C1B7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in which adults perform work for the
direct benefit of the community under the auspices of public or nonprofit
organizations;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF2FC80CDE6F9461CA1E1B8B929EC8879"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that are limited to projects that serve
useful community purposes in fields such as health, social service,
environmental protection, education, urban and rural redevelopment, welfare,
recreation, public facilities, public safety, and child care;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H94F0B0140CAF4847819AEEF7175D3140"><enum>(III)</enum><text>that are designed to improve the
employability of adults not otherwise able to obtain unsubsidized employment;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H437DC3CE4B0244F5A87B898A6E51FE69"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>that are supervised on an ongoing basis;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H739E39BBF2E141B49FF103D90AE7ECEF"><enum>(V)</enum><text>with respect to which a State agency
takes into account, to the extent possible, the prior training, experience, and
skills of a recipient in making appropriate community service
assignments.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HF498ED2F135D4F0EAA1F44D137348D92" indent="up1"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Career and technical training programs (not
to exceed 12 months with respect to any adult) that are directly related to the
preparation of adults for employment in current or emerging occupations and
that are supervised on an ongoing basis.</text>
</clause><clause id="H81B3BEF44DFD4E73BD4620C1544FC0A0" indent="up1"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Training or education for job
skills that are required by an employer to provide an adult with the ability to
obtain employment or to advance or adapt to the changing demands of the
workplace and that are supervised on an ongoing basis.</text>
</clause><clause id="HAD3FADA6328D4A48B8ABC1F1CF8CD52B" indent="up1"><enum>(x)</enum><text>Education that is related to a
specific occupation, job, or job offer and that is supervised on an ongoing
basis.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A5EFD2B7BAF4780AC49DA4DB31B9637" indent="up1"><enum>(xi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an adult who has not
completed secondary school or received such a certificate of general
equivalence, regular attendance—</text>
<subclause id="H14AD90B7E22C42FFB439B28A05AFD540"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in accordance with the requirements of
the secondary school or course of study, at a secondary school or in a course
of study leading to such certificate; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2DCA64CDAED0492DA17ED0D7D16A8EE1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>supervised on an ongoing basis.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HEFC61448FFC948A1A93044E5809A5610" indent="up1"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>Providing child care to enable
another recipient of public benefits to participate in a community service
program that—</text>
<subclause id="HBA4AB02017B94C69B0840BEC46C280D8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>does not provide compensation for such
community service;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H81F2418061D446C8A0B452A9CB5161C0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is a structured program designed to
improve the employability of adults who participate in such program; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H258E01C52B6B4CEC8544345BCDF759C5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is supervised on an ongoing
basis.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C44571950DA4D8EAD86EDEE2BCDFACB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Protections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Work activities under this subsection shall
be subject to all applicable health and safety standards. Except as described
in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A), the term <quote>work
activity</quote> shall be considered work preparation and not defined as
employment for purposes of other law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H25B4BBB4B4B24CFFB0451AAF585256C5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pilot
projects</header><text>Pilot projects carried out under this subsection shall
include interventions to which adults are assigned that are designed to reduce
unnecessary dependence, promote self-sufficiency, increase work levels,
increase earned income, and reduce supplemental nutrition assistance benefit
expenditures among households eligible for, applying for, or participating in
the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</text>
<subparagraph id="HC098646D75444B80BCD46162D2A260AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Adults assigned to
interventions by the State shall—</text>
<clause id="H961C5C85AE384D54872BFC5FEDE1D0EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be
subject to mandatory participation in work activities specified in paragraph
(3);</text>
</clause><clause id="H1D0E93EC64CA417599C0EB91595162AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>participate in
work activities specified in paragraph (3) for a minimum of 20 hours per week
per household;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2EC50D0B5BF433E8A54D0D9EFB73734"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be a maximum age
of not less than 50 and not more than 60, as defined by the State;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAB93F1659F414C06865EEB6AF79C6F97"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>be subject to
penalties during a period of nonparticipation without good cause ranging from,
at State option, a minimum of the removal of the adults from the household
benefit amount, up to a maximum of the discontinuance of the entire household
benefit amount; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H083728F81351406499A273CD2715F46C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>not be penalized
for nonparticipation if child care is not available for 1 or more children
under 6 years of age.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39DE4455C82446F3AC18461356133246"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The State shall
allow certain individuals to be exempt from work requirements—</text>
<clause id="H48289C34CB164B37AAC7C3182169BA00"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">those participating in work programs under
a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) for an equal or greater number of hours;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD76DFDA357C24288A6730483C7FDF6D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">those with 1 or more dependent children
under 1 year of age;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC6F11391A6624F6DBC5B973EB4D2800E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1 adult family
member per household who is needed in the home to care for a disabled family
member;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5948582247764489BAAFB2B3FFFE40CC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an adult who is receiving temporary or
permanent disability benefits provided by a governmental entity; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2EB0E0488F2441C5BAB3BA38C9A383E1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>those with a good
cause reason for nonparticipation, such as victims of domestic violence, as
defined by the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H20109DF5013E4726939339C722D98192"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Evaluation and
reporting</header>
<subparagraph id="H4EC453FB6FE94145B031FC157A1920CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<clause id="H5583E5755A7D4EF7B9731EF3DBDF7BE1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Independent
evaluation</header>
<subclause id="HEADCFA6F855B4F95B8FA1DC1F295BA28"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for each State that enters
into a cooperative agreement under paragraph (2) an independent, longitudinal
evaluation of its pilot project under this subsection to determine total
program savings over the entire course of the pilot project with results
reported in consecutive 12-month increments.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H610046B30EA94839AABD42907B6BCA97"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of the evaluation is to measure the impact of interventions provided by
the State under the pilot project on the ability of adults in households
eligible for, applying for, or participating in the supplemental nutrition
assistance program to find and retain employment that leads to increased
