113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3102 

AN ACT 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

5 this Act is the following: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 

Sec. 101. Preventing payment of cash to recipients of supplemental nutrition 

assistance benefits for the return of empty bottles and cans 

used to contain food purchased with benefits provided under 

the program. 

Sec. 102. Retailers. 

Sec. 103. Enhancing services to elderly and disabled supplemental nutrition assistance program participants. 

Sec. 104. Food distribution program on Indian reservations. 

Sec. 105. Updating program eligibility. 

Sec. 106. Exclusion of medical marijuana from excess medical expense deduction. 

Sec. 107. Standard utility allowances based on the receipt of energy assistance 

payments. 

Sec. 108. Eligibility disqualifications. 

Sec. 109. Repeal of State work program waiver authority. 

Sec. 110. Ending supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits for lottery 

or gambling winners. 

Sec. 111. Improving security of food assistance. 

Sec. 112. Demonstration projects on acceptance of benefits of mobile transactions. 

Sec. 113. Use of benefits for purchase of community-supported agriculture 

share. 

Sec. 114. Restaurant meals program. 

Sec. 115. Mandating State immigration verification. 

Sec. 116. Data exchange standardization for improved interoperability. 

Sec. 117. Pilot projects to improve Federal-State cooperation in identifying and 

reducing fraud in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. 

Sec. 118. Prohibiting Government-sponsored recruitment activities. 

Sec. 119. Repeal of bonus program. 

Sec. 120. Funding of employment and training programs. 

Sec. 121. Monitoring employment and training programs. 

Sec. 122. Cooperation with program research and evaluation. 

Sec. 123. Pilot projects to reduce dependency and increase work effort in the 

supplemental nutrition assistance program. 

Sec. 124. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 125. Limitation on use of block grant to Puerto Rico. 

Sec. 126. Assistance for community food projects. 

Sec. 127. Emergency food assistance. 

Sec. 128. Nutrition education. 

Sec. 129. Retailer trafficking. 
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Sec. 130. Technical and conforming amendments. 

Sec. 131. Tolerance level for excluding small errors. 

Sec. 132. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands pilot program. 

Sec. 133. Annual State report on verification of SNAP participation. 

Sec. 134. Termination of existing agreement. 

Sec. 135. Service of traditional foods in public facilities. 

Sec. 136. Testing applicants for unlawful use of controlled substances. 

Sec. 137. Eligibility disqualifications for certain convicted felons. 

Sec. 138. Expungement of unused supplemental nutrition assistance program 

benefits. 

Sec. 139. Pilot projects to promote work and increase State accountability in 

the supplemental nutrition assistance program. 

Sec. 140. Improved wage verification using the National Directory of New 

Hires. 

Sec. 141. Feasibility study for Indian tribes. 

TITLE II—COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS 

Sec. 201. Commodity distribution program. 

Sec. 202. Commodity supplemental food program. 

Sec. 203. Distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects. 

Sec. 204. Processing of commodities. 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

Sec. 301. Farmers’ market nutrition program. 

Sec. 302. Nutrition information and awareness pilot program. 

Sec. 303. Fresh fruit and vegetable program. 

Sec. 304. Additional authority for purchase of fresh fruits, vegetables, and 

other specialty food crops. 

Sec. 305. Encouraging locally and regionally grown and raised food. 

Sec. 306. Review of public health benefits of white potatoes. 

Sec. 307. Healthy Food Financing Initiative. 

Sec. 308. Review of sole-source contracts in Federal nutrition programs. 

Sec. 309. Purchase of Halal and Kosher food for emergency food assistance 

program. 
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1 TITLE I—SUPPLEMENTAL NU2 TRITION ASSISTANCE PRO3 GRAM 

4 SEC. 101. PREVENTING PAYMENT OF CASH TO RECIPIENTS 

5 OF SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 

6 BENEFITS FOR THE RETURN OF EMPTY BOT7 TLES AND CANS USED TO CONTAIN FOOD 

8 PURCHASED WITH BENEFITS PROVIDED 

9 UNDER THE PROGRAM. 

10 Section 3(k)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

11 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)(1)) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘and hot foods’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘hot foods’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘and 

15 any deposit fee in excess of amount of the State fee 

16 reimbursement (if any) required to purchase any 

17 food or food product contained in a returnable bottle 

18 or can, regardless of whether such fee is included in 

19 the shelf price posted for such food or food prod20 uct,’’. 

21 SEC. 102. RETAILERS. 

22 (a) DEFINITION OF RETAIL FOOD STORE.—Section 

23 3(p)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

24 U.S.C. 2012(p)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘at least 

25 2’’ and inserting ‘‘at least 3’’. 
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1 (b) ALTERNATIVE BENEFIT DELIVERY.—Section 

2 7(f) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

3 2016(f)) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(2) IMPOSITION OF COSTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

8 subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall require 

9 participating retailers (including restaurants 

10 participating in a State option restaurant pro11 gram intended to serve the elderly, disabled, 

12 and homeless) to pay 100 percent of the costs 

13 of acquiring, and arrange for the implementa14 tion of, electronic benefit transfer point-of-sale 

15 equipment and supplies. 

16 ‘‘(B) EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary may 

17 exempt from subparagraph (A)— 

18 ‘‘(i) farmers’ markets and other di19 rect-to-consumer markets, military com20 missaries, nonprofit food buying coopera21 tives, and establishments, organizations, 

22 programs, or group living arrangements 

23 described in paragraphs (5), (7), and (8) 

24 of section 3(k); and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) establishments described in para2 graphs (3), (4), and (9) of section 3(k), 

3 other than restaurants participating in a 

4 State option restaurant program.’’; and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(4) TERMINATION OF MANUAL VOUCHERS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning on 

8 the effective date of this paragraph, except as 

9 provided in subparagraph (B), no State shall 

10 issue manual vouchers to a household that re11 ceives supplemental nutrition assistance under 

12 this Act or allow retailers to accept manual 

13 vouchers as payment, unless the Secretary de14 termines that the manual vouchers are nec15 essary, such as in the event of an electronic 

16 benefit transfer system failure or a disaster sit17 uation. 

18 ‘‘(B) EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary may 

19 exempt categories of retailers or individual re20 tailers from subparagraph (A) based on criteria 

21 established by the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(5) UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER RE23 QUIRED.—In an effort to enhance the antifraud pro24 tections of the program, the Secretary shall require 

25 all parties providing electronic benefit transfer serv-
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1 ices to provide for and maintain a unique business 

2 identification and a unique terminal identification 

3 number information through the supplemental nutri4 tion assistance program electronic benefit transfer 

5 transaction routing system. In developing the regula6 tions implementing this paragraph, the Secretary 

7 shall consider existing commercial practices for other 

8 point-of-sale debit transactions. The Secretary shall 

9 issue proposed regulations implementing this para10 graph not earlier than 2 years after the date of en11 actment of this paragraph.’’. 

12 (c) ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFERS.—Section 

13 7(h)(3)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

14 U.S.C. 2016(h)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘is oper15 ational—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(ii) in the case 

16 of other participating stores,’’ and inserting ‘‘is oper17 ational’’. 

18 (d) APPROVAL OF RETAIL FOOD STORES AND

19 WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS.—Section 9 of the Food 

20 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018) is amended— 

21 (1) in the 2d sentence of subsection (a)(1) by 

22 striking ‘‘; and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘; (C) whether 

23 the applicant is located in an area with significantly 

24 limited access to food; and (D)’’; and 

25 (2) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(g) EBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—An approved 

2 retail food store shall provide adequate EBT service as 

3 described in section 7(h)(3)(B).’’. 

4 SEC. 103. ENHANCING SERVICES TO ELDERLY AND DIS5 ABLED SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSIST6 ANCE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 

7 (a) ENHANCING SERVICES TO ELDERLY AND DIS8 ABLED PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.—Section 3(p) of the 

9 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(p)) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

12 end; 

13 (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at 

14 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(5) a governmental or private nonprofit food 

18 purchasing and delivery service that— 

19 ‘‘(A) purchases food for, and delivers such 

20 food to, individuals who are— 

21 ‘‘(i) unable to shop for food; and 

22 ‘‘(ii)(I) not less than 60 years of age; 

23 or 

24 ‘‘(II) physically or mentally handi25 capped or otherwise disabled; 
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1 ‘‘(B) clearly notifies the participating 

2 household at the time such household places a 

3 food order— 

4 ‘‘(i) of any delivery fee associated with 

5 the food purchase and delivery provided to 

6 such household by such service; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) that a delivery fee cannot be paid 

8 with benefits provided under supplemental 

9 nutrition assistance program; and 

10 ‘‘(C) sells food purchased for such house11 hold at the price paid by such service for such 

12 food and without any additional cost markup.’’. 

13 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

14 (1) ISSUANCE OF RULES.—The Secretary of 

15 Agriculture shall issue regulations that— 

16 (A) establish criteria to identify a food 

17 purchasing and delivery service referred to in 

18 section 3(p)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

19 of 2008 as amended by this Act; and 

20 (B) establish procedures to ensure that 

21 such service— 

22 (i) does not charge more for a food 

23 item than the price paid by the such serv24 ice for such food item; 
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1 (ii) offers food delivery service at no 

2 or low cost to households under such Act; 

3 (iii) ensures that benefits provided 

4 under the supplemental nutrition assist5 ance program are used only to purchase 

6 food, as defined in section 3 of such Act; 

7 (iv) limits the purchase of food, and 

8 the delivery of such food, to households eli9 gible to receive services described in section 

10 3(p)(5) of such Act as so amended; 

11 (v) has established adequate safe12 guards against fraudulent activities, in13 cluding unauthorized use of electronic ben14 efit cards issued under such Act; and 

15 (vi) such other requirements as the 

16 Secretary deems to be appropriate. 

17 (2) LIMITATION.—Before the issuance of rules 

18 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture 

19 may not approve more than 20 food purchasing and 

20 delivery services referred to in section 3(p)(5) of the 

21 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 as amended by this 

22 Act, to participate as retail food stores under the 

23 supplemental nutrition assistance program. 
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1 SEC. 104. FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM ON INDIAN RES2 ERVATIONS. 

3 Section 4(b)(6)(F) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

4 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)(6)(F)) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 

6 SEC. 105. UPDATING PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY. 

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

8 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 

9 (1) in the 2d sentence of subsection (a) by 

10 striking ‘‘households in which each member receives 

11 benefits’’ and inserting ‘‘households in which each 

12 member receives cash assistance’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (j) by striking ‘‘or who re14 ceives benefits under a State program’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘or who receives cash assistance under a State pro16 gram’’. 

17 SEC. 106. EXCLUSION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA FROM EX18 CESS MEDICAL EXPENSE DEDUCTION. 

19 Section 5(e)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

20 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(5)) is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following: 

22 ‘‘(C) EXCLUSION OF MEDICAL MARI23 JUANA.—The Secretary shall promulgate rules 

24 to ensure that medical marijuana is not treated 

25 as a medical expense for purposes of this para26 graph.’’. 
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1 SEC. 107. STANDARD UTILITY ALLOWANCES BASED ON THE 

2 RECEIPT OF ENERGY ASSISTANCE PAY3 MENTS. 

4 (a) STANDARD UTILITY ALLOWANCES IN THE SUP5 PLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 

6 5(e)(6)(C) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)) is amended— 

8 (1) in clause (i) by inserting ‘‘, subject to clause 

9 (iv)’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 

10 (2) by striking subclause (I) of clause (iv) and 

11 inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

13 subclause (II), if a State agency elects 

14 to use a standard utility allowance 

15 that reflects heating and cooling costs, 

16 the standard utility allowance shall be 

17 made available to households that re18 ceived a payment, or on behalf of 

19 which a payment was made, under the 

20 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 

21 Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.) 

22 or other similar energy assistance pro23 gram, if in the current month or in 

24 the immediately preceding 12 months, 

25 the household either received such 

26 payment, or such payment was made 
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1 on behalf of the household, that was 

2 greater than $20 annually, as deter3 mined by the Secretary.’’; and 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

5 2605(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist6 ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)(2)(A)) is amended 

7 by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, except 

8 that, for purposes of the supplemental nutrition assistance 

9 program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 

10 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), such payments or allow11 ances were greater than $20 annually, consistent with sec12 tion 5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 

13 2014(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)), as determined by the Secretary of 

14 Agriculture’’. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para17 graph (2), this section and the amendments made by 

18 this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013, 

19 and shall apply with respect to certification periods 

20 that begin after such date. 

