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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1453

To provide relief to areas affected by the flooding in the Midwest by temporarily exempting affected States from certain requirements under the

Food Stamp Act of 1977 and by temporarily increasing the Federal

share of payments under such Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 14 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993

Mr. GRASSLEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To provide relief to areas affected by the flooding in the

Midwest by temporarily exempting affected States from

certain requirements under the Food Stamp Act of 1977

and by temporarily increasing the Federal share of payments under such Act, and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flood-Affected States

5 Food Stamp Program Assistance Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

7 For purposes of this Act:
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1 (1) DESIGNATED.—The term ‘‘designated’’

2 means—

3 (A) with respect to a State or a political

4 subdivision of a State, that the President de5 clared, between April 1, 1993, and August 1,

6 1993, that a major disaster or emergency exists

7 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief

8 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121

9 et seq.) in the State or political subdivision as

10 a result of the widespread flooding in the Mid11 west in 1993; and

12 (B) with respect to a household, that the

13 household is located in a designated State or

14 political subdivision of a State described in sub15 paragraph (A).

16 (2) HOUSEHOLD.—The term ‘‘household’’ has

17 the same meaning as provided in section 3(i) of the

18 Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(i)).

19 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

20 the Secretary of Agriculture.

21 (4) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘State agency’’

22 has the same meaning as provided in section 3(n) of

23 the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(n)).
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1 SEC. 3. FEDERAL PAYMENT OF STATE SHARE FOR CERTAIN

2 NEWLY PARTICIPATING HOUSEHOLDS.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi4 sion of law, for the 2-year period beginning July 1, 1993,

5 the Federal share of the expenses incurred by any des6 ignated State under the food stamp program operated

7 pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011

8 et seq.) shall be 100 percent of such expenses attributable

9 to any unanticipated newly participating households (as

10 defined in subsection (b)).

11 (b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of subsection (a),

12 the term ‘‘unanticipated newly participating households’’

13 means households which became eligible for the food

14 stamp program on or after July 1, 1993, and which are

15 in excess of the number of households anticipated by the

16 Secretary to become eligible for such program during the

17 period referred to in subsection (a) based on the rate of

18 increase in eligible households for such program before the

19 widespread flooding in the Midwest in 1993.

20 SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INCOME AND RESOURCES.

21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an

22 amount equal to the amount of, or value of, a donation

23 or temporary financial assistance (including cash and in24 kind services) provided by the Federal Government, a

25 State, a political subdivision of a State, or a private person

26 as disaster assistance (including assistance provided pur-
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1 suant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer2 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)) to a des3 ignated household with respect to the widespread flooding

4 in the Midwest in 1993 shall be excluded from a deter5 mination of the income or financial resources of the house6 hold pursuant to section 5 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977

7 (7 U.S.C. 2014).

8 SEC. 5. FULL FEDERAL FUNDING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND

9 TRAINING PROGRAM.

10 Notwithstanding section 16(h) of the Food Stamp

11 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)) or any other provision

12 of law, for fiscal year 1994, the Federal share of the cost

13 of carrying out an employment and training program in

14 a designated State pursuant to section 6(d)(4) of such Act

15 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)) shall be 100 percent of the cost

16 of carrying out the program.

17 SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR CER18 TAIN FOOD STAMP REPORTS.

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with re20 spect to a designated State, each report relating to the

21 State plan of operation that the State agency is required

22 to file with the Secretary under section 11 of the Food

23 Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020) not later than August

24 15, 1993, shall not be required to be filed until November

25 15, 1993.
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1 SEC. 7. SUSPENSION OF QUALITY CONTROL REQUIRE2 MENTS.

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during

4 the period beginning on September 1, 1993, and ending

5 on February 28, 1994, for each designated State—

6 (1) the State agency of the State shall not be

7 required to carry out quality control requirements

8 under section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7

9 U.S.C. 2025); and

10 (2) the payment error rate for the State agency

11 of the State under section 16(c) of such Act (7

12 U.S.C. 2025(c)) shall be deemed to be zero.

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