household income and reduced dependency.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBF58ED83B58340CFA21E7BF1D31DCE63"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
independent evaluation under subclause (I) shall use valid statistical methods
which can determine the difference between supplemental nutrition assistance
benefit expenditures, if any, as a result of the interventions as compared to a
control group that—</text>
<item id="H9ED73DAE11304906A36630D4D9ADDD70"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is
not subject to the interventions provided by the State under the pilot project
under this subsection; and</text>
</item><item id="HCD3857FB8EB4490E9EF3CAAAC412D2B4"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>maintains
services provided under 16(h) in the year prior to the start of the pilot
project under this subsection.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H48D06EDAFD6F4344B18E9E0D83D37664"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Option</header><text>States
shall have the option to evaluate pilot projects by matched counties or matched
geographical areas using a constructed control group design to isolate the
effects of the intervention of the pilot project.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDCED1F6881CB46A5BB6DED87269796A1"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Constructed
control group means there is no random assignment, and instead program
participants (those subject to interventions) and non-participants (control
described in subclause (III)) are equated using matching or statistical
procedures on characteristics that may be associated with program
outcomes.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2ACE628760BF4E0DB1EC8478CE64C17D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the end of fiscal year 2014 and of each fiscal year
thereafter, until the completion of the last evaluation under subparagraph (A),
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of
the Senate, a report that includes a description of—</text>
<clause id="HDA3E6144AB9F4E87897A9C1E07694A70"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the status of each
pilot project carried out under this subsection;</text>
</clause><clause id="H55E88D2FBC7B43C1ABFC84DD2FB5DF84"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the results of
the evaluation completed during the previous fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF0B40F0A85CC4C45ADC28E215B98F8F6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to the maximum
extent practicable—</text>
<subclause id="H4AC6AE7C26284C99A830063FEAF1034F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>baseline
information relevant to the stated goals and desired outcomes of the pilot
project;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE1D71F04B40443A388C75A4117F28C1A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the impact of the
interventions on appropriate employment, income, and public benefit receipt
outcomes among households participating in the pilot project;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCAB60EC4CFA6448394E85C09C77892D5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>equivalent
information about similar or identical measures for control groups;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2CF3EEF62DE94BBBB7A614D171AD61C2"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the planned
dissemination of the report findings to State agencies; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD4AF8470DF5544408FC6E67B5DAAD773"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the steps and funding necessary to
incorporate into State employment and training programs the components of pilot
projects that demonstrate increased employment and earnings.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2BADD270B97A4831B064F50D55992B6E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public
dissemination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
the reporting requirements under subparagraph (B), evaluation results shall be
shared broadly to inform policy makers, service providers, other partners, and
the public in order to promote wide use of successful strategies, including by
posting evaluation results on the Internet website of the Department of
Agriculture.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C6F7442DF4743FFA1235B0D2622861B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC21B750664B246CFAE9849E39EEE39D9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Additional
available funds</header><text>From amounts made available under section
18(a)(1), the Secretary shall make available—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H855F20733E8D4963BD13171BA7469AA4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>up to $1,000,000
for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017 for evaluations described in
paragraph (5) to carry out this subsection, with such amounts to remain
available until expended; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HB9DDAEC322AB4646B2B54495D67493D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>amounts equal to
one-half of the accumulated supplemental nutrition assistance benefit dollars
saved over each consecutive 12-month period according to the evaluation under
paragraph (5) for bonus grants to States under paragraph (7)(B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9444DAB53185422C8D019C89D83FC7B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header>
<clause id="HF90F06D2E8EE4056B647F95BC3AE700B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (ii)—</text>
<subclause id="H4C623A89AC784B01A2DDF3E924A4A67C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if, in carrying out a pilot project under
this subsection during a fiscal year, a State incurs costs that exceed the
amount allocated to the State agency under section 16(h)(1), the Secretary
shall pay such State an amount equal to 50 percent of such costs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4998CC864C4248E991DCA64D358A5C30"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall also reimburse the State in an amount equal to 50 percent of the total
amount of payments made or costs incurred by the State agency in connection
with transportation costs and other expenses reasonably necessary and directly
related to participation in a pilot project under this subsection, except that
the amount of the reimbursement for dependent care expenses shall not exceed an
amount equal to the payment made under section 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(II) but not more
than the applicable local market rate, and such reimbursement shall not be made
out of funds allocated under section 16(h)(1).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H3169EA32635A46FAAD5591CD16BFF9E8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any fiscal year, the Secretary may not
pay under clause (i) to a State an amount the exceeds the amount equal to the
product of—</text>
<subclause id="H400C0D18B3C14A96A0677E4E20BF8535"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of administrative expenses that
would be reimbursable for such fiscal year to such State under clause (i)
without regard to this clause; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H968CD4299BFB49C180A31249765ECA25"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$277,000,000 (plus the amount carried over,
if any, under clause (iii)), divided by the aggregate amount of administrative
expenses that would be reimbursable for such fiscal year to all of the States
under clause (i) without regard to this clause.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HCA4207C7015341E894A00A5208C29DAC"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Carryover</header><text>The
amount by which $277,000,000 exceeds the aggregate amount paid under clause (i)
for a particular fiscal year shall remain available for payments under such
clause for any subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2FEDDA1DFBE49F08BEEFCA7390A8696"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other
funds</header><text>Any additional funds required by a State to carry out a
pilot project under this subsection may be provided by the State from funds
made available to the State for such purpose and in accordance with State and
other Federal laws, including the following:</text>
<clause id="HE6314064614D402B9F96CCA802C1434D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 603).</text>
</clause><clause id="H5A93AE7D64C54796A7EC040817A4426B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/9201">29 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</clause><clause id="HCA84019560A7448B87803D5164451FFD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9858">42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.</external-xref>) and section 418 of the Social Security Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/618">42 U.S.C. 618</external-xref>).</text>
