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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3602 

To repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp 

block grant program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 

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

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish 

a food stamp block grant program. 

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 ‘‘Food Stamp Restora5 tion Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FOOD STAMP BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2014 

8 through 2021, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 

9 in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish a food 

10 stamp block grant program under which the Secretary 


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1 shall make annual grants to each participating State that 

2 establishes a food stamp program in the State and submits 

3 to the Secretary annual reports under subsection (d). 

4 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—As a requirement of receiving 

5 grants under this section, the Governor of each partici6 pating State shall certify that the State food stamp pro7 gram includes— 

8 (1) work requirements; 

9 (2) mandatory drug testing; 

10 (3) verification of citizenship or proof of lawful 

11 permanent residency of the United States; and 

12 (4) limitations on the eligible uses of benefits 

13 that are at least as restrictive as the limitations in 

14 place for the supplemental nutrition assistance pro15 gram established under the Food and Nutrition Act 

16 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) as of May 31, 2012. 

17 (c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—For each fiscal year, the 

18 Secretary shall make a grant to each participating State 

19 in an amount equal to the product of— 

20 (1) the amount made available under section 3 

21 for the applicable fiscal year; and 

22 (2) the proportion that— 

23 (A) the number of legal residents in the 

24 State whose income does not exceed 100 per25 cent of the poverty line (as defined in section 


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1 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2), including any revision 

3 required by such section)) applicable to a family 

4 of the size involved; bears to 

5 (B) the number of such individuals in all 

6 participating States for the applicable fiscal 

7 year, based on data for the most recent fiscal 

8 year for which data is available. 

9 (d) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1 of 

11 each year, each State that receives a grant under 

12 this section shall submit to the Secretary a report 

13 that shall include, for the year covered by the re14 port— 

15 (A) a description of the structure and de16 sign of the food stamp program of the State, 

17 including the manner in which residents of the 

18 State qualify for the program; 

19 (B) the cost the State incurs to administer 

20 the program; 

21 (C) whether the State has established a 

22 rainy day fund for the food stamp program of 

23 the State; and 

24 (D) general statistics about participation 

25 in the food stamp program. 


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1 (2) AUDIT.—Each year, the Comptroller Gen2 eral of the United States shall— 

3 (A) conduct an audit on the effectiveness 

4 of the nutritional assistance block grant pro5 gram and the manner in which each partici6 pating State is implementing the program; and 

7 (B) not later than June 30, submit to the 

8 appropriate committees of Congress a report 

9 describing— 

10 (i) the results of the audit; and 

11 (ii) the manner in which the State will 

12 carry out the food stamp program in the 

13 State, including eligibility and fraud pre14 vention requirements. 

15 (e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a 

17 grant under this section may use the grant in any 

18 manner determined to be appropriate by the State to 

19 provide food stamps to the legal residents of the 

20 State. 

21 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Grant funds 

22 made available to a State under this section shall— 

23 (A) remain available to the State for a pe24 riod of 5 years; and 

25 (B) after that period, shall— 


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1 (i) revert to the Federal Government 

2 to be deposited in the Treasury and used 

3 for Federal budget deficit reduction; or 

4 (ii) if there is no Federal budget def5 icit, be used to reduce the Federal debt in 

6 such manner as the Secretary of the 

7 Treasury considers appropriate. 

8 SEC. 3. FUNDING. 

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

10 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act— 

11 (1) for fiscal year 2014, $40,000,000,000; 

12 (2) for fiscal year 2015, $40,700,000,000; 

13 (3) for fiscal year 2016, $41,600,000,000; 

14 (4) for fiscal year 2017, $42,400,000,000; 

15 (5) for fiscal year 2018, $43,200,000,000; 

16 (6) for fiscal year 2019, $44,100,000,000; 

17 (7) for fiscal year 2020, $45,000,000,000; and 

18 (8) for fiscal year 2021, $45,900,000,000. 

