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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 60, No. 7

Wednesday, January 11, 1995

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF

THE UNITED STATES

Committee on Governmental

Processes

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463), notice is hereby given of a meeting

of the Committee on Governmental

Processes of the Administrative

Conference of the United States.

DATES: Thursday, January 19, 1995, at

9:30 a.m.

LOCATION: Office of the Chairman,

Administrative Conference of the

United States, Suite 500, 2120 L Street

NW., Washington, D.C. (Library, 5th

Floor).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah S. Laufer, Office of the

Chairman, Administrative Conference of

the United States, 2120 L Street NW.,

Suite 500, Washington, D.C. Telephone:

(202) 254–7020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Committee will meet to continue

discussion of when federal government

lawyers and other government

employees may participate in public

service activities. There are possible

restrictions in the Code of Professional

Responsibility, in agency regulations

governing outside activities, and in

government-wide rules concerning use

of government instrumentalities.

Attendance is open to the interested

public, but limited to the space

available. Persons wishing to attend

should call the Office of the Chairman

of the Administrative Conference at

least one day before the meeting. The

committee chair, if he deems it

appropriate, may permit members of the

public to present oral statements at the

meeting. Any member of the public may

file a written statement with the

committee before, during, or after the

meeting. Minutes of the meeting will be

available upon request.

January 5, 1995.

Jeffrey S. Lubbers,

Research Director.

[FR Doc. 95–765 Filed 1–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6110–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Consumer Service

RIN: 0584–AB97

Food Stamp Program: Maximum

Allotments for Alaska, Hawaii, Guam,

and the Virgin Islands

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service,

USDA.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: By this notice, the

Department of Agriculture is updating

the maximum food stamp allotments for

participating households in Alaska,

Hawaii, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

These annual adjustments, required by

law, take into account changes in the

cost of food and statutory adjustments.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Judith M. Seymour, Supervisor,

Eligibility and Certification Regulations

Section, Certification Policy Branch,

Program Development Division, Food

Stamp Program, Food and Consumer

Service, USDA, Alexandria, Virginia

22302, (703) 305–2496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Publication

As required by law, State agencies

implemented this action on October 1,

1994 based on advance notice of the

new amounts. Based on regulations

published at 47 FR 46485 (October 19,

1982) annual statutory adjustments to

the maximum allotment levels, income

eligibility standards, and deductions are

issued by General Notices published in

the Federal Register and not through

rulemaking proceedings.

Executive Order 12866

This rule has been determined to be

not significant for purposes of Executive

Order 12866 and therefore has not been

reviewed by the Office of Management

and Budget.

Executive Order 12372

The Food Stamp Program is listed in

the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance under No. 10.551. For the

reasons set forth in the Final rule and

related Notice to 7 CFR Part 3015,

Subpart V (48 FR 29116, June 24, 1983),

this program is excluded from the scope

of Executive Order No. 12372 which

requires intergovernmental consultation

with State and local officials.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

Ellen Haas, Under Secretary for Food,

Nutrition, and Consumer Services, has

certified that this action will not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The action will increase the amount of

money spent on food through increases

in food stamp benefits issued to

participating households. However, this

money will be distributed among the

relevant area’s food vendors as the food

stamps are used by households, so the

effect on any one vendor will not be

significant.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This action does not contain reporting

or recordkeeping requirements subject

to review by the Office of Management

and Budget.

Background

Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) and Allotments

The TFP is a plan for the

consumption of foods of different types

(food groups) that families might use to

provide nutritious meals and snacks for

family members. The plan suggests

amounts of food for men, women, and

children of different ages, and it meets

most dietary standards. The cost of the

TFP is adjusted monthly to reflect

changes in the costs of the food groups.

TFPs for Alaska and Hawaii are based

upon an adjusted average for the sixmonth period that ends with June 1994.

Since the Bureau of Labor Statistics (the

source of food price data) no longer

publishes monthly information to

compute Alaska and Hawaii TFPs, the

adjusted average provides a proxy for

actual June 1994 TFP costs. The

adjusted average is equal to JanuaryJune 1994 TFP costs for Alaska and

Hawaii increased by the average

percentage difference between the cost

of the TFP in Alaska and Hawaii in June

and the January-June average from 1976

through 1986 (a 1.53 percent increase

over January-June costs in Alaska and a

1.82 percent increase in Hawaii).
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For the period January through June

1994, the average cost of the TFP was

$459.90 in Alaska, a decrease since last

year, and $615.30 in Hawaii. The

proxies for actual June 1994 TFP costs

were $466.94 in Alaska and $626.50 in

Hawaii. The June 1994 cost of the TFP

was $553.20 in Guam and $482.50 in

the Virgin islands.

The TFP is also the basis for

establishing food stamp allotments.