</clause><clause id="HFF9D28BC100F4075B14CDE7E75F427C1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The social
services block grant under subtitle A of title XX of the Social Security Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1397">42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF5DA9644CF5A46A7ADF4B471411F897C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA1A3548B995B445C84DFA9947801C270"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Specific
uses</header><text>Funds provided under this subsection for evaluation of pilot
projects under paragraph (6)(A)(i) shall be used only for—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H499570CDDF4543CA93AF8EADB15E6A7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pilot projects
that comply with this subsection;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE026411386B8428FA327DD14F32D91E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the costs
incurred in gathering and providing information and data used to conduct the
independent evaluation under paragraph (5); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HB0ED50003068486A8C291C78AC019307"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the costs of the
evaluation under paragraph (5).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1FC09CA5C670455C9099F50FF166CC0B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Funds
provided for bonus grants to States for pilot projects under subparagraph
(6)(A)(ii) shall be used only for—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA25B54590DC445219A87750F918541E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pilot projects
that comply with this subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H684186BAD4B14DB9B7F9FC86FEC6D2D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any State
purpose, not to be restricted to the supplemental nutrition assistance program
or its beneficiary
population.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD7F6457F92FB429CAC09143709C5C65D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1CA96C58DEB9418694F5D5A0FC906469"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 16, as amended by section 121 of
this Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7E357305E204CC2AC71A7FAB1C933AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by striking <quote>subsection (k)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (k)
and (h) and section 20</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1144749FBB6E4DB0A505855F4C025D3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)—</text>
<clause id="H6AF017413D864FC7BE410C7BC9D92CA4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1)—</text>
<subclause id="H4819FD4AE12C4E01B7493906E8296DAF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A) by inserting <quote>under sections 6(d)(4) and 17(n)</quote> after
<quote>programs</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H56D2CFFF08274315A27A613E38B9328D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (E);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H6A6FE086900F47D2A30E2BE92EC5C3A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking paragraphs (2) and (3), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF66208C28CF49A5A0A14AE9CE6DC53C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2747D76314044659886375F796A97DB2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion of
reimbursement for administrative costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds may be paid under subsection (a)
to a State agency for administrative costs incurred to carry out any of such
programs in such fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H02C5613F5AAD48FEA60FF133DA5422E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (4) by inserting <quote>or 17(n)</quote> after <quote>section
6(d)(4)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H30AAF1851DEE40F78F7A8FDA394D35EA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4),
respectively;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF19A047A922344A0AAD97482E6636907"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 20 by
amending subsection (g) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEDED63D5A03467692C8D76BE498A9D8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7FA2F6D89ABF4AD8879CF8AD8CEEC7D9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Exclusion of
reimbursement for administrative costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds may be paid under this section to
a State agency for administrative costs incurred to carry out a workfare
program operated under this section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C1E7DB62FDC42A09F6E1D807A973400"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 22(d)(1)(B)(ii) by striking
<quote>, (g), (h)(2), and (h)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>and
(g)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFC4F8EFF1CAA4FF3BBF8AF6E1CCDBB56"><enum>140.</enum><header>Improved wage
verification using the National Directory of New Hires</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 11(e) of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFD7774F2F0734752A7E31514415193A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)
by inserting <quote>and after compliance with the requirement specified in
paragraph (24)</quote> after <quote>section 16(e) of this Act</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4266E72A269405B85642AFC67B34275"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (22) by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A7662F63FA84CB8A763D235DDD04C46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (23)
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>,
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C436970D34345C8BA0712A83A2804E0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C328A396D9744A08F40FD3E921892BB" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H99BD8D3D413E45BF91C85A45AE02C834"><enum>(24)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the State agency shall request wage
data directly from the National Directory of New Hires established under
section 453(i) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653(i)</external-xref>) relevant to
determining eligibility to receive supplemental nutrition assistance program
benefits and determining the correct amount of such
benefits.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96EBBD790ECB4176A44DE46E18A1D4DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><header>Feasibility study
for Indian tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DA20574FA994AD7BBBA08B6DDCAFE9E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0531FE57C53D462AA7FABC87C3E1C3E5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Feasibility
study for Indian tribes</header>
<paragraph id="HC89B6A0A93504A92942793E3EAE434C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of
appropriations to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall conduct a
study to determine the feasibility of a tribal demonstration project for tribes
to administer all Federal food assistance programs, services, functions, and
activities (or portions thereof) of the agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06C86759610040388885620F108A5144"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H378E2FC08C7E40E4A7075E2AC778CD59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the probable
effects on specific programs and program beneficiaries of such a demonstration
project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAEAE4AEA66342B59EF9AAFD1D8834DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>statutory,
regulatory, or other impediments to implementation of such a demonstration
project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A10E346B64D43B2A3C9335203A20397"><enum>(C)</enum><text>strategies for
implementing such a demonstration project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58EE4A05ABD6407FA4F1ABC114BBE8B3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>probable costs or
savings associated with such a demonstration project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F00EEB38EB7445394E475BD27422191"><enum>(E)</enum><text>methods to assure
quality and accountability in such a demonstration project; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H580AECB69AFE4F6FBC936C089CFD763E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>such other issues
that may be determined by the Secretary or developed through consultation with
pursuant to paragraph (4).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A48CE45C8974F609358B83B9A875B6A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 18 months after the effective date of this subsection, the Secretary
shall submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.