21 (2) STATE OPTION TO DELAY IMPLEMENTATION

22 FOR CURRENT RECIPIENTS.—A State may, at the 

23 option of the State, implement a policy that elimi24 nates or reduces the effect of the amendments made 

25 by this section on households that received a stand-
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1 ard utility allowance as of the date of enactment of 

2 this Act, for not more than a 180-day period that 

3 begins on the date on which such amendments would 

4 otherwise apply to the respective household. 

5 SEC. 108. ELIGIBILITY DISQUALIFICATIONS. 

6 Section 6(e)(3)(B) of Food and Nutrition Act of 

7 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(e)(3)(B)) is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘section;’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘section, subject to the condition that the 

10 course or program of study— 

11 ‘‘(i) is part of a program of career 

12 and technical education (as defined in sec13 tion 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

14 Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

15 U.S.C. 2302)) that may be completed in 

16 not more than 4 years at an institution of 

17 higher education (as defined in section 102 

18 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

19 U.S.C. 1002)); or 

20 ‘‘(ii) is limited to remedial courses, 

21 basic adult education, literacy, or English 

22 as a second language;’’. 
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1 SEC. 109. REPEAL OF STATE WORK PROGRAM WAIVER AU2 THORITY. 

3 Section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

4 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (2)(D) by striking ‘‘(5), or 

6 (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (5)’’; 

7 (2) by striking paragraph (4); 

8 (3) in paragraph (6)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)— 

10 (i) by striking subclause (II); 

11 (ii) in subclause (V) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘(4)’’; and 

13 (iii) by redesignating subclauses (III), 

14 (IV), and (V) as subclauses (II), (III), and 

15 (IV), respectively; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘(G)’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘(H)’’; 

18 (C) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and 

19 each subsequent fiscal year’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘through fiscal year 2013’’; 

21 (D) in subparagraph (F) by striking ‘‘and 

22 each subsequent fiscal year’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘through fiscal year 2013’’; and 

24 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(H) FISCAL YEAR 2014 AND THERE26 AFTER.—Subject to subparagraph (G), for fis-
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1 cal year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal year, 

2 a State agency may provide a number of ex3 emptions such that the average monthly num4 ber of the exemptions in effect during the fiscal 

5 year does not exceed 15 percent of the number 

6 of individuals identified as ‘Nondisabled Adults 

7 Age 18–49 in Childless Households’ in the table 

8 ‘B.5 Distribution of Participating Households 

9 by Household Composition and by State’ of the 

10 report entitled Characteristics of Supplemental 

11 Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fis12 cal Year 2011 (Supplemental Nutrition Assist13 ance Program Report No. SNAP–12–CHAR) 

14 prepared for and published by the Office of Re15 search and Analysis of the Food and Nutrition 

16 Service of the Department of Agriculture in No17 vember 2012.’’; and 

18 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and 

19 (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively. 

20 SEC. 110. ENDING SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 

21 PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR LOTTERY OR GAM22 BLING WINNERS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutri24 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding 

25 at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(r) INELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS DUE TO RECEIPT

2 OF SUBSTANTIAL LOTTERY OR GAMBLING WINNINGS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any household in which a 

4 member receives substantial lottery or gambling 

5 winnings, as determined by the Secretary, shall lose 

6 eligibility for benefits immediately upon receipt of 

7 the winnings. 

8 ‘‘(2) DURATION OF INELIGIBILITY.—A house9 hold described in paragraph (1) shall remain ineli10 gible for participation until the household meets the 

11 allowable financial resources and income eligibility 

12 requirements under subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), 

13 (i), (k), (l), (m), and (n) of section 5. 

14 ‘‘(3) AGREEMENTS.—As determined by the Sec15 retary, each State agency, to the maximum extent 

16 practicable, shall establish agreements with entities 

17 responsible for the regulation or sponsorship of gam18 ing in the State to determine whether individuals 

19 participating in the supplemental nutrition assist20 ance program have received substantial lottery or 

21 gambling winnings.’’. 

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5(a) of 

23 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(a)) 

24 is amended in the 2d sentence by striking ‘‘sections 6(b), 
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1 6(d)(2), and 6(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b), (d)(2), 

2 (g), and (r) of section 6’’. 

3 SEC. 111. IMPROVING SECURITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE. 

4 Section 7(h)(8) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

5 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(8)) is amended— 

6 (1) in the heading by striking ‘‘CARD FEE’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘OF CARDS’’; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘A State’’ and inserting the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(A) FEES.—A State’’; and 

11 (3) by adding after subparagraph (A) (as so 

12 designated by paragraph (2)) the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) PURPOSEFUL LOSS OF CARDS.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to terms 

15 and conditions established by the Secretary 

16 in accordance with clause (ii), if a house17 hold makes excessive requests for replace18 ment of the electronic benefit transfer card 

19 of the household, the Secretary may re20 quire a State agency to decline to issue a 

21 replacement card to the household unless 

22 the household, upon request of the State 

23 agency, provides an explanation for the 

24 loss of the card. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The terms 

2 and conditions established by the Secretary 

3 shall provide that— 

4 ‘‘(I) the household be given the 

5 opportunity to provide the requested 

6 explanation and meet the require7 ments under this paragraph promptly; 

8 ‘‘(II) after an excessive number 

9 of lost cards, the head of the house10 hold shall be required to review pro11 gram rights and responsibilities with 

12 State agency personnel authorized to 

13 make determinations under section 

14 5(a); and 

15 ‘‘(III) any action taken, including 

16 actions required under section 

17 6(b)(2), other than the withholding of 

18 the electronic benefit transfer card 

19 until an explanation described in sub20 clause (I) is provided, shall be con21 sistent with the due process protec22 tions under section 6(b) or 11(e)(10), 

23 as appropriate. 

24 ‘‘(C) PROTECTING VULNERABLE PER25 SONS.—In implementing this paragraph, a 
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1 State agency shall act to protect homeless per2 sons, persons with disabilities, victims of 

3 crimes, and other vulnerable persons who lose 

4 electronic benefit transfer cards but are not in5 tentionally committing fraud. 

6 ‘‘(D) EFFECT ON ELIGIBILITY.—While a 

7 State may decline to issue an electronic benefits 

8 transfer card until a household satisfies the re9 quirements under this paragraph, nothing in 

10 this paragraph shall be considered a denial of, 

11 or limitation on, the eligibility for benefits 

12 under section 5.’’. 

13 SEC. 112. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON ACCEPTANCE OF 

14 BENEFITS OF MOBILE TRANSACTIONS. 

15 Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

16 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)) is amended by adding at the end the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(14) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON ACCEPT19 ANCE OF BENEFITS OF MOBILE TRANSACTIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

21 pilot the use of mobile technologies determined 

22 by the Secretary to be appropriate to test the 

23 feasibility and implications for program integ24 rity, by allowing retail food stores, farmers 

25 markets, and other direct producer-to-consumer 
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1 marketing outlets to accept benefits from recipi2 ents of supplemental nutrition assistance 

3 through mobile transactions. 

4 ‘‘(B) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—To be 

5 eligible to participate in a demonstration project 

6 under subsection (a), a retail food store, farm7 ers market, or other direct producer-to-con8 sumer marketing outlet shall submit to the Sec9 retary for approval a plan that includes— 

10 ‘‘(i) a description of the technology; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the manner by which the retail 

12 food store, farmers market or other direct 

13 producer-to-consumer marketing outlet will 

14 provide proof of the transaction to house15 holds; 

16 ‘‘(iii) the provision of data to the Sec17 retary, consistent with requirements estab18 lished by the Secretary, in a manner that 

19 allows the Secretary to evaluate the impact 

20 of the demonstration on participant access, 

21 ease of use, and program integrity; and 

22 ‘‘(iv) such other criteria as the Sec23 retary may require. 

24 ‘‘(C) DATE OF COMPLETION.—The dem25 onstration projects under this paragraph shall 
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1 be completed and final reports submitted to the 

2 Secretary by not later than July 1, 2016. 

3 ‘‘(D) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Sec4 retary shall submit a report to the Committee 

5 on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 

6 and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

7 and Forestry of the Senate that includes a find8 ing, based on the data provided under subpara9 graph (C) whether or not implementation in all 

10 States is in the best interest of the supple11 mental nutrition assistance program.’’. 

12 SEC. 113. USE OF BENEFITS FOR PURCHASE OF COMMU13 NITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE SHARE. 

14 Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

15 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is amended in the 1st sentence by insert16 ing ‘‘agricultural producers who market agricultural prod17 ucts directly to consumers shall be authorized to redeem 

18 benefits for the initial cost of the purchase of a commu19 nity-supported agriculture share,’’ after ‘‘food so pur20 chased,’’. 

21 SEC. 114. RESTAURANT MEALS PROGRAM. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11(e) of the Food and 

23 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (22) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

25 end; 
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1 (2) in paragraph (23)(C) by striking the period 

2 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(24) if the State elects to carry out a program 

5 to contract with private establishments to offer 

6 meals at concessional prices, as described in para7 graphs (3), (4), and (9) of section 3(k)— 

8 ‘‘(A) the plans of the State agency for op9 erating the program, including— 

10 ‘‘(i) documentation of a need that eli11 gible homeless, elderly, and disabled clients 

12 are underserved in a particular geographic 

13 area; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the manner by which the State 

15 agency will limit participation to only those 

16 private establishments that the State de17 termines necessary to meet the need identi18 fied in clause (i); and 

19 ‘‘(iii) any other conditions the Sec20 retary may prescribe, such as the level of 

21 security necessary to ensure that only eligi22 ble recipients participate in the program; 

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1 ‘‘(B) a report by the State agency to the 

2 Secretary annually, the schedule of which shall 

3 be established by the Secretary, that includes— 

4 ‘‘(i) the number of households and in5 dividual recipients authorized to partici6 pate in the program, including any infor7 mation on whether the individual recipient 

8 is elderly, disabled, or homeless; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of whether the 

10 program is meeting an established need, as 

11 documented under subparagraph (A)(i).’’. 

12 (b) APPROVAL OF RETAIL FOOD STORES AND

13 WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS.—Section 9 of the Food 

14 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018) is amended 

15 by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(h) PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

18 no private establishment that contracts with a State 

19 agency to offer meals at concessional prices as de20 scribed in paragraphs (3), (4), and (9) of section 

21 3(k) may be authorized to accept and redeem bene22 fits unless the Secretary determines that the partici23 pation of the private establishment is required to 

24 meet a documented need in accordance with section 

25 11(e)(24). 
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1 ‘‘(2) EXISTING CONTRACTS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, on the day before 

3 the effective date of this subsection, a State has 

4 entered into a contract with a private establish5 ment described in paragraph (1) and the Sec6 retary has not determined that the participation 

7 of the private establishment is necessary to 

8 meet a documented need in accordance with 

9 section 11(e)(24), the Secretary shall allow the 

10 operation of the private establishment to con11 tinue without that determination of need for a 

12 period not to exceed 180 days from the date on 

13 which the Secretary establishes determination 

14 criteria, by regulation, under section 11(e)(24). 

15 ‘‘(B) JUSTIFICATION.—If the Secretary de16 termines to terminate a contract with a private 

17 establishment that is in effect on the effective 

18 date of this subsection, the Secretary shall pro19 vide justification to the State in which the pri20 vate establishment is located for that termi21 nation. 

22 ‘‘(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

23 90 days after September 30, 2014, and 90 days 

24 after the last day of each fiscal year thereafter, the 

25 Secretary shall report to the Committee on Agri-
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1 culture of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

3 of the Senate on the effectiveness of a program 

4 under this subsection using any information received 

5 from States under section 11(e)(24) as well as any 

6 other information the Secretary may have relating to 

7 the manner in which benefits are used.’’. 

8 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3(k) of 

9 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)) 

10 is amended by inserting ‘‘subject to section 9(h)’’ after 

11 ‘‘concessional prices’’ each place it appears. 

12 SEC. 115. MANDATING STATE IMMIGRATION VERIFICATION. 

13 Section 11(p) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

14 (7 U.S.C. 2020(p)) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(p) STATE VERIFICATION OPTION.—In carrying out 

16 the supplemental nutrition assistance program, a State 

17 agency shall be required to use an income and eligibility, 

18 or an immigration status, verification system established 

19 under section 1137 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 1320b–7), in accordance with standards set by the Sec21 retary.’’. 
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1 SEC. 116. DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION FOR IM2 PROVED INTEROPERABILITY. 

3 (a) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION.—Section 

4 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(v) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR IMPROVED

7 INTEROPERABILITY.— 

8 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall, in 

9 consultation with an interagency work group estab10 lished by the Office of Management and Budget, and 

11 considering State government perspectives, designate 

12 data exchange standards to govern, under this 

13 part— 

14 ‘‘(A) necessary categories of information 

15 that State agencies operating such programs 

16 are required under applicable law to electroni17 cally exchange with another State agency; and 

18 ‘‘(B) Federal reporting and data exchange 

19 required under applicable law. 

