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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7572 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide employment 

and training data grants, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 6, 2024 

Ms. SALINAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide 

employment and training data grants, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP E&T Data And 

5 Technical Assistance (DATA) Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 

7 Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

8 U.S.C. 2014) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(o) EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DATA GRANTS.— 

2 The Secretary is authorized to award grants to State 

3 agencies, on a competitive basis, for the purpose of cre4 ating and strengthening longitudinal administrative data5 bases and associated resources for the purpose of 

6 strengthening program quality, reducing burden, advanc7 ing equity, protecting privacy, and improving transparency 

8 in supplemental nutrition and assistance program employ9 ment and training programs. 

10 ‘‘(1) AWARD BASIS.—The Secretary shall award 

11 grants on a competitive basis and in a manner con12 sistent with the following priorities: 

13 ‘‘(A) Encouraging participation among 

14 States that have not yet received such grants 

15 and among those with the greatest needs in 

16 terms of data infrastructure. 

17 ‘‘(B) Strengthening effectiveness in meet18 ing the purposes of section 6(d)(4)(A)(i). 

19 ‘‘(C) Facilitating co-enrollment and coordi20 nation of services between employment and 

21 training programs offered under this Act and 

22 other federally-supported workforce develop23 ment programs, such as those authorized under 

24 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

25 (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and the Strengthening 


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1 Career and Technical Education for the 21st 

2 Century Act (Public Law 115–224; 132 Stat. 

3 1563) and the amendments made by that Act. 

4 ‘‘(D) Participating in and contributing 

5 data to the State’s linked longitudinal data sys6 tem, including submitting data that when 

7 linked with K–12, postsecondary, and workforce 

8 development data, provides the State with the 

9 ability to create more robust tools and ana10 lytics. 

11 ‘‘(E) Encouraging the use of non-Federal 

12 contributions to improve State data infrastruc13 ture and related resources. 

14 ‘‘(F) Enabling research and program im15 provement activities. 

16 ‘‘(G) Other priorities as determined by the 

17 Secretary. 

18 ‘‘(2) PRIVACY AND SECURITY STANDARDS.— 

19 Data supported by this subsection shall be— 

20 ‘‘(A) used only for the purpose described in 

21 this subsection; 

22 ‘‘(B) exempted from the disclosure require23 ments of section 552(a) of title 5 of the United 

24 States Code pursuant to section 552(b)(3) of 


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1 such title, to the extent such information is ob2 tained or received by the Secretary; 

3 ‘‘(C) used in a manner that protects the 

4 identity and location of an individual that is an 

5 applicant for, or recipient of, supplemental nu6 trition assistance program benefits; and 

7 ‘‘(D) shall meet security standards as de8 termined by the Secretary. 

9 ‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds 

10 made available under this subsection shall be used to 

11 supplement, and not supplant, other State or local 

12 funds used for developing State data systems. 

13 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 

14 the funds available under section 18, the Secretary 

15 shall use to carry out this subsection $15,000,000 

16 for each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 

17 ‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary 

18 shall reserve not more than 20 percent of the funds 

19 made available under paragraph (4) for the provi20 sion of technical assistance to support the implemen21 tation of these Grants. 

22 ‘‘(6) REPORTS.—Not later than 3 years after 

23 the effective date of this subsection, and annually 

24 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Com25 mittee on Agriculture of the House of RepresentaVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:30 Mar 19, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7572.IH H7572

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1 tives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

2 and Forestry of the Senate, a report regarding im3 plementation of this subsection that, includes the 

4 following information. 

5 ‘‘(A) The number of grants awarded, a list 

6 of recipients, and the amount of funds awarded. 

7 ‘‘(B) A description of recipients’ use of the 

8 grant funds. 

9 ‘‘(C) An analysis of the impact of receiving 

10 such grants on improving the effectiveness of 

11 State employment and training programs in 

12 meeting the purposes of section 6(d)(4)(A)(i).’’. 

13 SEC. 3. GAO REPORT. 

14 Not later than 1 year after funds are made available 

15 to carry out section 5(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

16 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(o)), the Comptroller General of 

17 the United States shall— 

18 (1) examine and review the implementation of 

19 such section, including an examination of— 

20 (A) co-enrollment strategies and related 

21 best practices that maximize participant eligi22 bility using linked and integrated data; 

23 (B) an examination and distillation of best 

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1 ment and training programs implemented under 

2 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; and 

3 (C) additional issues and impact that ac4 cess to linked and integrated databases and the 

5 development of data exchange agreements have 

6 on the participant and provider outcomes within 

7 employment and training programs imple8 mented under the Food and Nutrition Act of 

9 2008; 

10 (2) develop recommendations to the Secretary 

11 of Agriculture on any changes that should be made 

12 to improve such data grants; and 

13 (3) prepare and submit a report on the findings 

14 and recommendations based on the examination 

15 made under paragraph (1), and recommendations 

16 received, under paragraph (2), to— 

17 (A) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri18 tion, and Forestry of the Senate; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Agriculture of the 

20 House of Representatives. 

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