The report shall contain—</text>
<subparagraph id="H899BF88B55AF451C8F499B08ADFEBEA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the
study under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5827D423A2A44EB93A235AC634AD11F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a list of
programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof) within each
agency with respect to which it would be feasible to include in a tribal
demonstration project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8609F875D7DD4363A7C1AEBBE5C5C33F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a list of
programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof) included in
the list provided pursuant to subparagraph (B) that could be included in a
tribal demonstration project without amending a statute, or waiving regulations
that the Secretary may not waiver; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C5454ECE3244860BE2D0C2086CE9FB9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a list of
legislative actions required in order to include those programs, services,
function, and activities (or portions thereof) included in the list provided
pursuant to subparagraph (B) but not included in the list provided pursuant to
subparagraph (C), in a tribal demonstration project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A230995AA594348832C81CC5C75CD5B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation
with Indian tribes</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with Indian tribes
to determine a protocol for consultation under paragraph (1) prior to
consultation under such paragraph with the other entities described in such
paragraph. The protocol shall require, at a minimum, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBEDFA93F72F0447CAED41D04A8132F0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
government-to-government relationship with Indian tribes forms the basis for
the consultation process;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD48E66223D884C66BD9643448D89717C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Indian tribes
and the Secretary jointly conduct the consultations required by this
subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49826EF4ED0C44418B6F7C860ADC9534"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the consultation
process allows for separate and direct recommendations from the Indian tribes
and other entities described in paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFFD1D6189A134A4BA941FAD6EC84C6F0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection
$1,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Commodity
distribution programs</header>
<section id="HACE9DE64AFC54832AF0D689B6DD71BD9"><enum>201.</enum><header>Commodity
distribution program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c
note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/93/86">Public Law 93–86</external-xref>) is amended in the 1st sentence by striking
<quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2016</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H5D7CE0DF6C71420F976BD5B57C1F251E"><enum>202.</enum><header>Commodity
supplemental food program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer
Protection Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/93/86">Public Law 93–86</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF546C2A68CF2429D98BE80B01D19CE88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1)
and (2)(B) of subsection (a) by striking <quote>2012</quote> each place it
appears and inserting <quote>2016</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6552B045480F476AB2454E3D8FF3F7BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the 1st
sentence of subsection (d)(2) by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting
<quote>2016</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDFFE396A96B6421C901A38B35DBEE0B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (g) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H500EB84F67474531BE920CA0EC025984" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H49427533F5D6415CBF5E5B0724FB879C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Except
as provided in subsection (m), the States shall only provide assistance under
the commodity supplemental food program to low-income individuals aged 60 and
older.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H621EC12642FD4AC9A9C686A3CDDC15A2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CC8F994C58543FEA3765FF5C79254B4" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HF02E1ECE989843D493B2CF1370464575"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Phase-Out</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, an individual who receives assistance under the
commodity supplemental food program on the day before the effective date of
this subsection shall continue to receive that assistance until the date on
which the individual no longer qualifies for assistance under the eligibility
criteria for the program in effect on the day before the effective date of this
subsection.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3C8F91404A5041848E8D18E6A4B22217"><enum>203.</enum><header>Distribution of
surplus commodities to special nutrition projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1114(a)(2)(A) of the Agriculture and
Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1431e">7 U.S.C. 1431e(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended in the 1st sentence by
striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2016</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B941C10C4AF4C9F9FD372B166C08C3E"><enum>204.</enum><header>Processing of
commodities</header>
<subsection id="HDB2A400052D04D9790BEEB66631B37BE"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 17 of the
Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 612c
note) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF3811521E684CBB9E16EABD34F49B02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking the
heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Commodity donations and processing</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92B53398F07A4BF091A79AA80B3119FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H79CF53061BEA421CBDD6674BDECD30C8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC7BD00A30A744EE39861CAF846F984CE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Processing</header><text>For
any program included in subsection (b), the Secretary may, notwithstanding any
other provision of State or Federal law relating to the procurement of goods
and services—</text>
<paragraph id="HB2FD90B828DA46288366241D811250DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>retain title to
commodities delivered to a processor, on behalf of a State (including a State
distributing agency and a recipient agency), until such time as end products
containing such commodities, or similar commodities as approved by the
Secretary, are delivered to a State distributing agency or to a recipient
agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FEA9775B62744C2B678996940387748"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promulgate
regulations to ensure accountability for commodities provided to a processor
for processing into end products, and to facilitate processing of commodities
into end products for use by recipient agencies. Such regulations may provide
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0632F733BC6E4E4CA7AEFF8D340EE891"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a processor that
receives commodities for processing into end products, or provides a service
with respect to such commodities or end products, in accordance with its
agreement with a State distributing agency or a recipient agency, provide to
the Secretary a bond or other means of financial assurance to protect the value
of such commodities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99B6382A0DBB4A15BDAF90A9FB44DF66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the event a
processor fails to deliver to a State distributing agency or a recipient agency
an end product in conformance with the processing agreement entered into under