20 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The data exchange 

21 standards required by paragraph (1) shall, to the ex22 tent practicable— 

23 ‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non24 proprietary, searchable, computer-readable for25 mat, such as the eXtensible Markup Language; 
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1 ‘‘(B) contain interoperable standards devel2 oped and maintained by intergovernmental 

3 partnerships, such as the National Information 

4 Exchange Model; 

5 ‘‘(C) incorporate interoperable standards 

6 developed and maintained by Federal entities 

7 with authority over contracting and financial 

8 assistance; 

9 ‘‘(D) be consistent with and implement ap10 plicable accounting principles; 

11 ‘‘(E) be implemented in a manner that is 

12 cost-effective and improves program efficiency 

13 and effectiveness; and 

14 ‘‘(F) be capable of being continually up15 graded as necessary. 

16 ‘‘(3) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

17 this subsection shall be construed to require a 

18 change to existing data exchange standards for Fed19 eral reporting found to be effective and efficient.’’. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary shall issue a 

21 proposed rule within 24 months after the date of the en22 actment of this Act. The rule shall identify federally re23 quired data exchanges, include specification and timing of 

24 exchanges to be standardized, and address the factors 

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1 exchanges. It should also specify state implementation op2 tions and describe future milestones. 

3 SEC. 117. PILOT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE FEDERAL-STATE 

4 COOPERATION IN IDENTIFYING AND REDUC5 ING FRAUD IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRI6 TION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

7 Section 12 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

8 (7 U.S.C. 2021) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(i) PILOT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE FEDERAL-STATE

11 COOPERATION IN IDENTIFYING AND REDUCING FRAUD IN

12 THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PRO13 GRAM.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

15 out, under such terms and conditions as determined 

16 by the Secretary, pilot projects to test innovative 

17 Federal-State partnerships to identify, investigate, 

18 and reduce retailer fraud in the supplemental nutri19 tion assistance program, including allowing States to 

20 operate retail Food Store investigation programs. At 

21 least 1 such pilot project shall be carried out in an 

22 urban area that is among the 10 largest urban areas 

23 in the United States (based on population) if the 

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1 tration of such program in such area complies with 

2 the other applicable requirements of such program. 

3 ‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Pilot projects shall 

4 be selected based on criteria the Secretary estab5 lishes, which shall include— 

6 ‘‘(A) enhancing existing efforts by the Sec7 retary to reduce retailer fraud; 

8 ‘‘(B) requiring participant States to main9 tain their overall level of effort at addressing 

10 recipient fraud, as determined by the Secretary, 

11 prior to participation in the pilot project; 

12 ‘‘(C) collaborating with other law enforce13 ment authorities as necessary to carry out an 

14 effective pilot project; 

15 ‘‘(D) commitment of the participant State 

16 agency to follow Federal rules and procedures 

17 with respect to retailer investigations; and 

18 ‘‘(E) the extent to which a State has com19 mitted resources to recipient fraud and the rel20 ative success of those efforts. 

21 ‘‘(3) EVALUATION.— 

22 ‘‘(A) The Secretary shall evaluate the 

23 projects selected under this subsection to meas24 ure the impact of the pilot projects. 

25 ‘‘(B) Such evaluation shall include— 
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1 ‘‘(i) each pilot project’s impact on in2 creasing the Secretary’s capacity to ad3 dress retailer fraud; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the effectiveness of the pilot 

5 projects in identifying, preventing and re6 ducing retailer fraud; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) the cost effectiveness of such 

8 pilot projects. 

9 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

10 September 30, 2017, the Secretary shall submit to 

11 the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nu13 trition and Forestry of the Senate, a report that in14 cludes a description of the results of each pilot 

15 project, including an evaluation of the impact of the 

16 project on retailer fraud and the costs associated 

17 with each pilot project. 

18 ‘‘(5) FUNDING.—Any costs incurred by the 

19 State to operate the pilot projects in excess of the 

20 amount expended under this Act for retailer fraud in 

21 the respective State in the previous fiscal year shall 

22 not be eligible for Federal reimbursement under this 

23 Act.’’. 
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1 SEC. 118. PROHIBITING GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED RE2 CRUITMENT ACTIVITIES. 

3 (a) ADMINISTRATIVE COST-SHARING AND QUALITY

4 CONTROL.—Section 16(a)(4) of the Food and Nutrition 

5 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(a)(4)) is amended by insert6 ing after ‘‘recruitment activities’’ the following: ‘‘designed 

7 to persuade an individual to apply for program benefits 

8 or that promote the program via television, radio, or bill9 board advertisements’’. 

10 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS AUTHORIZED TO

11 BE APPROPRIATED UNDER ACT.—Section 18 of the Food 

12 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027) is amended 

13 by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(g) BAN ON RECRUITMENT AND PROMOTION AC15 TIVITIES.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 

16 funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act shall 

17 be used by the Secretary for— 

18 ‘‘(A) recruitment activities designed to persuade 

19 an individual to apply for supplemental nutrition as20 sistance program benefits; 

21 ‘‘(B) television, radio, or billboard advertise22 ments that are designed to promote supplemental 

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1 ‘‘(C) any agreements with foreign governments 

2 designed to promote supplemental nutrition assist3 ance program benefits and enrollment. 

4 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to pro5 grammatic activities undertaken with respect to benefits 

6 made available in response to a natural disaster.’’. 

7 (c) BAN ON RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES BY ENTITIES

8 THAT RECEIVE FUNDS.—Section 18 of the Food and Nu9 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027) is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(h) BAN ON RECRUITMENT BY ENTITIES THAT RE12 CEIVE FUNDS.—The Secretary shall issue regulations that 

13 forbid entities that receive funds under this Act to com14 pensate any person for conducting outreach activities re15 lating to participation in, or for recruiting individuals to 

16 apply to receive benefits under, the supplemental nutrition 

17 assistance program if the amount of such compensation 

18 would be based on the number of individuals who apply 

19 to receive such benefits.’’. 

20 SEC. 119. REPEAL OF BONUS PROGRAM. 

21 Section 16(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

22 (7 U.S.C. 2025(d)) is repealed. 
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1 SEC. 120. FUNDING OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PRO2 GRAMS. 

3 Section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

4 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘$90,000,000’’ and all that follows through 

6 ‘‘$79,000,000’’, and inserting ‘‘$79,000,000 for each fis7 cal year’’. 

8 SEC. 121. MONITORING EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PRO9 GRAMS. 

10 (a) REPORTING MEASURES.—Section 16(h)(5) of the 

11 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(5)) 

12 is amended to read: 

13 ‘‘(5)(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

14 monitor the employment and training programs car15 ried out by State agencies under section 6(d)(4) and 

16 assess their effectiveness in— 

17 ‘‘(i) preparing members of households par18 ticipating in the supplemental nutrition assist19 ance program for employment, including the ac20 quisition of basic skills necessary for employ21 ment; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) increasing the numbers of household 

23 members who obtain and retain employment 

24 subsequent to their participation in such em25 ployment and training programs. 
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1 ‘‘(B) REPORTING MEASURES.—The Secretary, 

2 in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall de3 velop reporting measures that identify improvements 

4 in the skills, training education or work experience 

5 of members of households participating in the sup6 plemental nutrition assistance program. Measures 

7 shall be based on common measures of performance 

8 for federal workforce training programs, so long as 

9 they reflect the challenges facing the types of mem10 bers of households participating in the supplemental 

11 nutrition assistance program who participate in a 

12 specific employment and training component. The 

13 Secretary shall require that each State employment 

14 and training plan submitted under section 11(e)(19) 

15 identify appropriate reporting measures for each of 

16 their proposed components that serve at least 100 

17 people. Such measures may include: 

18 ‘‘(i) the percentage and number of pro19 gram participants who received employment and 

20 training services and are in unsubsidized em21 ployment subsequent to the receipt of those 

22 services; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the percentage and number of pro24 gram participants who obtain a recognized post25 secondary credential, including a registered ap-
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1 prenticeship, or a regular secondary school di2 ploma or its recognized equivalent, while par3 ticipating in or within 1 year after receiving 

4 employment and training services; 

5 ‘‘(iii) the percentage and number of pro6 gram participants who are in an education or 

7 training program that is intended to lead to a 

8 recognized postsecondary credential, including a 

9 registered apprenticeship or on-the-job training 

10 program, a regular secondary school diploma or 

11 its recognized equivalent, or unsubsidized em12 ployment; 

13 ‘‘(iv) subject to the terms and conditions 

14 set by the Secretary, measures developed by 

15 each State agency to assess the skills acquisi16 tion of employment and training program par17 ticipants that reflect the goals of their specific 

18 employment and training program components, 

19 which may include, but are not limited to— 

20 ‘‘(I) the percentage and number of 

21 program participants who are meeting pro22 gram requirements in each component of 

23 the State’s education and training pro24 gram; and 
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1 ‘‘(II) the percentage and number of 

2 program participants who are gaining 

3 skills likely to lead to employment as meas4 ured through testing, quantitative or quali5 tative assessment or other method; and 

6 ‘‘(v) other indicators as approved by the 

7 Secretary. 

8 ‘‘(C) STATE REPORT.—Each State agency shall 

9 annually prepare and submit to the Secretary a re10 port on the State’s employment and training pro11 gram that includes the numbers of supplemental nu12 trition assistance program participants who have 

13 gained skills, training, work or experience that will 

14 increase their ability to obtain regular employment 

15 using measures identified in subparagraph (B). 

16 ‘‘(D) MODIFICATIONS TO THE STATE EMPLOY17 MENT AND TRAINING PLAN.—Subject to the terms 

18 and conditions established by the Secretary, if the 

19 Secretary determines that the state agency’s per20 formance with respect to employment and training 

21 outcomes is inadequate, the Secretary may require 

22 the State agency to make modifications to their em23 ployment and training plan to improve such out24 comes. 

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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to terms and 

2 conditions established by the Secretary, not 

3 later than October 1, 2016, and not less fre4 quently than once every 5 years thereafter, the 

5 Secretary shall conduct a study to review exist6 ing practice and research to identify employ7 ment and training program components and 

8 practices that— 

9 ‘‘(I) effectively assist members of 

10 households participating in the supple11 mental nutrition assistance program in 

12 gaining skills, training, work, or experience 

13 that will increase their ability to obtain 

14 regular employment, and 

15 ‘‘(II) are best integrated with state16 wide workforce development systems. 

17 ‘‘(ii) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Sec18 retary shall submit a report that describes the 

19 results of the study under clause (i) to the 

20 Committee on Agriculture in the House of Rep21 resentatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, 

22 Nutrition and Forestry in the Senate.’’. 

23 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding section 4(c) 

24 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

25 2013(a)), the Secretary shall issue interim final regula-
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1 tions implementing the amendment made by subsection 

2 (a) no later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act. States shall include such reporting measures 

4 in their employment and training plans for the 1st fiscal 

5 year thereafter that begins no sooner than 6 months after 

6 the date that such regulations are published. 

7 SEC. 122. COOPERATION WITH PROGRAM RESEARCH AND 

8 EVALUATION. 

9 Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

10 (7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(l) COOPERATION WITH PROGRAM RESEARCH AND

13 EVALUATION.—States, State agencies, local agencies, in14 stitutions, facilities such as data consortiums, and con15 tractors participating in programs authorized under this 

16 Act shall cooperate with officials and contractors acting 

17 on behalf of the Secretary in the conduct of evaluations 

18 and studies under this Act and shall submit information 

19 at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may 

20 require.’’. 
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1 SEC. 123. PILOT PROJECTS TO REDUCE DEPENDENCY AND 

2 INCREASE WORK EFFORT IN THE SUPPLE3 MENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

4 Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

5 (7 U.S.C. 2026), as amended by section 121, is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(m) PILOT PROJECTS TO REDUCE DEPENDENCY

8 AND INCREASE WORK EFFORT IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL

9 NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

11 out, under such terms and conditions as the Sec12 retary considers to be appropriate, pilot projects to 

13 identify best practices for employment and training 

14 programs under this Act to raise the number of 

15 work registrants who obtain unsubsidized employ16 ment, increase their earned income, and reduce their 

17 reliance on public assistance, including but not lim18 ited to the supplemental nutrition assistance pro19 gram. 

