IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 760 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress 
should reject the provisions of H.R. 6083, as ordered reported by the 
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, that reduce 
the availability or amount of benefits provided under the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program (SNAP) in effect under the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2012 
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. 
DELAURO, and Ms. FUDGE) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Congress should reject the provisions of H.R. 6083, 
as ordered reported by the Committee on Agriculture 
of the House of Representatives, that reduce the avail-
ability or amount of benefits provided under the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) in effect 
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
Whereas hunger is a serious threat to individual dignity, pro-
ductivity, learning, economic prosperity, health and devel-
opment; 
Whereas food insecurity means that people face an ongoing 
struggle against hunger; 
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Whereas 48.8 million people lived in food insecure households 
in 2010; 
Whereas the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
(SNAP), established in the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008, is the nation’s first line of defense against hunger 
and food insecurity; 
Whereas SNAP served more than 46 million people in May 
2012; 
Whereas half of all new SNAP participants receive benefits 
for 10 months or less and 74 percent left the program 
entirely within 2 years; 
Whereas the average SNAP household has income of 57 per-
cent of the poverty level, and 84 percent of all benefits 
go to households with a child, elderly person, or disabled 
person; 
Whereas the SNAP benefits average less than $1.50 per per-
son per meal; 
Whereas 85 percent of families on SNAP make less than 
$24,000 a year for a family of 4; 
Whereas the average allotment per household is $284 per 
month; 
Whereas SNAP participation rises when the economy is 
weak; 
Whereas millions of Americans need to turn to SNAP as a 
way to feed themselves and their families; 
Whereas SNAP would have lifted 3.9 million Americans, in-
cluding 1.7 million children, out of poverty in 2010 if its 
benefits were included in the official measures of income 
and poverty; 
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Whereas SNAP is an efficient public/private partnership that 
runs on the regular channels of commerce—regular retail 
outlets and Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) systems; 
Whereas SNAP achieved the highest level of overall payment 
accuracy in the history of the program at 96.2 percent; 
Whereas the national overpayment error rate, defined as the 
percentage of SNAP benefit dollars issued in excess of 
the amounts for which households are eligible, fell to 3.05 
percent; 
Whereas the national underpayment error rate, defined as the 
percentage of SNAP benefit dollars issued that are lower 
than the amounts for which households are eligible, was 
less than 1.0 percent; 
Whereas every dollar in new SNAP benefits generates up to 
$1.79 in economic activity; 
Whereas each $1 billion increase in SNAP benefits is esti-
mated to create or maintain 18,000 full-time equivalent 
jobs, including 3,000 farm jobs; 
Whereas H.R. 6083, the Federal Agriculture Reform and 
Risk Management Act (FARRM), would reauthorize 
SNAP; 
Whereas the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates 
that H.R. 6083 would cut SNAP by $16.5 billion over 10 
years; 
Whereas H.R. 6083 cuts SNAP provisions for the Categorical 
Eligibility (Cat El) option, the Standard Utility Allow-
ance (SUA)/Low Income Home Energy Assistance Pro-
gram (LIHEAP) connection (‘‘heat and eat’’), and the 
State Performance Fund (‘‘performance bonuses’’); 
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