this Act, the Secretary take action with respect to the bond or other means of
financial assurance pursuant to regulations promulgated under this paragraph
and distribute any proceeds obtained by the Secretary to one or more State
distributing agencies and recipient agencies as determined appropriate by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5BE355C90B114EE6A9B205E918B9350B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
18 of the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (7
U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H29B35886E12C4924971C2F96C40A67F6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA3433545657F414F9C21596E2974B41D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>commodities</term> means agricultural commodities and their products that
are donated by the Secretary for use by recipient agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05EB0A8AAECB4479AD3914CFBE403C45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>end
product</term> means a food product that contains processed
commodities.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H66EA6AAC3C27447197BE2378861FD603"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text>Section 3 of the Commodity Distribution
Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/237">Public Law 100–237</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H753F63E95A464B2DB070A382E7AC9B66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC29C6293C8BC4FB9AC4D6003BC08268E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H543A5A1657994395932CF427BDBF43F3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9A22C791B3094D3C8D04046107A7BF50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the program
established under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2013(b));</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3ACB56D6C23543D28ED320F44261855A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(D) by striking <quote>the Committee on Education and Labor</quote> and
inserting <quote>the Committee on Education and the Workforce</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H91115A715723481E8D793BC3A2204AE8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)(A)(ii) by striking <quote>section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/601">7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 32 of the Act of
August 24, 1935 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref>)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2AF0B91161E472FAE8D4DB791B82481"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1)(D)(iii) by striking subclause (II) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15CE383C3CE74FEA9FA67A3B65B8504E" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H3B10A255AF86405AA781ED043FC06702"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the program
established under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2013(b));</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE75DF524BA44EBD9187B475DE9B4A6A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (k)
by striking <quote>the Committee on Education and Labor</quote> and inserting
<quote>the Committee on Education and the Workforce</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BF572434BDF42D48434A76305D96DE9"><enum>301.</enum><header>Farmers’ market
nutrition program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4402
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3007">7 U.S.C. 3007</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H318EFC8ACD0E4404B3B101AEF816FE11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Seniors</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE4839253D3F445D883E70B3B206EAF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H528AF9B9D26843E598D026718F4093C1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAB4B10F2FE0F416A8E84C6311301F6BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="HE2C29318B61D4990837C334E3784FBEB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall use to carry out and expand the farmers market
nutrition program $20,600,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through
2016.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H697C5B7EA6554D9EB3A6637EF08D0B50"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
funding</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary to carry out this subsection for each of the fiscal years specified
in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93E21829711E4D479AC7C7AEABD61906"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 50 percent of the funds made
available to carry out this section in any fiscal year shall be used to provide
assistance to
seniors.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CC160675EB44C7996839E711BFDB5A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEE24B2CC76E4762A901BB0C20464C0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>seniors</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB49A69E289C741D7812CE4608EB9514C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by inserting <quote>, and low-income families who are determined to be at
nutritional risk</quote> after <quote>low-income seniors</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA01D681A92C047C59F3566644E38762F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)
by striking <quote>seniors</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H777FE9919AF54AE7A490950B6665D5B3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)
by striking <quote>seniors</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6210C6B459A24164AFDF79C0D10B751C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (e)
by striking <quote>seniors</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H406C50FF0C764430A240C6CC57664EFF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g),
respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE2B21CD528F44D793F6DDF6961969ED"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H695469E974E641E2A7BA2AD2569DE814" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H75D95E4911134338A68A3F070D5A65B3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State grants and
other assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the Program
through grants and other assistance provided in accordance with agreements made
with States, for implementation through State agencies and local agencies, that
include provisions—</text>
<paragraph id="H2CA02FDE80554E2A93959D17BBAEC92D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the issuance
of coupons or vouchers to participating individuals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11839F596F274E499BE6A16BFBDC329E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establishing an
appropriate annual percentage limitation on the use of funds for administrative
costs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A89FD78830C403CA9586ED1A5B91484"><enum>(3)</enum><text>specifying other
terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate to encourage expanding
the participation of small scale farmers in Federal nutrition
programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H294B3FC64A624353914AEAA8BB6FF5E0"><enum>302.</enum><header>Nutrition
information and awareness pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4403 of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3171">7 U.S.C. 3171</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/171">Public Law 107–171</external-xref>) is
repealed.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H5748F0FBE447422BAF99AAD53F88F283" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Fresh fruit and
vegetable program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769a">42 U.S.C. 1769a</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCBCF3C3EF68841E3A131D415E6C43B90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Fresh</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H528F55C607174A11A4AE098A220DF003"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>fresh</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A83F9DCFF0041668F16A0B667D7B33C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>fresh</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49C7FD5051FB44849F1231F14B4AAF86"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
