[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2319 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2319

   To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to limit the collection from 
   households of claims for nonfraudulent overissuance of food stamp 
                               benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2001

 Mr. Sanders introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to limit the collection from 
   households of claims for nonfraudulent overissuance of food stamp 
                               benefits.

    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 ``Food Stamp Overpayment Protection 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 13 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2022) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Limitation on Collection of Nonfraudulent Overissuances.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no member of a 
household shall be liable for the nonfraudulent overissuance in any 
calendar year to such household of coupons having a value of $1000 or 
less in the aggregate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, an overissuance for which no member of a household is liable 
under the preceding sentence may not be collected.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.

    (a) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendment made by this Act 
shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by this Act shall 
not apply with respect to certification periods beginning before the 
effective date of this Act.
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