20 ‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Pilot projects shall 

21 be selected based on criteria the Secretary estab22 lishes, that shall include— 

23 ‘‘(A) enhancing existing employment and 

24 training programs in the State; 

25 ‘‘(B) agreeing to participate in the evalua26 tion described in paragraph (3), including mak-
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1 ing available data on participants’ employment 

2 activities and post-participation employment, 

3 earnings, and public benefit receipt; 

4 ‘‘(C) collaborating with the State work5 force board and other job training programs in 

6 the State and local area; 

7 ‘‘(D) the extent to which the pilot project’s 

8 components can be easily replicated by other 

9 States or political subdivisions; and 

10 ‘‘(E) such additional criteria that ensure 

11 that the pilot projects— 

12 ‘‘(i) target a variety of populations of 

13 work registrants, including childless adults, 

14 parents, and individuals with low skills or 

15 limited work experience; 

16 ‘‘(ii) are selected from a range of ex17 isting employment and training programs 

18 including programs that provide— 

19 ‘‘(I) section 20 workfare; 

20 ‘‘(II) skills development for work 

21 registrants with limited employment 

22 history; 

23 ‘‘(III) post-employment support 

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1 ‘‘(IV) education leading to a rec2 ognized postsecondary credential, reg3 istered apprenticeship, or secondary 

4 school diploma or its equivalent; 

5 ‘‘(iii) are located in a range of geo6 graphic areas, including rural, urban, and 

7 Indian reservations; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) include participants who are ex9 empt and not exempt under section 

10 (6)(d)(2). 

11 ‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall pro12 vide for an independent evaluation of projects se13 lected under this subsection to measure the impact 

14 of the pilot projects on the ability of each pilot 

15 project target population to find and retain employ16 ment that leads to increased household income and 

17 reduced dependency, compared to what would have 

18 occurred in the absence of the pilot project. 

19 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—By September 

20 30, 2017, the Secretary shall submit, to the Com21 mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representa22 tives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

23 and Forestry of the Senate, a report that includes 

24 a description of— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the results of each pilot project, in2 cluding an evaluation of the impact of the 

3 project on the employment, income, and public 

4 benefit receipt of the targeted population of 

5 work registrants; 

6 ‘‘(B) the Federal, State, and other costs of 

7 each pilot project; 

8 ‘‘(C) the planned dissemination of the re9 ports’ findings with State agencies; and 

10 ‘‘(D) the steps and funding necessary to 

11 incorporate components of pilot projects that 

12 demonstrate increased employment and earn13 ings into State employment and training pro14 grams. 

15 ‘‘(5) FUNDING.—From amounts made available 

16 under section 18(a)(1), the Secretary shall make 

17 $10,000,000 available for each of the fiscal years 

18 2014, 2015, and 2016 to carry out this subsection. 

19 Such amounts shall remain available until expended. 

20 ‘‘(6) USE OF FUNDS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) Funds provided under this subsection 

22 for pilot projects shall be used only for— 

23 ‘‘(i) pilot projects that comply with 

24 the provisions of this Act; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the costs and administration of 

2 the pilot projects; 

3 ‘‘(iii) the costs incurred in providing 

4 information and data to the independent 

5 evaluation under paragraph (3); and 

6 ‘‘(iv) the costs of the evaluation under 

7 paragraph (3). 

8 ‘‘(B) Funds made available under this sub9 section may not be used to supplant non-Fed10 eral funds used for existing employment and 

11 training activities.’’. 

12 SEC. 124. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 Section 18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

14 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)) is amended in the 1st sen15 tence by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 

16 SEC. 125. LIMITATION ON USE OF BLOCK GRANT TO PUER17 TO RICO. 

18 Section 19(a)(2)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

19 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(B)) is amended by adding 

20 at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(iii) LIMITATION ON USE OF

22 FUNDS.—None of the funds made available 

23 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

24 under this subparagraph may be used to 
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1 provide nutrition assistance in the form of 

2 cash benefits.’’. 

3 SEC. 126. ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS. 

4 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 25(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Food 

5 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2034(a)(1)(B)(i)) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in subclause (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (2) in subclause (III) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

10 end and inserting ‘‘and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(IV) to provide incentives for the 

13 consumption of fruits and vegetables 

14 among low-income individuals; or’’. 

15 (b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—Section 25(b) of the 

16 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2034) is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(3) FUNDING.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any funds in 

20 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 

21 Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 

22 Secretary to carry out this section not less than 

23 $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and each fis24 cal year thereafter. Of the amount made avail25 able under this subparagraph for each such fis-
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1 cal year, $5,000,000 shall be available to carry 

2 out subsection (a)(1)(B)(I)(IV). 

3 ‘‘(B) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The 

4 Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall ac5 cept, and shall use to carry out this section, the 

6 funds transferred under subparagraph (A) with7 out further appropriation. 

8 ‘‘(C) MAINTENANCE OF FUNDING.—The 

9 funding provided under subparagraph (A) shall 

10 supplement (and not supplant) other Federal 

11 funding made available to the Secretary to 

12 carry out this section.’’. 

13 SEC. 127. EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE. 

14 (a) PURCHASE OF COMMODITIES.—Section 27(a) of 

15 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) 

16 is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2008 through 

18 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013 through 2016’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking subparagraphs 

20 (A), (B), and (C), and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2013, $265,750,000; 

22 ‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2014, the dollar 

23 amount of commodities specified in subpara24 graph (A) adjusted by the percentage by which 

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1 section 3(u)(4) between June 30, 2012 and 

2 June 30, 2013, and increased by $70,000,000; 

3 ‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2015, the dollar 

4 amount of commodities determined for fiscal 

5 year 2014 under subparagraph (B) adjusted by 

6 the percentage by which the thrifty food plan 

7 has been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) be8 tween June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2014; 

9 ‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2016, the dollar 

10 amount of commodities determined for fiscal 

11 year 2015 under subparagraph (C) adjusted by 

12 the percentage by which the thrifty food plan 

13 has been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) be14 tween June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2015, and 

15 reduced by $50,000,000; and 

16 ‘‘(E) for each subsequent fiscal year, the 

17 dollar amount of commodities determined for 

18 the preceding fiscal year adjusted to reflect the 

19 percentage by which the thrifty food plan has 

20 been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) for the 12- 

21 month period ending on the preceding June 

22 30.’’; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(3) FUNDS AVAILABILITY.—For purposes of 

2 the funds described in this subsection, the Secretary 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) make the funds available for 2 fiscal 

5 years; and 

6 ‘‘(B) allow States to carry over unex7 pended balances to the next fiscal year pursu8 ant to such terms and conditions as are deter9 mined by the Secretary.’’. 

10 (b) EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE

11 GRANTS.—Section 209(d) of the Emergency Food Assist12 ance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7511a(d)) is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 

14 SEC. 128. NUTRITION EDUCATION. 

15 Section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

16 (7 U.S.C. 2036a) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘and physical 

18 activity’’ after ‘‘healthy food choices’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (d)(1)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (D) by striking 

21 ‘‘$401,000,000;’’ and inserting ‘‘$372,000,000; 

22 and’’; 

23 (B) by striking subparagraph (E); and 
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1 (C) in subparagraph (F) by striking ‘‘(F) 

2 for fiscal year 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘(E) for fis3 cal year 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 129. RETAILER TRAFFICKING. 

5 The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 

6 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 29. RETAILER TRAFFICKING. 

8 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 

9 provide the Department of Agriculture with additional re10 sources to prevent trafficking in violation of this Act by 

11 strengthening recipient and retailer program integrity. 

12 Additional funds are provided to supplement the Depart13 ment’s payment accuracy, and retailer and recipient integ14 rity activities. 

15 ‘‘(b) FUNDING.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Out of any funds in the 

17 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary 

18 of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to 

19 carry out this section not less than $5,000,000 for 

20 fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

21 ‘‘(2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec22 retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 

23 shall use to carry out this section the funds trans24 ferred under paragraph (1) without further appro25 priation. 
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1 ‘‘(3) MAINTENANCE OF FUNDING.—The fund2 ing provided under paragraph (1) shall supplement 

3 (and not supplant) other Federal funding for pro4 grams carried out under this Act.’’. 

5 SEC. 130. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

6 (a) Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

7 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘coupon,’’ the 

9 last place it appears and inserting ‘‘coupon’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (k)(7) by striking ‘‘or are’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘and’’; 

12 (3) by striking subsection (l); 

13 (4) by redesignating subsections (m) through 

14 (t) as subsections (l) through (s), respectively; and 

15 (5) by inserting after subsection (s) (as so re16 designated) the following: 

17 ‘‘(t) ‘Supplemental nutritional assistance program’ 

18 means the program operated pursuant to this Act.’’. 

19 (b) Section 4(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

20 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘bene21 fits’’ the last place it appears and inserting ‘‘Benefits’’. 

22 (c) Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

23 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 
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1 (1) in the last sentence of subsection (i)(2)(D) 

2 by striking ‘‘section 13(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

3 13(b)’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (k)(4)(A) by striking ‘‘para5 graph (2)(H)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(G)’’. 

6 (d) Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

7 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (B)(vii) by moving the left 

9 margin 4 ems to the left, and 

10 (2) in subparagraph (F)(iii) by moving the left 

11 margin 6 ems to the left. 

12 (e) Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

13 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)) is amended by redesignating the 

14 2d paragraph (12) as paragraph (13). 

15 (f) Section 12 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

16 (7 U.S.C. 2021) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b)(3)(C) by striking ‘‘civil 

18 money penalties’’ and inserting ‘‘civil penalties’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (g)(1) by striking ‘‘(7 U.S.C. 

20 1786)’’ and inserting ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 1786)’’. 

21 (g) Section 15(b)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

22 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2024(b)(1)) is amended in the 1st sen23 tence by striking ‘‘an benefit’’ both places it appears and 

24 inserting ‘‘a benefit’’. 
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1 (h) Section 16(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

2 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(a)) is amended in the proviso fol3 lowing paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘, as amended.’’. 

4 (i) Section 18(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

5 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027(e)) is amended in the 1st sentence 

6 by striking ‘‘sections 7(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7(f)’’. 

7 (j) Section 22(b)(10)(B)(i) of the Food and Nutrition 

8 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2031(b)(10)(B)(i)) is amended in 

9 the last sentence by striking ‘‘Food benefits’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘Benefits’’. 

11 (k) Section 26(f)(3)(C) of the Food and Nutrition 

12 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2035(f)(3)(C)) is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections’’. 

14 (l) Section 27(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

15 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(1)) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘(Public Law 98–8; 7 U.S.C. 612c note)’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘(7 U.S.C. 7515)’’. 

18 (m) Section 509 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

19 (42 U.S.C. 3056g) is amended in the section heading by 

20 striking ‘‘FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PRO22 GRAM’’. 

23 (n) Section 4115(c)(2)(H) of the Food, Conservation, 

24 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 

25 1871) is amended by striking ‘‘531’’ and inserting ‘‘454’’. 
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1 (o) Section 3803(c)(2)(C)(vii) of title 31 of the 

2 United States Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 3(l)’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘section 3(s)’’. 

4 (p) Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and 

5 Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 

6 104–193) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘section 

8 3(l)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(s)’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘section 

10 3(l)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(s)’’; and 

11 (3) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ‘‘section 

12 3(l)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3(s)’’. 

13 (q) The Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 

14 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c) is amended— 

15 (1) in section 4(a) by striking ‘‘Food Stamp 

16 Act of 1977’’ and inserting ‘‘Food and Nutrition Act 

17 of 2008’’; and 

18 (2) in section 5— 

19 (A) in subsection (i)(1) by striking ‘‘Food 

20 Stamp Act of 1977’’ and inserting ‘‘Food and 

21 Nutrition Act of 2008’’; and 

22 (B) in subsection (l)(2)(B) by striking 

23 ‘‘Food Stamp Act of 1977’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘Food and Nutrition Act of 2008’’. 
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1 (r) The Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) 

2 is amended— 

3 (1) in the heading of section 453(j)(10) by 

4 striking ‘‘FOOD STAMP’’ and inserting ‘‘SUPPLE5 MENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE’’; 

6 (2) in section 1137— 

7 (A) in subsection (a)(5)(B) by striking 

8 ‘‘food stamp’’ and inserting ‘‘supplemental nu9 trition assistance’’; and 

10 (B) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ‘‘food 

11 stamp program under the Food Stamp Act of 

12 1977’’ and inserting ‘‘supplemental nutrition 

13 assistance program under the Food and Nutri14 tion Act of 2008’’; and 

15 (3) in the heading of section 1631(n) by strik16 ing ‘‘FOOD STAMP’’ and inserting ‘‘SUPPLEMENTAL

17 NUTRITION ASSISTANCE’’. 

18 SEC. 131. TOLERANCE LEVEL FOR EXCLUDING SMALL ER19 RORS. 

20 The Secretary shall set the tolerance level for exclud21 ing small errors for the purposes of section 16(c) of the 

22 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c))— 

23 (1) for fiscal year 2014 at an amount no great24 er than $25; and 
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1 (2) for each fiscal year thereafter, the amount 

2 specified in paragraph (1) adjusted by the percent3 age by which the thrifty food plan is adjusted under 

4 section 3(u)(4) of such Act between June 30, 2012, 

5 and June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal 

6 year. 