by striking <quote>fresh</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HBC926B30173C445CA970E377909C2A4D"><enum>304.</enum><header>Additional
authority for purchase of fresh fruits, vegetables, and other specialty food
crops</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10603 of the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c-4">7 U.S.C. 612c–4</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H80CACC8EE37049B4956831C782558BC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2016</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE24480953BFF4AA49E4215EEEF1471DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (c) as
subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H427759EA7B3B424A93B5BD98789DD7FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (b) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FD8470451C245648C6A650E08322F80" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8962574C79D84EEEA92C756C1E249F0A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot grant
program for purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables</header>
<paragraph id="HC1F578C2FA0F4F1AAFBFF0FE183F0F43"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using amounts made
available to carry out subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall
conduct a pilot program under which the Secretary will give not more than five
participating States the option of receiving a grant in an amount equal to the
value of the commodities that the participating State would otherwise receive
under this section for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2016.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9E6F30059F6419FA3ED5E9BCC12B35E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of grant
funds</header><text>A participating State receiving a grant under this
subsection may use the grant funds solely to purchase fresh fruits and
vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions in the State
that participate in the food service programs under the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C55D4C381F045D8A5B0B3B154561E45"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection of
participating States</header><text>The Secretary shall select participating
States from applications submitted by the States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D72D8ABC6C04D05B0438BD609C98489"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H0969A7D5124D4F19B129641EFC1BCD4C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>School and
service institution requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Schools and service institutions in a
participating State shall keep records of purchases of fresh fruits and
vegetables made using the grant funds and report such records to the
State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC176B70665864D80B1255F449DBF8363"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State
requirement</header><text>Each participating State shall submit to the
Secretary a report on the success of the pilot program in the State, including
information on—</text>
<clause id="HD67076091E83452F988DA454FD07458F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount and value of each type of fresh
fruit and vegetable purchased by the State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA8F93208F947470B94D724A102422AFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the benefit provided by such purchases in
conducting the school food service in the State, including meeting school meal
requirements.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0D97D3F257A5437FB33A6B15F72E2BD5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header>Encouraging locally
and regionally grown and raised food</header>
<subsection id="H2FC0D17351054AED96351A545F4A7BD4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commodity
Purchase Streamlining</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may permit each school food authority with a low annual commodity
entitlement value, as determined by the Secretary, to elect to substitute
locally and regionally grown and raised food for the authority’s allotment, in
whole or in part, of commodity assistance for the school meal programs under
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) and
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>), if—</text>
<paragraph id="HA9AA0ACEAAF144809A5503A659FA3FD8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the election is
requested by the school food authority;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD442B3395A7440988943610B1BD6D0C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines that the election will reduce State and Federal administrative
costs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3EB3DBA713F43E195D4A1862EF7474D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the election will
provide the school food authority with greater flexibility to purchase locally
and regionally grown and raised foods.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8E3FFC29B3B04DD9902690A8030D2853"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Farm-to-School
demonstration programs</header>
<paragraph id="H82664C3F6404445C8F297D73AB179C91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may establish farm-to-school demonstration
programs under which school food authorities, agricultural producers producing
for local and regional markets, and other farm-to-school stakeholders will
collaborate with the Agriculture Marketing Service to, on a cost neutral basis,
source food for the school meal programs under the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1751">42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1771">42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.</external-xref>) from local farmers and ranchers in lieu of the
commodity assistance provided to the school food authorities for the school
meal programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16101FE5F3D1496BA64D0E6AE5B7B090"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HB74539ECFA494F1EAC38831B07662243"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each demonstration program carried out under this
subsection shall—</text>
<clause id="HC91DB9EAEFFE430C8A182C7EECC56A68"><enum>(i)</enum><text>facilitate and
increase the purchase of unprocessed and minimally processed locally and
regionally grown and raised agricultural products to be served under the school
meal programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="H16662AD72C0E49FDB196A525829761FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>test methods to
improve procurement, transportation, and meal preparation processes for the
school meal programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3A6729E76890433B9E97EB1F735680F8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assess whether
administrative costs can be saved through increased school food authority
flexibility to source locally and regionally produced foods for the school meal
programs; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H562C14360A9540D1BD6417B84E089C84"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>undertake
rigorous evaluation and share information about results of the demonstration
program, including cost savings, with the Secretary, other school food
authorities, agricultural producers producing for the local and regional
market, and the general public.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BDAEE600AD840F0829EB757389EAFB9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Plans</header><text>In
order to be selected to carry out a demonstration program under this
subsection, a school food authority shall submit to the Secretary a plan at
such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, and containing
information with respect to the requirements described in clauses (i) through
(iv) of subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H30560CBD04E343DFBB98068F6A690890"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall provide technical assistance to demonstration program participants to
assist such participants to acquire bids from potential vendors in a timely and
