United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2000_register executive 2010-09-24 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c81eb739 D09002ee1c81eb860 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Food and Nutrition Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This rule finalizes a proposed rule published February 29, 2000, amending Food Stamp Program (Program) regulations to implement several provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), and subsequent amendments to these provisions made by the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1996 (OCAA), the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), and the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (AREERA). This action finalizes options related to matching activities, fair hearings and recipient services. This action finalizes provisions which would increase State agency flexibility in processing applications for the Program and allow greater use of standard amounts for determining deductions and self-employment expenses. This action also finalizes revisions to the requirements for determining alien eligibility and the eligibility and benefits of sponsored aliens, and requires certain transitional housing payments and most State and local energy assistance to be counted as income, excludes the earnings of students under age 18 from income, and requires proration of benefits following any break in certification. Other provisions of this final action establish ground rules for implementing the Simplified Food Stamp Program, allow State agencies options to issue partial allotments for households in treatment centers, count all, part, or, in some cases, none of the income of an ineligible alien in determining the benefits of the rest of the household, issue combined allotments to certain expedited service households, and certify elderly or disabled households up to 24 months and other households up to 12 months. The action also finalizes several changes to existing regulations in response to the President's reform initiative to remove overly prescriptive, outdated, and unnecessary regulatory provisions. The rule also makes final the proposals to add vehicles to the assets which may be covered under the inaccessible resources provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, clarifies the procedures for shortening or lengthening a certification period, and makes a change to exclude from income on-the-job training payments received under the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program as required by Section 702 of the Workforce Investment Act (Pub. L. 102-367, originally known as the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992). 65 FR 70134 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-11-21/00-29355 00-29355 fr21no00-15 RIN 0584-AC40 3410-30-P Amendment No. 388 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-11-21/00-29355 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-11-21/html/00-29355.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-11-21/pdf/00-29355.pdf Alaska Civil Rights Claims Food Stamps Grant Programs Social Programs Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Unemployment Compensation Wages Administrative Practice and Procedure Aliens Employment Fraud Government Employees Income Taxes Students Supplemental Security Income Penalties 79 p. 70134 70212 65 FR 70134 Title 7 Part 272 7 CFR Part 272 Title 7 Part 273 7 CFR Part 273 Title 7 Part 274 7 CFR Part 274 Title 7 Part 277 7 CFR Part 277 RIN 0584-AC40 Food Stamp Program: Noncitizen Eligibility, and Certification Provisions of Pub. L. 104-193, as Amended by Public Laws 104-208, 105-33 and 105-185; Federal Register Vol. 65, Issue RULE 00-29355 III DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food and Nutrition Service 2001-01-20 Amendment No. 388 3410-30-P 00-29355 Final rule.

This rule finalizes a proposed rule published February 29, 2000, amending Food Stamp Program (Program) regulations to implement several provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), and subsequent amendments to these provisions made by the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1996 (OCAA), the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), and the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (AREERA). This action finalizes options related to matching activities, fair hearings and recipient services. This action finalizes provisions which would increase State agency flexibility in processing applications for the Program and allow greater use of standard amounts for determining deductions and self-employment expenses. This action also finalizes revisions to the requirements for determining alien eligibility and the eligibility and benefits of sponsored aliens, and requires certain transitional housing payments and most State and local energy assistance to be counted as income, excludes the earnings of students under age 18 from income, and requires proration of benefits following any break in certification. Other provisions of this final action establish ground rules for implementing the Simplified Food Stamp Program, allow State agencies options to issue partial allotments for households in treatment centers, count all, part, or, in some cases, none of the income of an ineligible alien in determining the benefits of the rest of the household, issue combined allotments to certain expedited service households, and certify elderly or disabled households up to 24 months and other households up to 12 months. The action also finalizes several changes to existing regulations in response to the President's reform initiative to remove overly prescriptive, outdated, and unnecessary regulatory provisions. The rule also makes final the proposals to add vehicles to the assets which may be covered under the inaccessible resources provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, clarifies the procedures for shortening or lengthening a certification period, and makes a change to exclude from income on-the-job training payments received under the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program as required by Section 702 of the Workforce Investment Act (Pub. L. 102-367, originally known as the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992).

Effective Date: This final rule is effective January 20, 2001, except for the amendment to Sec. 273.2(b)(4)(iv) which is effective August 1, 2001, and the amendments specified in items 2 and 3 below which are not effective until Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of an associated information collection burden. The Food and Nutrition Service will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these amendments after approval of the information collection requirements by OMB. Patrick Waldron, Program Analyst, Certification Policy Branch, Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 800, Alexandria, Virginia, 22302, (703) 305-2805 or e-mail at Patrick.Waldron@fns.usda.gov. Alaska Civil Rights Claims Food Stamps Grant Programs Social Programs Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Unemployment Compensation Wages Administrative Practice and Procedure Aliens Employment Fraud Government Employees Income Taxes Students Supplemental Security Income Penalties Food stamp program: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; implementation Noncitizen eligibility and certification provisions, FSPHQ-WEB@fns.usda.gov Patrick.Waldron@fns.usda.gov www.fns.usda.gov Vol. 65, no. 225 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2000-11-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 434 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-11-21 P0b002ee1809fe5c8 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21no00 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-11-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-11-21/pdf/FR-2000-11-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-11-21/xml/FR-2000-11-21.xml fdlp 69849 70271 DGPO 2010-09-24 2024-06-08 FR-2000-11-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2000-11-21 65 225