19 (b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT ADJUST20 MENT.—Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and 

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)) 

22 is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking the figure and 

24 inserting ‘‘$1,106,000,000,000’’; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the figure and 

2 inserting ‘‘$1,126,700,000,000’’; 

3 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking the figure and 

4 inserting ‘‘$1,148,600,000,000’’; 

5 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the figure and 

6 inserting ‘‘$1,173,400,000,000’’; 

7 (5) in paragraph (7), by striking the figure and 

8 inserting ‘‘$1,199,200,000,000’’; 

9 (6) in paragraph (8), by striking the figure and 

10 inserting ‘‘$1,226,100,000,000’’; 

11 (7) in paragraph (9), by striking the figure and 

12 inserting ‘‘$1,253,000,000,000’’; and 

13 (8) in paragraph (10), by striking the figure 

14 and inserting ‘‘$1,279,900,000,000’’. 

15 (c) DISCRETIONARY CAP ADJUSTMENT FOR NEW

16 PROGRAM SPENDING.—Section 251A(2) of the Balanced 

17 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

18 U.S.C. 901a(2)) is amended— 

19 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the fig20 ure and inserting ‘‘$550,000,000,000’’; 

21 (2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking the fig22 ure and inserting ‘‘$560,700,000,000’’; 

23 (3) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking the fig24 ure and inserting ‘‘$571,600,000,000’’; 


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1 (4) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the fig2 ure and inserting ‘‘$583,400,000,000’’; 

3 (5) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by striking the fig4 ure and inserting ‘‘$596,200,000,000’’; 

5 (6) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by striking the fig6 ure and inserting ‘‘$610,100,000,000’’; 

7 (7) in subparagraph (H)(ii), by striking the fig8 ure and inserting ‘‘$623,000,000,000’’; and 

9 (8) in subparagraph (I)(ii), by striking the fig10 ure and inserting ‘‘$635,900,000,000’’. 

11 SEC. 4. REPEALS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective September 30, 2013, the 

13 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 

14 is repealed. 

15 (b) REPEAL OF MANDATORY FUNDING.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

17 provision of law, effective September 30, 2013, the 

18 supplemental nutrition assistance program estab19 lished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

20 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) (as in effect prior to that date) 

21 shall cease to be a program funded through direct 

22 spending (as defined in section 250(c) of the Bal23 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

24 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)) prior to the amendment 

25 made by paragraph (2)). 


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1 (2) DIRECT SPENDING.—Effective September 

2 30, 2013, section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget 

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

4 U.S.C. 900(c)(8)) is amended— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

6 at the end; 

7 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 

8 and’’ at the end and inserting a period; and 

9 (C) by striking subparagraph (C). 

10 (3) ENTITLEMENT AUTHORITY.—Effective Sep11 tember 30, 2013, section 3(9) of the Congressional 

12 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

13 U.S.C. 622(9)) is amended— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘means—’’ and all that fol15 lows through ‘‘the authority to make’’ and in16 serting ‘‘means the authority to make’’; 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe18 riod; and 

19 (C) by striking subparagraph (B). 

20 (4) OTHER DIRECT SPENDING.—Effective Sep21 tember 30, 2013, section 1026(5) of the Congres22 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

23 1974 (2 U.S.C. 691e(5)) is amended— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

25 at the end; 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 

2 and’’ at the end and inserting a period; and 

3 (C) by striking subparagraph (C). 

4 (c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Any reference 

5 in this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or any other 

6 Act to the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall 

7 be considered to be a reference to the food stamp block 

8 grant program under this Act. 

9 SEC. 5. BASELINE. 

10 Notwithstanding section 257 of the Balanced Budget 

11 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 

12 907), the baseline shall assume that, on and after Sep13 tember 30, 2013, no benefits shall be provided under the 

14 supplemental nutrition assistance program established 

15 under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 

16 et seq.) (as in effect prior to that date). 

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