cost-effective manner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5E29CD8F01F46ACB61EE1925E68996A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Length</header><text>The
Secretary shall determine the appropriate length of time for each demonstration
program under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H244FC134D1014F139728656B6BE590A8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Secretary shall coordinate among relevant agencies of the Department of
Agriculture and non-governmental organizations with appropriate expertise to
facilitate the provision of training and technical assistance necessary to
successfully carry out demonstration programs under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E368E7B6CEC413EB55EAC7720B9B12A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Number</header><text>Subject
to the availability of funds to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall
select at least 10 demonstration programs to be carried out under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H466728B83DD2406EB2A280D1863EE704"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Diversity and
balance</header><text>In selecting demonstration programs to be carried out
under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable,
ensure—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA30A55CF85AE45AAB1D302C5E046E9E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>geographical
diversity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H025904DDA3324C80AABDF4FFF52D873C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that at least half
of the demonstration programs are completed in collaboration with school food
authorities with small annual commodity entitlements, as determined by the
Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD142622279B47B68DABD04EA05804E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that at least half
of the demonstration programs are completed in rural or tribal
communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7F78ECFB5FC40468A51B2BA53730D78"><enum>(D)</enum><text>equitable
treatment of school food authorities with a high percentage of students
eligible for free or reduced price lunches, as determined by the Secretary;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96282E8DAFB84810ABFB31CBACCB45AB"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that at least one of the demonstration
programs is completed on a military installation as defined in section
2687(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5981FA6BFDB94683A2FD239C0968EF8B"><enum>306.</enum><header>Review of
public health benefits of white potatoes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a review of the
economic and public health benefits of white potatoes on low-income families
who are determined to be at nutritional risk. Not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report the findings of
this review to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.</text>
</section><section id="H3659531F19D34C6CACC6AB97836AE2C2"><enum>307.</enum><header>Healthy Food
Financing Initiative</header>
<subsection id="H7853720DA7A2451E8DCEE359C5CD95A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle D of title II of the Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6951">7 U.S.C. 6951 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5746C3EBA3E640EFB6089780692C72E7" style="OLC">
<section id="HC2FE0F4EE6514CD0BE390056921AFECD"><enum>242.</enum><header>Healthy Food
Financing Initiative</header>
<subsection id="H7984BFD34F834E93A86258E0CCC027C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this section is to enhance the authorities of the Secretary to
support efforts to provide access to healthy food by establishing an initiative
to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, to create and preserve
quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and
grants to eligible fresh, healthy food retailers to overcome the higher costs
and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2A1F25072D224DC7AAFD4A9F728838C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H9AAC82A9F4B7484C88CA47C6D0AE9DDC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community
development financial institution</header><text>The term <term>community
development financial institution</term> has the meaning given the term in
section 103 of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act
of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/4702">12 U.S.C. 4702</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A5ADBEB25124C6FB7436D3A3C988FEE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initiative</header><text>The
term <term>Initiative</term> means the Healthy Food Financing Initiative
established under subsection (c)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A9D5A9268F84D73BA4634B81DE694D3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National fund
manager</header><text>The term <term>national fund manager</term> means a
community development financial institution that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H15D1FBCDC2AF42B6989D77114543B811"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in existence on
the date of enactment of this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60129CC5525B4517A0999C3287903972"><enum>(B)</enum><text>certified by the
Community Development Financial Institution Fund of the Department of Treasury
to manage the Initiative for purposes of—</text>
<clause id="H1A1B527AB26540D88468B3AADA5C5F31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>raising private
capital;</text>
</clause><clause id="H85125EF8BC354CC381F4FC726EB0C5A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing
financial and technical assistance to partnerships; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H32724AC7A9E2433EAFC81E7F53E01950"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>funding eligible
projects to attract fresh, healthy food retailers to underserved areas, in
accordance with this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE08ECA440FD64237973FC3928311EF17"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Partnership</header><text>The
term <term>partnership</term> means a regional, State, or local public-private
partnership that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D549CBAA5B04838895C9A11ADB2F376"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is organized to
improve access to fresh, healthy foods;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEDE5C0CA63849ECB9FEBD73732B351E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides financial
and technical assistance to eligible projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04A13BE1F5164151AD6F210A0F91FE05"><enum>(C)</enum><text>meets such other
criteria as the Secretary may establish.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFF0B89E342AA4575A68911AC02AB8D69"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Perishable
food</header><text>The term <term>perishable food</term> means a staple food
that is fresh, refrigerated, or frozen.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67E56F73C6EE4D1EA20E1CC52751534C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Quality
job</header><text>The term <term>quality job</term> means a job that provides
wages and other benefits comparable to, or better than, similar positions in
existing businesses of similar size in similar local economies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF232D5CCC841413BA26C54EBBA352526"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Staple
food</header>
<subparagraph id="H766EC34F5F7D46C7BD41BDD757746EE4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>staple food</term> means food that is a
basic dietary item.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF14C7CA6DAB45F681E10740C1717891"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
term <term>staple food</term> includes—</text>
