[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1453 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1453

 To provide relief to areas affected by the flooding in the Midwest by 
 temporarily exempting affected States from certain requirements under 
 the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and by temporarily increasing the Federal 
       share of payments under such Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 14 (legislative day, September 7), 1993

 Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide relief to areas affected by the flooding in the Midwest by 
 temporarily exempting affected States from certain requirements under 
 the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and by temporarily increasing the Federal 
       share of payments under such Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Flood-Affected States Food Stamp 
Program Assistance Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Designated.--The term ``designated'' means--
                    (A) with respect to a State or a political 
                subdivision of a State, that the President declared, 
                between April 1, 1993, and August 1, 1993, that a major 
                disaster or emergency exists under the Robert T. 
                Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in the State or political 
                subdivision as a result of the widespread flooding in 
                the Midwest in 1993; and
                    (B) with respect to a household, that the household 
                is located in a designated State or political 
                subdivision of a State described in subparagraph (A).
            (2) Household.--The term ``household'' has the same meaning 
        as provided in section 3(i) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
        U.S.C. 2012(i)).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (4) State agency.--The term ``State agency'' has the same 
        meaning as provided in section 3(n) of the Food Stamp Act of 
        1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(n)).

SEC. 3. FEDERAL PAYMENT OF STATE SHARE FOR CERTAIN NEWLY PARTICIPATING 
              HOUSEHOLDS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
the 2-year period beginning July 1, 1993, the Federal share of the 
expenses incurred by any designated State under the food stamp program 
operated pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 
shall be 100 percent of such expenses attributable to any unanticipated 
newly participating households (as defined in subsection (b)).
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of subsection (a), the term 
``unanticipated newly participating households'' means households which 
became eligible for the food stamp program on or after July 1, 1993, 
and which are in excess of the number of households anticipated by the 
Secretary to become eligible for such program during the period 
referred to in subsection (a) based on the rate of increase in eligible 
households for such program before the widespread flooding in the 
Midwest in 1993.

SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INCOME AND RESOURCES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an amount equal to the 
amount of, or value of, a donation or temporary financial assistance 
(including cash and in-kind services) provided by the Federal 
Government, a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a private 
person as disaster assistance (including assistance provided pursuant 
to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)) to a designated household with respect to the 
widespread flooding in the Midwest in 1993 shall be excluded from a 
determination of the income or financial resources of the household 
pursuant to section 5 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014).

SEC. 5. FULL FEDERAL FUNDING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding section 16(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 2025(h)) or any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1994, 
the Federal share of the cost of carrying out an employment and 
training program in a designated State pursuant to section 6(d)(4) of 
such Act (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)) shall be 100 percent of the cost of 
carrying out the program.

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN FOOD STAMP 
              REPORTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to a 
designated State, each report relating to the State plan of operation 
that the State agency is required to file with the Secretary under 
section 11 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020) not later than 
August 15, 1993, shall not be required to be filed until November 15, 
1993.

SEC. 7. SUSPENSION OF QUALITY CONTROL REQUIREMENTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period 
beginning on September 1, 1993, and ending on February 28, 1994, for 
each designated State--
            (1) the State agency of the State shall not be required to 
        carry out quality control requirements under section 16 of the 
        Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025); and
            (2) the payment error rate for the State agency of the 
        State under section 16(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)) shall 
        be deemed to be zero.

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