7 SEC. 132. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA 

8 ISLANDS PILOT PROGRAM. 

9 (a) STUDY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to establishing the 

11 pilot program under subsection (b), the Secretary 

12 shall conduct a study to be completed not later than 

13 2 years after the effective date of this section to as14 sess— 

15 (A) the capabilities of the Commonwealth 

16 of the Northern Mariana Islands to operate the 

17 supplemental nutrition assistance program in 

18 the same manner in which the program is oper19 ated in the States (as defined in section 3 of 

20 the Food and Nutrition Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

21 seq.)); and 

22 (B) alternative models of the supplemental 

23 nutrition assistance program operation and ben24 efit delivery that best meet the nutrition assist-
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1 ance needs of the Commonwealth of the North2 ern Mariana Islands. 

3 (2) SCOPE.—The study conducted under para4 graph (1)(A) will assess the capability of the Com5 monwealth to fulfill the responsibilities of a State 

6 agency, including— 

7 (A) extending and limiting participation to 

8 eligible households, as prescribed by sections 5 

9 and 6 of the Act; 

10 (B) issuing benefits through EBT cards, 

11 as prescribed by section 7 of the Act; 

12 (C) maintaining the integrity of the pro13 gram, including operation of a quality control 

14 system, as prescribed by section 16(c) of the 

15 Act; 

16 (D) implementing work requirements, in17 cluding operating an employment and training 

18 program, as prescribed by section 6(d) of the 

19 Act; and 

20 (E) paying a share of administrative costs 

21 with non-Federal funds, as prescribed by sec22 tion 16(a) of the Act. 

23 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—If the Secretary determines 

24 that a pilot program is feasible, the Secretary shall estab25 lish a pilot program for the Commonwealth of the North-
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1 ern Mariana Islands to operate the supplemental nutrition 

2 assistance program in the same manner in which the pro3 gram is operated in the States. 

4 (c) SCOPE.—The Secretary shall utilize the informa5 tion obtained from the study conducted under subsection 

6 (a) to establish the scope of the pilot program established 

7 under subsection (b). 

8 (d) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2019, the 

9 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture 

10 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

11 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a re12 port on the pilot program carried out under this section, 

13 including an analysis of the feasibility of operating in the 

14 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands the sup15 plemental nutrition assistance program as it is operated 

16 in the States. 

17 (e) FUNDING.— 

18 (1) STUDY.—Of the funds made available under 

19 section 18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

20 2008, the Secretary may use not more than 

21 $1,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015 to 

22 conduct the study described in subsection (a). 

23 (2) PILOT PROGRAM.—Of the funds made avail24 able under section 18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutri25 tion Act of 2008, for the purposes of establishing 
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1 and carrying out the pilot program established under 

2 subsection (b) of this section, including the Federal 

3 costs for providing technical assistance to the Com4 monwealth, authorizing and monitoring retail food 

5 stores, and assessing pilot operations, the Secretary 

6 may use not more than— 

7 (A) $13,500,000 in fiscal year 2016; and 

8 (B) $8,500,000 in each of fiscal years 

9 2017 and 2018. 

10 SEC. 133. ANNUAL STATE REPORT ON VERIFICATION OF 

11 SNAP PARTICIPATION. 

12 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later 1 year after the 

13 date specified by the Secretary in the 180-day period be14 ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and an15 nually thereafter, each State agency that carries out the 

16 supplemental nutrition assistance program shall submit to 

17 the Secretary a report containing sufficient information 

18 for the Secretary to determine whether the State agency 

19 has, for the then most recently concluded fiscal year pre20 ceding such annual date, verified that households to which 

21 such State agency provided such assistance in such fiscal 

22 year— 

23 (1) did not obtain benefits attributable to a de24 ceased individual; 
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1 (2) did not include an individual who was si2 multaneously included in a household receiving such 

3 assistance in another State; and 

4 (3) did not include, during the time benefits 

5 were provided, an individual who was then disquali6 fied from receiving benefits. 

7 (b) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—For any fiscal 

8 year for which a State agency fails to comply with sub9 section (a), the Secretary shall reduce by 50 percent the 

10 amount otherwise payable to such State agency under sec11 tion 16(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with 

12 respect to such fiscal year. 

13 SEC. 134. TERMINATION OF EXISTING AGREEMENT. 

14 Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

15 the memorandum of understanding entered into on July 

16 22, 2004, by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United 

17 States Department of Agriculture and the Secretary of 

18 Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Mexico and known as 

19 the ‘‘Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Initiative’’ is 

20 null and void. 

21 SEC. 135. SERVICE OF TRADITIONAL FOODS IN PUBLIC FA22 CILITIES. 

23 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘food 

25 service program’’ includes— 
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1 (A) food service at a residential child care 

2 facility with a license from an appropriate State 

3 agency; 

4 (B) a child nutrition program (as defined 

5 in section 25(b) of the Richard B. Russell Na6 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769f(b)); 

7 (C) food service at a hospital or clinic or 

8 long term care facility; and 

9 (D) a senior meal program. 

10 (2) INDIAN; INDIAN TRIBE; INDIAN TRIBAL OR11 GANIZATION.—The terms ‘‘Indian’’; ‘‘Indian tribe’’; 

12 and ‘‘Indian Tribal Organization’’ have the mean13 ings given those terms in section 4 of the Indian 

14 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 

15 (25 U.S.C. 450b). 

16 (3) TRADITIONAL FOOD.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘traditional 

18 food’’ means food that has traditionally been 

19 prepared and consumed by an Indian tribe. 

20 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘traditional 

21 food’’ includes— 

22 (i) wild game meat; 

23 (ii) fish; 

24 (iii) seafood; 

25 (iv) marine mammals; 
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1 (v) plants; and 

2 (vi) berries. 

3 (b) PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law, the Secretary shall allow the donation to and serv5 ing of traditional food through a food service program at 

6 a public facility, nonprofit facility, including facilities oper7 ated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization that pri8 marily serves Indians if the operator of the food service 

9 program— 

10 (1) ensures that the food is received whole, gut11 ted, gilled, as quarters, or as a roast, without fur12 ther processing; 

13 (2) makes a reasonable determination that— 

14 (A) the animal was not diseased; 

15 (B) the food was butchered, dressed, trans16 ported, and stored to prevent contamination, 

17 undesirable microbial growth, or deterioration; 

18 and 

19 (C) the food will not cause a significant 

20 health hazard or potential for human illness; 

21 (3) carries out any further preparation or proc22 essing of the food at a different time or in a dif23 ferent space from the preparation or processing of 

24 other food for the applicable program to prevent 

25 cross-contamination; 
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1 (4) cleans and sanitizes food-contact surfaces of 

2 equipment and utensils after processing the tradi3 tional food; and 

4 (5) labels donated traditional food with the 

5 name of the food and stores the traditional food sep6 arately from other food for the applicable program, 

7 including through storage in a separate freezer or 

8 refrigerator or in a separate compartment or shelf in 

9 the freezer or refrigerator. 

10 (c) LIABILITY.—Liability for damages from donated 

11 traditional food and products to the participating food 

12 service program shall not be subject to civil or criminal 

13 liability arising from the nature, age, packaging, or condi14 tion of donated food. 

15 SEC. 136. TESTING APPLICANTS FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF 

16 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. 

17 Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

18 U.S.C. 2015), as amended by section 109, is amended by 

19 adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(s) TESTING APPLICANTS FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF

21 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) Nothing in this Act, or in any other Fed23 eral law, shall be considered to prevent a State, at 

24 the full cost to such State, from— 
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1 ‘‘(A) enacting legislation to provide for 

2 testing any individual who is a member of a 

3 household applying for supplemental nutrition 

4 assistance benefits, for the unlawful use of con5 trolled substances as a condition for receiving 

6 such benefits; and 

7 ‘‘(B) finding an individual ineligible to par8 ticipate in the supplemental nutrition assistance 

9 program on the basis of the positive result of 

10 the testing conducted by the State under such 

11 legislation. 

12 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, term ‘con13 trolled substance’ has the meaning given such term 

14 in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ((21 

15 U.S.C. 802).’’. 

16 SEC. 137. ELIGIBILITY DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN 

17 CONVICTED FELONS. 

18 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutri19 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015), as amended by sections 

20 109 and 135, is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(t) DISQUALIFICATION FOR CERTAIN CONVICTED

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual shall not be 

2 eligible for benefits under this Act if the individual 

3 is convicted of— 

4 ‘‘(A) aggravated sexual abuse under sec5 tion 2241 of title 18, United States Code; 

6 ‘‘(B) murder under section 1111 of title 

7 18, United States Code; 

8 ‘‘(C) an offense under chapter 110 of title 

9 18, United States Code; 

10 ‘‘(D) a Federal or State offense involving 

11 sexual assault, as defined in 40002(a) of the 

12 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 

13 U.S.C. 13925(a)); or 

14 ‘‘(E) an offense under State law deter15 mined by the Attorney General to be substan16 tially similar to an offense described in sub17 paragraph (A), (B), or (C). 

18 ‘‘(2) EFFECTS ON ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS

19 FOR OTHERS.—The amount of benefits otherwise re20 quired to be provided to an eligible household under 

21 this Act shall be determined by considering the indi22 vidual to whom paragraph (1) applies not to be a 

23 member of such household, except that the income 

24 and resources of the individual shall be considered to 

25 be income and resources of the household. 
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1 ‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT.—Each State shall require 

2 each individual applying for benefits under this Act, 

3 during the application process, to state, in writing, 

4 whether the individual, or any member of the house5 hold of the individual, has been convicted of a crime 

6 described in paragraph (1).’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5(a) of the 

8 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(a)), as 

9 amended by section 109, is amended in the 2d sentence 

10 by striking ‘‘and (r)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (r), and (t)’’. 

11 (c) INAPPLICABILITY TO CONVICTIONS OCCURRING

12 ON OR BEFORE ENACTMENT.—The amendments made by 

13 this section shall not apply to a conviction if the conviction 

14 is for conduct occurring on or before the date of the enact15 ment of this Act. 

16 SEC. 138. EXPUNGEMENT OF UNUSED SUPPLEMENTAL NU17 TRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS. 

18 Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

19 (7 U.S.C. 2020), as amended by section 115, is amended 

20 by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(w) EXPUNGEMENT OF UNUSED BENEFITS.—The 

22 State agency shall expunge from the EBT account of a 

23 household benefits that are not used before the expiration 

24 of the 60-day period beginning on the date such benefits 

25 are posted to such account.’’. 
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1 SEC. 139. PILOT PROJECTS TO PROMOTE WORK AND IN2 CREASE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE 

3 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 

4 PROGRAM. 

5 (a) PILOT PROJECTS.—Section 17 of the Food and 

6 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026), as amended by 

7 sections 122 and 123, is amended by adding at the end 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(n) PILOT PROJECTS TO PROMOTE WORK AND IN10 CREASE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL

11 NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

13 out pilot projects to develop and test methods allow14 ing States to run a work program with certain fea15 tures comparable to the State program funded under 

16 part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), with the intent of increasing 

18 employment and self-sufficiency through increased 

19 State accountability and thereby reducing the need 

20 for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. 

21 ‘‘(2) AGREEMENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this 

23 subsection, the Secretary shall enter into coop24 erative agreements with States in accordance 

25 with pilot projects that meet the criteria re26 quired under this subsection. 
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1 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to 

2 enter into a cooperative agreement to operate a 

3 pilot project under this subsection, a State shall 

4 amend its State plan under section 11(d) to in5 clude a description of its pilot project and ex6 planations of how such project meets the cri7 teria required under this subsection. The Sec8 retary may not disapprove a pilot project which 

9 meets the requirements under this subsection. 

10 ‘‘(C) ASSURANCES.—A State shall include 

11 in its plan assurances that its pilot project 

12 will— 

13 ‘‘(i) operate for at least three 12- 

14 month periods but not more than five 12- 

15 month periods; 

16 ‘‘(ii) have a robust data collection sys17 tem for program administration that is de18 signed and shared with project evaluators 

19 to ensure proper and timely evaluation; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(iii) intend to offer a work activity 

22 described in paragraph (3) to adults as23 signed and required to participate under 

24 paragraph (4)(A) and who are not exempt 

25 under paragraph (4)(B). 
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1 ‘‘(D) NUMBER OF PILOT PROJECTS.—Any 

2 State may carry out a pilot project that meets 

3 the requirements of this subsection. 