<clause id="H3265EA67B9634DE2B099731091CF9435"><enum>(i)</enum><text>bread;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF135490970AC4BBABC29ADBC1EE1F81D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>flour;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9AED0FA2185D444BB6A3FFF8497D3FDF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>fruits;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAC39972168AA48ECBD5298EB54994BF8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>vegetables;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDBD0283FB3F84C118CAACB0B2794EAA4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>meat.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H84B2A6999E064CD5A611BEDDD33D8BE1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Initiative</header>
<paragraph id="H533EF5F637CC4786883D57BD2520530F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish an initiative to achieve the purpose described in
subsection (a) in accordance with this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6588F00E2CC404BAFF01F5ED1CB5BE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<subparagraph id="HB789A5ECB173472792654FCF16A6A8C1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<clause id="H75D9960CCA0A41D49DFF42D73059C5A1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In carrying out the Initiative, the Secretary shall
provide funding to entities with eligible projects, as described in
subparagraph (B), subject to the priorities described in subparagraph
(C).</text>
</clause><clause id="H7FADD88F532840A2879F7BDEFD1FCF0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Funds provided to an entity pursuant to clause (i) shall be
used—</text>
<subclause id="H1A207A0B033C41DB88BF898E449FB291"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to create
revolving loan pools of capital or other products to provide loans to finance
eligible projects or partnerships;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBFD4683F47584BBDAF319C661D984DF4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to provide grants
for eligible projects or partnerships;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE4BB351467F84CD98361C66716827CB4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to provide
technical assistance to funded projects and entities seeking Initiative
funding; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5C76A22F955C4C14936B7E89B562B67D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to cover
administrative expenses of the national fund manager in an amount not to exceed
10 percent of the Federal funds provided.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2E43B69B895415EAA04C9776BDAFDAA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible
projects</header><text>Subject to the approval of the Secretary, the national
fund manager shall establish eligibility criteria for projects under the
Initiative, which shall include the existence or planned execution of
agreements—</text>
<clause id="H8DC807C1C81D4402AC8FE2AB091A88CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
expand or preserve the availability of staple foods in underserved areas with
moderate- and low-income populations by maintaining or increasing the number of
retail outlets that offer an assortment of perishable food and staple food
items, as determined by the Secretary, in those areas; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4632CD7EA22C4F83973908CD2995A8CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to accept
benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DC9AFA963D043A69ED06271F6ECEF80"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>In
carrying out the Initiative, priority shall be given to projects that—</text>
<clause id="H5E0D1AC9EAD44582A2393BFB86ED5FBB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are located in
severely distressed low-income communities, as defined by the Community
Development Financial Institutions Fund of the Department of Treasury;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H281450176AA040449C93BC5A2441BD1B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include 1 or more
of the following characteristics:</text>
<subclause id="H060BBC0B08F94A1A9ECF41379EB26CA4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The project will
create or retain quality jobs for low-income residents in the community.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H83B4C039BE154C5C848C29B3B52D3A9A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The project
supports regional food systems and locally grown foods, to the maximum extent
practicable.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H528C5FEF55EF40DCA1D6B12032D79295"><enum>(III)</enum><text>In areas served
by public transit, the project is accessible by public transit.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5ED5441AEF4549E08B099674C4778916"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>The project
involves women- or minority-owned businesses.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HADE511436DBB497D8F8DA729DF5D263D"><enum>(V)</enum><text>The project
receives funding from other sources, including other Federal agencies.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8E94DFAB0B2844759AAC04625CD9D5C2"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>The project
otherwise advances the purpose of this section, as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD7B819CC0920438298299F9A35C29555"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary to carry out this section $125,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC6FCBC2C6C604EC7BF3338D8A1341797"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 296(b) of the Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7014">7 U.S.C. 7014(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9790B8F3C6F64F79A00AF5E060C1BAB7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2EF0544877548FF9CE5370A8FBAC4D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11031AB1B33A45AAA3253F4E701DFD9B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67BA7C8ABBD84944AF810403D3262225" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4DBC1258C0484090833D0BF554467948"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the authority of
the Secretary to establish and carry out the Health Food Financing Initiative
under section
242.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H446FDE8B2AFD42E7A4BD6C89A72CF794" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header>Review of
sole-source contracts in Federal nutrition programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of
sole-source contracts in Federal nutrition programs, and the effect such
contracts have on program participation, program goals, nonprogram consumers,
retailers, and free market dynamics. Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report the findings of this
review to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.</text>
</section><section id="HE3FE071904314F9EAAA2BC34732AC8F6"><enum>309.</enum><header>Purchase of
Halal and Kosher food for emergency food assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="EFAA83">Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7
U.S.C. 7502) </act-name>is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD66FB9FDF45496A9D2D228715D6FD08" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF0E2E228E7794429BC57BC92154A2B76"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Kosher and Halal
food</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall finalize
and implement a plan—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87FC1E6F7B00423BA3F2A764D2FD87F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to increase the purchase of Kosher and
Halal food from food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal certification to
carry out the program established under this Act if the Kosher and Halal food
purchased is cost neutral as compared to food that is not from food
manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal certification; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EC424C3CCBC44E19990D7C49DCB4DE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to modify the labeling of the commodities
list used to carry out the program in a manner that enables Kosher and Halal
food bank operators to identify which commodities to obtain from local food
banks.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section>