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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 458 

To improve and extend certain nutrition programs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 5, 2013 

Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. THUNE, and Mr. JOHANNS) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To improve and extend certain nutrition programs. 

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 ‘‘Improve Nutrition Pro5 gram Integrity and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RESTORING PROGRAM INTEGRITY TO CATEGOR7 ICAL ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL 

8 NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of section 

10 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

11 2014(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘receives benefits under 


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1 a State program’’ and inserting ‘‘receives assistance (as 

2 defined in section 260.31 of title 45, Code of Federal Reg3 ulations, as in effect on January 1, 2013) under a State 

4 program’’. 

5 (b) RESOURCES.—Section 5(j) of the Food and Nu6 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(j)) is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘receives benefits under a State program’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘receives assistance (as defined in section 260.31 

9 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 

10 January 1, 2013) under a State program’’. 

11 SEC. 3. ELIMINATING THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY AS12 SISTANCE LOOPHOLE. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Food and Nutri14 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (d)(11)(A), by striking ‘‘(other 

16 than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘et seq.))’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘(other than payments or allowances made 

18 under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or any payments under any 

20 other State program funded with qualified State ex21 penditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of 

22 that Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(1))))’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (e)(6)(C), by striking clause 

24 (iv); and 

25 (3) in subsection (k)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (i) by striking subparagraph (C); 

3 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

4 (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (C) 

5 through (F), respectively; and 

6 (iii) by striking paragraph (4). 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2605(f) of 

8 the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 

9 U.S.C. 8624(f)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 

11 (2) by striking paragraph (2). 

12 SEC. 4. ELIMINATING INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR 

13 COUNTABLE RESOURCES. 

14 Section 5(g)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

15 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘(1) TOTAL AMOUNT.—’’ and all 

17 that follows through ‘‘The Secretary’’ in subpara18 graph (A) and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) TOTAL AMOUNT.—The Secretary’’; 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘(as adjusted in accordance with 

21 subparagraph (B))’’ both places it appears; and 

22 (3) by striking subparagraph (B). 


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1 SEC. 5. ENDING SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 

2 PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR LOTTERY OR GAM3 BLING WINNERS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutri5 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding 

6 at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(r) INELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS DUE TO RECEIPT

8 OF SUBSTANTIAL LOTTERY OR GAMBLING WINNINGS.— 

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

10 member receives substantial lottery or gambling 

11 winnings, as determined by the Secretary, shall lose 

12 eligibility for benefits immediately upon receipt of 

13 the winnings. 

14 ‘‘(2) DURATION OF INELIGIBILITY.—A house15 hold described in paragraph (1) shall remain ineli16 gible for participation until the household meets the 

17 allowable financial resources and income eligibility 

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

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

20 ‘‘(3) AGREEMENTS.—As determined by the Sec21 retary, each State agency, to the maximum extent 

22 practicable, shall establish agreements with entities 

23 responsible for the regulation or sponsorship of gam24 ing in the State to determine whether individuals 

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1 ance program have received substantial lottery or 

2 gambling winnings.’’. 

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

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

5 is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘sections 

6 6(b), 6(d)(2), and 6(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b), 

7 (d)(2), (g), and (r) of section 6’’. 

8 SEC. 6. ELIMINATING STATE BONUSES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 16 of the Food and Nutri10 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended by striking 

11 subsection (d). 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 16 of the 

13 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (c)— 

16 (A) in the first sentence of paragraph (4), 

17 by striking ‘‘payment error rate’’ and all that 

18 follows through ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘liability amount or new investment amount 

20 under paragraph (1) or payment error rate’’; 

21 and 

22 (B) in the first sentence of paragraph (5), 

23 by striking ‘‘payment error rate’’ and all that 

24 follows through ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘liability amount or new investment amount 


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1 under paragraph (1) or payment error rate’’; 

2 and 

3 (2) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 

4 (d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(2)’’. 

5 SEC. 7. ELIMINATING DUPLICATIVE EMPLOYMENT AND 

6 TRAINING. 

7 (a) FUNDING OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PRO8 GRAMS.—Section 16 of Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

9 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended by striking subsection (h). 

10 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE COST-SHARING.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 16(a) of the Food 

12 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(a)) is 

13 amended in the first sentence, in the matter pre14 ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(other than a 

15 program carried out under section 6(d)(4))’’ after 

16 ‘‘supplemental nutrition assistance program’’. 

17 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

18 (A) Section 17(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(hh) of the 

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

20 2026(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(hh)) is amended by 

21 striking ‘‘(g), (h)(2), or (h)(3)’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘or (g)’’. 

23 (B) Section 22(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the Food 

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

25 2031(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘, 


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1 (g), (h)(2), and (h)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

2 (g)’’. 

3 (c) WORKFARE.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 20 of the Food and 

5 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2029) is amended 

6 by striking subsection (g). 

7 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

8 17(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(jj) of the Food and Nutrition 

9 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(jj)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘or (g)(1)’’. 

11 SEC. 8. ELIMINATING INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR 

12 EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE RESOURCES. 

13 Section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

14 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2008 

16 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014 through 2018’’; 

17 and 

18 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(2) AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall use to 

21 carry out paragraph (1) $260,000,000 for each of 

22 fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. ELIMINATING THE NUTRITION EDUCATION GRANT 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 Section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

4 (7 U.S.C. 2036a) is repealed. 

5 SEC. 10. TERMINATING AN INCREASE IN BENEFITS. 

6 Section 101(a) of division A of the American Recov7 ery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 

8 123 Stat. 120; 124 Stat. 2394; 124 Stat. 3265) is amend9 ed by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by 

11 this subsection shall terminate after February 1, 

12 2013.’’. 

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