4 ‘‘(E) EXTENT OF PILOT PROJECTS.—Pilot 

5 projects shall cover no less than the entire 

6 State. 

7 ‘‘(3) WORK ACTIVITY.—(A) For purposes of 

8 this subsection, the term ‘work activity’ means any 

9 of the following: 

10 ‘‘(i) Employment in the public or private 

11 sector that is not subsidized by any public pro12 gram. 

13 ‘‘(ii) Employment in the private sector for 

14 which the employer receives a subsidy from 

15 public funds to offset some or all of the wages 

16 and costs of employing an adult. 

17 ‘‘(iii) Employment in the public sector for 

18 which the employer receives a subsidy from 

19 public funds to offset some or all of the wages 

20 and costs of employing an adult. 

21 ‘‘(iv) A work activity that— 

22 ‘‘(I) is performed in return for public 

23 benefits; 

24 ‘‘(II) provides an adult with an oppor25 tunity to acquire the general skills, knowl-
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1 edge, and work habits necessary to obtain 

2 employment; 

3 ‘‘(III) is designed to improve the em4 ployability of those who cannot find unsub5 sidized employment; and 

6 ‘‘(IV) is supervised by an employer, 

7 work site sponsor, or other responsible 

8 party on an ongoing basis. 

9 ‘‘(v) Training in the public or private sec10 tor that is given to a paid employee while he or 

11 she is engaged in productive work and that pro12 vides knowledge and skills essential to the full 

13 and adequate performance of the job. 

14 ‘‘(vi) Job search, obtaining employment, or 

15 preparation to seek or obtain employment, in16 cluding— 

17 ‘‘(I) life skills training; 

18 ‘‘(II) substance abuse treatment or 

19 mental health treatment, determined to be 

20 necessary and documented by a qualified 

21 medical, substance abuse, or mental health 

22 professional; or 

23 ‘‘(III) rehabilitation activities, 

24 supervised by a public agency or other respon25 sible party on an ongoing basis. 
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1 ‘‘(vii) Structured programs and embedded 

2 activities— 

3 ‘‘(I) in which adults perform work for 

4 the direct benefit of the community under 

5 the auspices of public or nonprofit organi6 zations; 

7 ‘‘(II) that are limited to projects that 

8 serve useful community purposes in fields 

9 such as health, social service, environ10 mental protection, education, urban and 

11 rural redevelopment, welfare, recreation, 

12 public facilities, public safety, and child 

13 care; 

14 ‘‘(III) that are designed to improve 

15 the employability of adults not otherwise 

16 able to obtain unsubsidized employment; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(IV) that are supervised on an ongo19 ing basis; and 

20 ‘‘(V) with respect to which a State 

21 agency takes into account, to the extent 

22 possible, the prior training, experience, and 

23 skills of a recipient in making appropriate 

24 community service assignments. 
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1 ‘‘(viii) Career and technical training pro2 grams (not to exceed 12 months with respect to 

3 any adult) that are directly related to the prep4 aration of adults for employment in current or 

5 emerging occupations and that are supervised 

6 on an ongoing basis. 

7 ‘‘(ix) Training or education for job skills 

8 that are required by an employer to provide an 

9 adult with the ability to obtain employment or 

10 to advance or adapt to the changing demands 

11 of the workplace and that are supervised on an 

12 ongoing basis. 

13 ‘‘(x) Education that is related to a specific 

14 occupation, job, or job offer and that is super15 vised on an ongoing basis. 

16 ‘‘(xi) In the case of an adult who has not 

17 completed secondary school or received such a 

18 certificate of general equivalence, regular at19 tendance— 

20 ‘‘(I) in accordance with the require21 ments of the secondary school or course of 

22 study, at a secondary school or in a course 

23 of study leading to such certificate; and 

24 ‘‘(II) supervised on an ongoing basis. 
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1 ‘‘(xii) Providing child care to enable an2 other recipient of public benefits to participate 

3 in a community service program that— 

4 ‘‘(I) does not provide compensation 

5 for such community service; 

6 ‘‘(II) is a structured program de7 signed to improve the employability of 

8 adults who participate in such program; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(III) is supervised on an ongoing 

11 basis. 

12 ‘‘(B) PROTECTIONS.—Work activities under 

13 this subsection shall be subject to all applicable 

14 health and safety standards. Except as described in 

15 clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A), the 

16 term ‘work activity’ shall be considered work prepa17 ration and not defined as employment for purposes 

18 of other law. 

19 ‘‘(4) PILOT PROJECTS.—Pilot projects carried 

20 out under this subsection shall include interventions 

21 to which adults are assigned that are designed to re22 duce unnecessary dependence, promote self-suffi23 ciency, increase work levels, increase earned income, 

24 and reduce supplemental nutrition assistance benefit 

25 expenditures among households eligible for, applying 
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1 for, or participating in the supplemental nutrition 

2 assistance program. 

3 ‘‘(A) Adults assigned to interventions by 

4 the State shall— 

5 ‘‘(i) be subject to mandatory partici6 pation in work activities specified in para7 graph (3); 

8 ‘‘(ii) participate in work activities 

9 specified in paragraph (3) for a minimum 

10 of 20 hours per week per household; 

11 ‘‘(iii) be a maximum age of not less 

12 than 50 and not more than 60, as defined 

13 by the State; 

14 ‘‘(iv) be subject to penalties during a 

15 period of nonparticipation without good 

16 cause ranging from, at State option, a 

17 minimum of the removal of the adults from 

18 the household benefit amount, up to a 

19 maximum of the discontinuance of the en20 tire household benefit amount; and 

21 ‘‘(v) not be penalized for nonparticipa22 tion if child care is not available for 1 or 

23 more children under 6 years of age. 

24 ‘‘(B) The State shall allow certain individ25 uals to be exempt from work requirements— 
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1 ‘‘(i) those participating in work pro2 grams under a State program funded 

3 under part A of title IV of the Social Secu4 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) for an 

5 equal or greater number of hours; 

6 ‘‘(ii) those with 1 or more dependent 

7 children under 1 year of age; 

8 ‘‘(iii) 1 adult family member per 

9 household who is needed in the home to 

10 care for a disabled family member; 

11 ‘‘(iv) an adult who is receiving tem12 porary or permanent disability benefits 

13 provided by a governmental entity; and 

14 ‘‘(v) those with a good cause reason 

15 for nonparticipation, such as victims of do16 mestic violence, as defined by the State. 

17 ‘‘(5) EVALUATION AND REPORTING.— 

18 ‘‘(A) EVALUATION.— 

19 ‘‘(i) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.— 

20 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Sec21 retary shall provide for each State 

22 that enters into a cooperative agree23 ment under paragraph (2) an inde24 pendent, longitudinal evaluation of its 

25 pilot project under this subsection to 
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1 determine total program savings over 

2 the entire course of the pilot project 

3 with results reported in consecutive 

4 12-month increments. 

5 ‘‘(II) PURPOSE.—The purpose of 

6 the evaluation is to measure the im7 pact of interventions provided by the 

8 State under the pilot project on the 

9 ability of adults in households eligible 

10 for, applying for, or participating in 

11 the supplemental nutrition assistance 

12 program to find and retain employ13 ment that leads to increased house14 hold income and reduced dependency. 

15 ‘‘(III) REQUIREMENT.—The 

16 independent evaluation under sub17 clause (I) shall use valid statistical 

18 methods which can determine the dif19 ference between supplemental nutri20 tion assistance benefit expenditures, if 

21 any, as a result of the interventions as 

22 compared to a control group that— 

23 ‘‘(aa) is not subject to the 

24 interventions provided by the 
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1 State under the pilot project 

2 under this subsection; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) maintains services 

4 provided under 16(h) in the year 

5 prior to the start of the pilot 

6 project under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(IV) OPTION.—States shall 

8 have the option to evaluate pilot 

9 projects by matched counties or 

10 matched geographical areas using a 

11 constructed control group design to 

12 isolate the effects of the intervention 

13 of the pilot project. 

14 ‘‘(V) DEFINITION.—Constructed 

15 control group means there is no ran16 dom assignment, and instead program 

17 participants (those subject to inter18 ventions) and non-participants (con19 trol described in subclause (III)) are 

20 equated using matching or statistical 

21 procedures on characteristics that 

22 may be associated with program out23 comes. 

24 ‘‘(B) REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days 

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1 fiscal year thereafter, until the completion of 

2 the last evaluation under subparagraph (A), the 

3 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Ag4 riculture of the House of Representatives and 

5 the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

6 Forestry of the Senate, a report that includes 

7 a description of— 

8 ‘‘(i) the status of each pilot project 

9 carried out under this subsection; 

10 ‘‘(ii) the results of the evaluation com11 pleted during the previous fiscal year; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) to the maximum extent prac13 ticable— 

14 ‘‘(I) baseline information relevant 

15 to the stated goals and desired out16 comes of the pilot project; 

17 ‘‘(II) the impact of the interven18 tions on appropriate employment, in19 come, and public benefit receipt out20 comes among households participating 

21 in the pilot project; 

22 ‘‘(III) equivalent information 

23 about similar or identical measures 

24 for control groups; 
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1 ‘‘(IV) the planned dissemination 

2 of the report findings to State agen3 cies; and 

4 ‘‘(V) the steps and funding nec5 essary to incorporate into State em6 ployment and training programs the 

7 components of pilot projects that dem8 onstrate increased employment and 

9 earnings. 

10 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISSEMINATION.—In addi11 tion to the reporting requirements under sub12 paragraph (B), evaluation results shall be 

13 shared broadly to inform policy makers, service 

14 providers, other partners, and the public in 

15 order to promote wide use of successful strate16 gies, including by posting evaluation results on 

17 the Internet website of the Department of Agri18 culture. 

19 ‘‘(6) FUNDING.— 

20 ‘‘(A) ADDITIONAL AVAILABLE FUNDS.— 

21 From amounts made available under section 

22 18(a)(1), the Secretary shall make available— 

23 ‘‘(i) up to $1,000,000 for each of the 

24 fiscal years 2014 through 2017 for evalua25 tions described in paragraph (5) to carry 
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1 out this subsection, with such amounts to 

2 remain available until expended; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) amounts equal to one-half of the 

4 accumulated supplemental nutrition assist5 ance benefit dollars saved over each con6 secutive 12-month period according to the 

7 evaluation under paragraph (5) for bonus 

8 grants to States under paragraph (7)(B). 

9 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

10 ‘‘(i) REIMBURSEMENT.—Except as 

11 provided in clause (ii)— 

12 ‘‘(I) if, in carrying out a pilot 

13 project under this subsection during a 

14 fiscal year, a State incurs costs that 

15 exceed the amount allocated to the 

16 State agency under section 16(h)(1), 

17 the Secretary shall pay such State an 

18 amount equal to 50 percent of such 

19 costs; and 

20 ‘‘(II) the Secretary shall also re21 imburse the State in an amount equal 

22 to 50 percent of the total amount of 

23 payments made or costs incurred by 

24 the State agency in connection with 

25 transportation costs and other ex-
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1 penses reasonably necessary and di2 rectly related to participation in a 

3 pilot project under this subsection, ex4 cept that the amount of the reim5 bursement for dependent care ex6 penses shall not exceed an amount 

7 equal to the payment made under sec8 tion 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(II) but not more 

9 than the applicable local market rate, 

10 and such reimbursement shall not be 

11 made out of funds allocated under 

12 section 16(h)(1). 

13 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—For any fiscal 

14 year, the Secretary may not pay under 

15 clause (i) to a State an amount the exceeds 

16 the amount equal to the product of— 

17 ‘‘(I) the amount of administrative 

18 expenses that would be reimbursable 

19 for such fiscal year to such State 

20 under clause (i) without regard to this 

21 clause; and 

22 ‘‘(II) $277,000,000 (plus the 

23 amount carried over, if any, under 

24 clause (iii)), divided by the aggregate 

25 amount of administrative expenses 
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1 that would be reimbursable for such 

2 fiscal year to all of the States under 

3 clause (i) without regard to this 

4 clause. 

5 ‘‘(iii) CARRYOVER.—The amount by 

6 which $277,000,000 exceeds the aggregate 

7 amount paid under clause (i) for a par8 ticular fiscal year shall remain available for 

9 payments under such clause for any subse10 quent fiscal year. 