Food stamp allotments are adjusted

periodically to reflect changes in food

cost levels. Section 3(o)(11) of the Food

Stamp Act of 1977, as amended (7

U.S.C. 2012(o)(11)) provides for an

adjustment on October 1, 1994, based

upon 103 percent of the June 1994 cost

of the TFP for a family of four persons

consisting of a man and woman ages

20–50 and children ages 6–8 and 9–11.

The maximum food stamp benefit or

allotment is paid to households which

have no net income. For households

which have some income, their

allotment is determined by reducing the

maximum allotment for their household

size by 30% of the household’s net

income. To obtain the maximum food

stamp allotment for each household

size, the TFP costs for the four-person

household were increased by 3 percent,

divided by four, multiplied by the

appropriate household size and

economy of scale factor, and the final

result was rounded down to the nearest

dollar.

Because the decrease in the Alaska

TFP would have caused a subsequent

drop in maximum food stamp

allotments, on October 13, 1994, the

President signed into law P.L. 103–345.

This law prohibits the Secretary from

reducing food stamp allotments for

Alaska on October 1, 1994 based on a

TFP cost that was lower than the cost of

the TFP for Alaska in June 1993. This

law is effective September 30, 1994. As

a result of this action, the food stamp

allotments for Alaska published in this

notice are the same as last year’s.

Pursuant to section 3(o)(3) of the Food

Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)(3),

maximum food stamp benefits for Guam

and the Virgin Islands cannot exceed

those in the 50 States and D.C., so they

are based upon the lower of their

respective TFPs or the TFP for rural II

Alaska. In addition, the urban Alaska

allotment is the higher of the allotment

that was in effect in urban areas on

October 1, 1985 or 100.79 percent of the

adjusted Anchorage TFP (see 50 FR

18456, dated May 1, 1984, and 51 FR

16281, dated May 2, 1986).

The following table shows new

allotments for Alaska, Hawaii, Guam,

and the Virgin Islands.

MAXIMUM ALLOTMENT AMOUNTS 1—OCTOBER 1994, AS ADJUSTED

Household size Urban

Alaska 2

Rural I

Alaska 3

Rural II

Alaska 4 Hawaii Guam 5 VirginIslands 5

1 ........................................................................................ $147 $188 $229 $193 $170 $149

2 ........................................................................................ 271 345 420 354 313 273

3 ........................................................................................ 388 495 602 508 448 391

4 ........................................................................................ 492 628 765 645 569 496

5 ........................................................................................ 585 746 908 766 767 590

6 ........................................................................................ 702 895 1090 919 811 708

7 ........................................................................................ 776 990 1204 1016 897 782

8 ........................................................................................ 887 1131 1377 1161 1025 894

Each additional member ................................................... +111 +141 +172 +145 +128 +112

1Adjusted to reflect the cost of food in June, adjustments for each household size, economies of scale, a 1.03 percent increase in the TFP and

rounding, except Alaska which by P.L. 103–345 has been held at the 1993–94 levels. 2These levels are 100.79 percent of the Anchorage TFP, as adjusted.

3These levels are 128.52 percent of the Anchorage TFP, as adjusted.

4These levels are 156.42 percent higher than the Anchorage TFP, as adjusted.

5Adjusted to reflect changes in the cost of food in the 48 States and DC, which correlate with price changes in these areas. Maximum allotments in these areas cannot exceed those in rural II Alaska.

Maximum allotments for the 48 States

and DC were published in a separate

notice in the Federal Register. These

adjustments were announced sooner

than the adjustments for Alaska, Hawaii,

Guam and the Virgin Islands because

the data to accomplish the update for

the 48 States and DC were available

sooner than the data for the other areas

covered by this notice.

(7 U.S.C. 2011–2032)

Dated January 4, 1995.

Ellen Haas,

Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and

Consumer Services.

[FR Doc. 95–637 Filed 1–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–U

RIN: 0584–AB96

Food Stamp Program: Maximum

Allotments for the 48 States and D.C.,

and Income Eligibility Standards and

Deductions for the 48 States and D.C.,

Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Virgin

Islands

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service,

USDA.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to update for Fiscal Year 1995: (1) the

maximum allotment levels, which are

the basis for determining the maximum

amount of food stamps which

participating households receive, (2) the

gross and net income limits for food

stamp eligibility which certain

households may have, (3) the standard

deduction available to certain

households, and (4) the homeless

household shelter expense. These

adjustments, required by law, take into

account changes in the cost of living

and statutory adjustments.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Judith M. Seymour, Supervisor,

Eligibility and Certification Regulations

Section, Certification Policy Branch,

Program Development Division, Food

Stamp Program, Food and Consumer

Service, USDA, Alexandria, Virginia

22302, (703) 305–2496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Publication

As required by law, State agencies

must implement this action on October

1, 1994 based on advance notice of the

new amounts. In accordance with

regulations published at 47 FR 46485–

46487 (October 19, 1982), annual

statutory adjustments to the maximum

allotment levels, income eligibility