[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4426]
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  SA 3126. Mrs. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of 
agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       In section 4106, redesignate paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively.
       In section 4106, insert before paragraph (2) (as so 
     redesignated) the following:
       (1) in paragraph (6), by striking subparagraph (B) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(B) personnel of the State agency or, at the option of 
     the State agency, through a contract with the State agency, 
     personnel of an entity that has no direct or indirect 
     financial interest in an approved retail food store, may 
     undertake the certification under subparagraph (A) or carry 
     out any other function of the State agency under the 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program, without 
     restriction by the Secretary on the use of nongovernmental 
     employees by the State agency to perform program eligibility 
     or any other administrative function to carry out that 
     program;'';
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