[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6272 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6272

    To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to the 
    issuance of quality control guidance issued by the Secretary of 
                              Agriculture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2023

Mr. Moore of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                    to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to the 
    issuance of quality control guidance issued by the Secretary of 
                              Agriculture.

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

SECTION 1. PUBLIC COMMENT ON QUALITY CONTROL GUIDANCE.

    Section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2025(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) Public comment on quality control guidance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide 
                notice and make available for public comment for a 
                period of not fewer than 60 days any new or updated 
                guidance proposing substantive changes for conducting 
                quality control reviews prior to any such guidance 
                being finalized.
                    ``(B) Scope.--The requirement in (A) shall be 
                applicable to any proposed guidance reasonably expected 
                to require state agencies to make changes to systems, 
                procedures, or staffing pertaining to quality control 
                reviews or that impact verification requirements for 
                supplemental nutrition assistance program recipients.
                    ``(C) Exception.--In the case of an urgent and 
                immediate need, the Secretary may issue interim final 
                guidance simultaneous with the notice and comment 
                requirements required in (A).''.
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