11 ‘‘(C) OTHER FUNDS.—Any additional 

12 funds required by a State to carry out a pilot 

13 project under this subsection may be provided 

14 by the State from funds made available to the 

15 State for such purpose and in accordance with 

16 State and other Federal laws, including the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(i) Section 403 of the Social Security 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 603). 

20 ‘‘(ii) The Workforce Investment Act 

21 of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.). 

22 ‘‘(iii) The Child Care and Develop23 ment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

24 9858 et seq.) and section 418 of the Social 

25 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618). 
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1 ‘‘(iv) The social services block grant 

2 under subtitle A of title XX of the Social 

3 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.). 

4 ‘‘(7) USE OF FUNDS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) SPECIFIC USES.—Funds provided 

6 under this subsection for evaluation of pilot 

7 projects under paragraph (6)(A)(i) shall be 

8 used only for— 

9 ‘‘(i) pilot projects that comply with 

10 this subsection; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the costs incurred in gathering 

12 and providing information and data used 

13 to conduct the independent evaluation 

14 under paragraph (5); and 

15 ‘‘(iii) the costs of the evaluation under 

16 paragraph (5). 

17 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Funds provided for 

18 bonus grants to States for pilot projects under 

19 subparagraph (6)(A)(ii) shall be used only for— 

20 ‘‘(i) pilot projects that comply with 

21 this subsection; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) any State purpose, not to be re23 stricted to the supplemental nutrition as24 sistance program or its beneficiary popu25 lation.’’. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Food and 

2 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in section 16, as amended by section 121 of 

5 this Act— 

6 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘sub7 section (k)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (k) and 

8 (h) and section 20’’; and 

9 (B) in subsection (h)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (I) in subparagraph (A) by in12 serting ‘‘under sections 6(d)(4) and 

13 17(n)’’ after ‘‘programs’’; and 

14 (II) by striking subparagraph 

15 (E); 

16 (ii) by striking paragraphs (2) and 

17 (3), and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR AD19 MINISTRATIVE COSTS.—No funds may be paid under 

20 subsection (a) to a State agency for administrative 

21 costs incurred to carry out any of such programs in 

22 such fiscal year.’’; 

23 (iii) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘or 

24 17(n)’’ after ‘‘section 6(d)(4)’’; and 
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1 (iv) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

2 and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respec3 tively; 

4 (2) in section 20 by amending subsection (g) to 

5 read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(g) EXCLUSION OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR ADMINIS7 TRATIVE COSTS.—No funds may be paid under this sec8 tion to a State agency for administrative costs incurred 

9 to carry out a workfare program operated under this sec10 tion.’’; and 

11 (3) in section 22(d)(1)(B)(ii) by striking ‘‘, (g), 

12 (h)(2), and (h)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (g)’’. 

13 SEC. 140. IMPROVED WAGE VERIFICATION USING THE NA14 TIONAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES. 

15 Effective October 1, 2013, section 11(e) of the Food 

16 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)) is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘and after 

19 compliance with the requirement specified in para20 graph (24)’’ after ‘‘section 16(e) of this Act’’, 

21 (2) in paragraph (22) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

22 end, 

23 (3) in paragraph (23) by striking the period at 

24 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 

25 (4) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(24) that the State agency shall request wage 

2 data directly from the National Directory of New 

3 Hires established under section 453(i) of the Social 

4 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(i)) relevant to deter5 mining eligibility to receive supplemental nutrition 

6 assistance program benefits and determining the 

7 correct amount of such benefits.’’. 

8 SEC. 141. FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR INDIAN TRIBES. 

9 Section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

10 U.S.C. 2013) is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(d) FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR INDIAN TRIBES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) STUDY.—Subject to the availability of ap14 propriations to carry out this subsection, the Sec15 retary shall conduct a study to determine the feasi16 bility of a tribal demonstration project for tribes to 

17 administer all Federal food assistance programs, 

18 services, functions, and activities (or portions there19 of) of the agency. 

20 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the 

21 study, the Secretary shall consider— 

22 ‘‘(A) the probable effects on specific pro23 grams and program beneficiaries of such a 

24 demonstration project; 
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1 ‘‘(B) statutory, regulatory, or other im2 pediments to implementation of such a dem3 onstration project; 

4 ‘‘(C) strategies for implementing such a 

5 demonstration project; 

6 ‘‘(D) probable costs or savings associated 

7 with such a demonstration project; 

8 ‘‘(E) methods to assure quality and ac9 countability in such a demonstration project; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(F) such other issues that may be deter12 mined by the Secretary or developed through 

13 consultation with pursuant to paragraph (4). 

14 ‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 

15 the effective date of this subsection, the Secretary 

16 shall submit a report to the Committee on Agri17 culture, Nutrition and Forestry of the Senate and 

18 the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep19 resentatives. The report shall contain— 

20 ‘‘(A) the results of the study under this 

21 subsection; 

22 ‘‘(B) a list of programs, services, functions, 

23 and activities (or portions thereof) within each 

24 agency with respect to which it would be fea-
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1 sible to include in a tribal demonstration 

2 project; 

3 ‘‘(C) a list of programs, services, functions, 

4 and activities (or portions thereof) included in 

5 the list provided pursuant to subparagraph (B) 

6 that could be included in a tribal demonstration 

7 project without amending a statute, or waiving 

8 regulations that the Secretary may not waiver; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(D) a list of legislative actions required in 

11 order to include those programs, services, func12 tion, and activities (or portions thereof) in13 cluded in the list provided pursuant to subpara14 graph (B) but not included in the list provided 

15 pursuant to subparagraph (C), in a tribal dem16 onstration project. 

17 ‘‘(4) CONSULTATION WITH INDIAN TRIBES.— 

18 The Secretary shall consult with Indian tribes to de19 termine a protocol for consultation under paragraph 

20 (1) prior to consultation under such paragraph with 

21 the other entities described in such paragraph. The 

22 protocol shall require, at a minimum, that— 

23 ‘‘(A) the government-to-government rela24 tionship with Indian tribes forms the basis for 

25 the consultation process; 
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1 ‘‘(B) the Indian tribes and the Secretary 

2 jointly conduct the consultations required by 

3 this subsection; and 

4 ‘‘(C) the consultation process allows for 

5 separate and direct recommendations from the 

6 Indian tribes and other entities described in 

7 paragraph (1). 

8 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

10 this subsection $1,000,000.’’. 

11 TITLE II—COMMODITY 

12 DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS 

13 SEC. 201. COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM. 

14 Section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protec15 tion Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 93– 

16 86) is amended in the 1st sentence by striking ‘‘2012’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 

18 SEC. 202. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. 

19 Section 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protec20 tion Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 93– 

21 86) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of subsection 

23 (a) by striking ‘‘2012’’ each place it appears and in24 serting ‘‘2016’’; 
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1 (2) in the 1st sentence of subsection (d)(2) by 

2 striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’; 

3 (3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(g) ELIGIBILITY.—Except as provided in subsection 

6 (m), the States shall only provide assistance under the 

7 commodity supplemental food program to low-income indi8 viduals aged 60 and older.’’; and 

9 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(m) PHASE-OUT.—Notwithstanding any other pro11 vision of law, an individual who receives assistance under 

12 the commodity supplemental food program on the day be13 fore the effective date of this subsection shall continue to 

14 receive that assistance until the date on which the indi15 vidual no longer qualifies for assistance under the eligi16 bility criteria for the program in effect on the day before 

17 the effective date of this subsection.’’. 

18 SEC. 203. DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES TO 

19 SPECIAL NUTRITION PROJECTS. 

20 Section 1114(a)(2)(A) of the Agriculture and Food 

21 Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 1431e(2)(A)) is amended in the 

22 1st sentence by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
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1 SEC. 204. PROCESSING OF COMMODITIES. 

2 (a) Section 17 of the Commodity Distribution Reform 

3 Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) 

4 is amended by— 

5 (1) striking the heading and inserting ‘‘COM6 MODITY DONATIONS AND PROCESSING’’; and 

7 (2) adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(c) PROCESSING.—For any program included in 

9 subsection (b), the Secretary may, notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of State or Federal law relating to the pro11 curement of goods and services— 

12 ‘‘(1) retain title to commodities delivered to a 

13 processor, on behalf of a State (including a State 

14 distributing agency and a recipient agency), until 

15 such time as end products containing such commod16 ities, or similar commodities as approved by the Sec17 retary, are delivered to a State distributing agency 

18 or to a recipient agency; and 

19 ‘‘(2) promulgate regulations to ensure account20 ability for commodities provided to a processor for 

21 processing into end products, and to facilitate proc22 essing of commodities into end products for use by 

23 recipient agencies. Such regulations may provide 

24 that— 

25 ‘‘(A) a processor that receives commodities 

26 for processing into end products, or provides a 
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1 service with respect to such commodities or end 

2 products, in accordance with its agreement with 

3 a State distributing agency or a recipient agen4 cy, provide to the Secretary a bond or other 

5 means of financial assurance to protect the 

6 value of such commodities; and 

7 ‘‘(B) in the event a processor fails to de8 liver to a State distributing agency or a recipi9 ent agency an end product in conformance with 

10 the processing agreement entered into under 

11 this Act, the Secretary take action with respect 

12 to the bond or other means of financial assur13 ance pursuant to regulations promulgated 

14 under this paragraph and distribute any pro15 ceeds obtained by the Secretary to one or more 

16 State distributing agencies and recipient agen17 cies as determined appropriate by the Sec18 retary.’’. 

19 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 18 of the Commodity 

20 Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 

21 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by striking paragraphs 

22 (1) and (2) and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) The term ‘commodities’ means agricultural 

24 commodities and their products that are donated by 

25 the Secretary for use by recipient agencies. 
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1 ‘‘(2) The term ‘end product’ means a food 

2 product that contains processed commodities.’’. 

3 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 Section 3 of the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and 

5 WIC Amendments of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public 

6 Law 100–237) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking subpara9 graph (B) and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) the program established under sec11 tion 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

12 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b));’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (3)(D) by striking ‘‘the 

14 Committee on Education and Labor’’ and in15 serting ‘‘the Committee on Education and the 

16 Workforce’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) by striking ‘‘sec18 tion 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 

19 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 32 of 

20 the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c)’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (e)(1)(D)(iii) by striking sub22 clause (II) and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(II) the program established 

24 under section 4(b) of the Food and 
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1 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

2 2013(b));’’; and 

3 (4) in subsection (k) by striking ‘‘the Com4 mittee on Education and Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

5 Committee on Education and the Workforce’’. 

6 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

7 SEC. 301. FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM. 

8 Section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest9 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007) is amended— 

10 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘SEN11 IORS’’; 

12 (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(a) FUNDING.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the Com16 modity Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agri17 culture shall use to carry out and expand the farm18 ers market nutrition program $20,600,000 for each 

19 of fiscal years 2014 through 2016. 

20 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—There is author21 ized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 

22 to carry out this subsection for each of the fiscal 

23 years specified in paragraph (1). 

24 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT.—Not less than 50 percent 

25 of the funds made available to carry out this section 
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1 in any fiscal year shall be used to provide assistance 

2 to seniors.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

5 by striking ‘‘seniors’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘, and 

7 low-income families who are determined to be at 

8 nutritional risk’’ after ‘‘low-income seniors’’; 

9 (4) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘seniors’’; 

10 (5) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘seniors’’; 

11 (6) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘seniors’’; 

12 (7) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), 

13 and (f) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respec14 tively; and 

15 (8) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(c) STATE GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE.—The 

18 Secretary shall carry out the Program through grants and 

19 other assistance provided in accordance with agreements 

20 made with States, for implementation through State agen21 cies and local agencies, that include provisions— 

22 ‘‘(1) for the issuance of coupons or vouchers to 

23 participating individuals; 
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1 ‘‘(2) establishing an appropriate annual per2 centage limitation on the use of funds for adminis3 trative costs; and 

4 ‘‘(3) specifying other terms and conditions as 

5 the Secretary deems appropriate to encourage ex6 panding the participation of small scale farmers in 

7 Federal nutrition programs.’’. 

8 SEC. 302. NUTRITION INFORMATION AND AWARENESS 

9 PILOT PROGRAM. 

10 Section 4403 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest11 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3171 note; Public Law 107– 

12 171) is repealed. 

13 SEC. 303. FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM. 

14 Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School 

15 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769a) is amended— 

16 (1) in the section heading, by striking 

17 ‘‘FRESH’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fresh’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fresh’’; and 

20 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘fresh’’. 

21 SEC. 304. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF 

22 FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND OTHER 

23 SPECIALTY FOOD CROPS. 

24 Section 10603 of the Farm Security and Rural In25 vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 612c–4) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘2016’’; 

3 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub4 section (d); and 

5 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(c) PILOT GRANT PROGRAM FOR PURCHASE OF

8 FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Using amounts made avail10 able to carry out subsection (b), the Secretary of Ag11 riculture shall conduct a pilot program under which 

12 the Secretary will give not more than five partici13 pating States the option of receiving a grant in an 

14 amount equal to the value of the commodities that 

15 the participating State would otherwise receive 

16 under this section for each of fiscal years 2014 

17 through 2016. 

18 ‘‘(2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A participating 

19 State receiving a grant under this subsection may 

20 use the grant funds solely to purchase fresh fruits 

21 and vegetables for distribution to schools and service 

22 institutions in the State that participate in the food 

23 service programs under the Richard B. Russell Na24 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) 
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1 and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

2 1771 et seq.). 

3 ‘‘(3) SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING STATES.— 

4 The Secretary shall select participating States from 

5 applications submitted by the States. 

6 ‘‘(4) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) SCHOOL AND SERVICE INSTITUTION

8 REQUIREMENT.—Schools and service institu9 tions in a participating State shall keep records 

10 of purchases of fresh fruits and vegetables 

11 made using the grant funds and report such 

12 records to the State. 

13 ‘‘(B) STATE REQUIREMENT.—Each par14 ticipating State shall submit to the Secretary a 

15 report on the success of the pilot program in 

16 the State, including information on— 

17 ‘‘(i) the amount and value of each 

18 type of fresh fruit and vegetable purchased 

19 by the State; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the benefit provided by such pur21 chases in conducting the school food serv22 ice in the State, including meeting school 

23 meal requirements.’’. 
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1 SEC. 305. ENCOURAGING LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY 

2 GROWN AND RAISED FOOD. 

3 (a) COMMODITY PURCHASE STREAMLINING.—The 

4 Secretary may permit each school food authority with a 

5 low annual commodity entitlement value, as determined by 

6 the Secretary, to elect to substitute locally and regionally 

7 grown and raised food for the authority’s allotment, in 

8 whole or in part, of commodity assistance for the school 

9 meal programs under the Richard B. Russell National 

10 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child 

11 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), if— 

12 (1) the election is requested by the school food 

13 authority; 

14 (2) the Secretary determines that the election 

15 will reduce State and Federal administrative costs; 

16 and 

17 (3) the election will provide the school food au18 thority with greater flexibility to purchase locally 

19 and regionally grown and raised foods. 

20 (b) FARM-TO-SCHOOL DEMONSTRATION PRO21 GRAMS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish 

23 farm-to-school demonstration programs under which 

24 school food authorities, agricultural producers pro25 ducing for local and regional markets, and other 

26 farm-to-school stakeholders will collaborate with the 
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1 Agriculture Marketing Service to, on a cost neutral 

2 basis, source food for the school meal programs 

3 under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child Nutri5 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) from local 

6 farmers and ranchers in lieu of the commodity as7 sistance provided to the school food authorities for 

8 the school meal programs. 

9 (2) REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each demonstration 

11 program carried out under this subsection 

12 shall— 

13 (i) facilitate and increase the purchase 

14 of unprocessed and minimally processed lo15 cally and regionally grown and raised agri16 cultural products to be served under the 

17 school meal programs; 

18 (ii) test methods to improve procure19 ment, transportation, and meal preparation 

20 processes for the school meal programs; 

21 (iii) assess whether administrative 

22 costs can be saved through increased 

23 school food authority flexibility to source 

24 locally and regionally produced foods for 

25 the school meal programs; and 
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1 (iv) undertake rigorous evaluation and 

2 share information about results of the 

3 demonstration program, including cost sav4 ings, with the Secretary, other school food 

5 authorities, agricultural producers pro6 ducing for the local and regional market, 

7 and the general public. 

8 (B) PLANS.—In order to be selected to 

9 carry out a demonstration program under this 

10 subsection, a school food authority shall submit 

11 to the Secretary a plan at such time and in 

12 such manner as the Secretary may require, and 

13 containing information with respect to the re14 quirements described in clauses (i) through (iv) 

15 of subparagraph (A). 

16 (3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

17 shall provide technical assistance to demonstration 

18 program participants to assist such participants to 

19 acquire bids from potential vendors in a timely and 

20 cost-effective manner. 

21 (4) LENGTH.—The Secretary shall determine 

22 the appropriate length of time for each demonstra23 tion program under this subsection. 

24 (5) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co25 ordinate among relevant agencies of the Department 
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1 of Agriculture and non-governmental organizations 

2 with appropriate expertise to facilitate the provision 

3 of training and technical assistance necessary to suc4 cessfully carry out demonstration programs under 

5 this subsection. 

6 (6) NUMBER.—Subject to the availability of 

7 funds to carry out this subsection, the Secretary 

8 shall select at least 10 demonstration programs to 

9 be carried out under this subsection. 

10 (7) DIVERSITY AND BALANCE.—In selecting 

11 demonstration programs to be carried out under this 

12 subsection, the Secretary shall, to the maximum ex13 tent practicable, ensure— 

14 (A) geographical diversity; 

15 (B) that at least half of the demonstration 

16 programs are completed in collaboration with 

17 school food authorities with small annual com18 modity entitlements, as determined by the Sec19 retary; 

20 (C) that at least half of the demonstration 

21 programs are completed in rural or tribal com22 munities; 

23 (D) equitable treatment of school food au24 thorities with a high percentage of students eli-
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1 gible for free or reduced price lunches, as deter2 mined by the Secretary; and 

3 (E) that at least one of the demonstration 

4 programs is completed on a military installation 

5 as defined in section 2687(e)(1) of title 10, 

6 United States Code. 

7 SEC. 306. REVIEW OF PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS OF WHITE 

8 POTATOES. 

9 The Secretary shall conduct a review of the economic 

10 and public health benefits of white potatoes on low-income 

11 families who are determined to be at nutritional risk. Not 

12 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 

13 Act, the Secretary shall report the findings of this review 

14 to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

16 and Forestry of the Senate. 

17 SEC. 307. HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title II of the De19 partment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 

20 U.S.C. 6951 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 242. HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE. 

23 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en24 hance the authorities of the Secretary to support efforts 

25 to provide access to healthy food by establishing an initia-
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1 tive to improve access to healthy foods in underserved 

2 areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize 

3 low-income communities by providing loans and grants to 

4 eligible fresh, healthy food retailers to overcome the higher 

5 costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas. 

6 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL IN8 STITUTION.—The term ‘community development fi9 nancial institution’ has the meaning given the term 

10 in section 103 of the Community Development 

11 Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 

12 U.S.C. 4702). 

13 ‘‘(2) INITIATIVE.—The term ‘Initiative’ means 

14 the Healthy Food Financing Initiative established 

15 under subsection (c)(1). 

16 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL FUND MANAGER.—The term 

17 ‘national fund manager’ means a community devel18 opment financial institution that is— 

19 ‘‘(A) in existence on the date of enactment 

20 of this section; and 

21 ‘‘(B) certified by the Community Develop22 ment Financial Institution Fund of the Depart23 ment of Treasury to manage the Initiative for 

24 purposes of— 

25 ‘‘(i) raising private capital; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) providing financial and technical 

2 assistance to partnerships; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) funding eligible projects to at4 tract fresh, healthy food retailers to under5 served areas, in accordance with this sec6 tion. 

7 ‘‘(4) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘partnership’ 

8 means a regional, State, or local public-private part9 nership that— 

10 ‘‘(A) is organized to improve access to 

11 fresh, healthy foods; 

12 ‘‘(B) provides financial and technical as13 sistance to eligible projects; and 

14 ‘‘(C) meets such other criteria as the Sec15 retary may establish. 

16 ‘‘(5) PERISHABLE FOOD.—The term ‘perishable 

17 food’ means a staple food that is fresh, refrigerated, 

18 or frozen. 

19 ‘‘(6) QUALITY JOB.—The term ‘quality job’ 

20 means a job that provides wages and other benefits 

21 comparable to, or better than, similar positions in 

22 existing businesses of similar size in similar local 

23 economies. 

24 ‘‘(7) STAPLE FOOD.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘staple food’ 

2 means food that is a basic dietary item. 

3 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘staple food’ 

4 includes— 

5 ‘‘(i) bread; 

6 ‘‘(ii) flour; 

7 ‘‘(iii) fruits; 

8 ‘‘(iv) vegetables; and 

9 ‘‘(v) meat. 

10 ‘‘(c) INITIATIVE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es12 tablish an initiative to achieve the purpose described 

13 in subsection (a) in accordance with this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out 

17 the Initiative, the Secretary shall provide 

18 funding to entities with eligible projects, as 

19 described in subparagraph (B), subject to 

20 the priorities described in subparagraph 

21 (C). 

22 ‘‘(ii) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds pro23 vided to an entity pursuant to clause (i) 

24 shall be used— 
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1 ‘‘(I) to create revolving loan pools 

2 of capital or other products to provide 

3 loans to finance eligible projects or 

4 partnerships; 

5 ‘‘(II) to provide grants for eligi6 ble projects or partnerships; 

7 ‘‘(III) to provide technical assist8 ance to funded projects and entities 

9 seeking Initiative funding; and 

10 ‘‘(IV) to cover administrative ex11 penses of the national fund manager 

12 in an amount not to exceed 10 per13 cent of the Federal funds provided. 

14 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Subject to the 

15 approval of the Secretary, the national fund 

16 manager shall establish eligibility criteria for 

17 projects under the Initiative, which shall include 

18 the existence or planned execution of agree19 ments— 

20 ‘‘(i) to expand or preserve the avail21 ability of staple foods in underserved areas 

22 with moderate- and low-income populations 

23 by maintaining or increasing the number 

24 of retail outlets that offer an assortment of 

25 perishable food and staple food items, as 
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1 determined by the Secretary, in those 

2 areas; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) to accept benefits under the sup4 plemental nutrition assistance program es5 tablished under the Food and Nutrition 

6 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). 

7 ‘‘(C) PRIORITIES.—In carrying out the Ini8 tiative, priority shall be given to projects that— 

9 ‘‘(i) are located in severely distressed 

10 low-income communities, as defined by the 

11 Community Development Financial Insti12 tutions Fund of the Department of Treas13 ury; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) include 1 or more of the fol15 lowing characteristics: 

16 ‘‘(I) The project will create or re17 tain quality jobs for low-income resi18 dents in the community. 

19 ‘‘(II) The project supports re20 gional food systems and locally grown 

21 foods, to the maximum extent prac22 ticable. 

23 ‘‘(III) In areas served by public 

24 transit, the project is accessible by 

25 public transit. 
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1 ‘‘(IV) The project involves 

2 women- or minority-owned businesses. 

3 ‘‘(V) The project receives funding 

4 from other sources, including other 

5 Federal agencies. 

6 ‘‘(VI) The project otherwise ad7 vances the purpose of this section, as 

8 determined by the Secretary. 

9 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

11 out this section $125,000,000, to remain available until 

12 expended.’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 296(b) of 

14 the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 

15 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

17 end; 

18 (2) in paragraph (7) by striking the period at 

19 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(8) the authority of the Secretary to establish 

22 and carry out the Health Food Financing Initiative 

23 under section 242.’’. 
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1 SEC. 308. REVIEW OF SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACTS IN FED2 ERAL NUTRITION PROGRAMS. 

3 The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of sole4 source contracts in Federal nutrition programs, and the 

5 effect such contracts have on program participation, pro6 gram goals, nonprogram consumers, retailers, and free 

7 market dynamics. Not later than 1 year after the date of 

8 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report the 

9 findings of this review to the Committee on Agriculture 

10 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

11 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 

12 SEC. 309. PURCHASE OF HALAL AND KOSHER FOOD FOR 

13 EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

14 Section 202 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act 

15 of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7502) is amended by adding at the end 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(h) KOSHER AND HALAL FOOD.—As soon as prac18 ticable after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

19 Secretary shall finalize and implement a plan— 

20 ‘‘(1) to increase the purchase of Kosher and 

21 Halal food from food manufacturers with a Kosher 

22 or Halal certification to carry out the program es23 tablished under this Act if the Kosher and Halal 

24 food purchased is cost neutral as compared to food 

25 that is not from food manufacturers with a Kosher 

26 or Halal certification; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) to modify the labeling of the commodities 

2 list used to carry out the program in a manner that 

3 enables Kosher and Halal food bank operators to 

4 identify which commodities to obtain from local food 

5 banks.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 19, 

2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3102 

AN ACT 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; and 

for other purposes.