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a deduction under subsection (e)(4), the’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The’’. 
(b) COOPERATION WITH CHILD SUPPORT AGEN-
CIES.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.—Section 6 of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (l)(1) by striking ‘‘At the 
option of a State agency, subject’’ and inserting 
‘‘Subject’’, 
(B) in subsection (m)(1) by striking ‘‘At 
the option of a State agency, subject’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject’’, and 
(C) by striking subsection (n). 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 5(a) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘and (r)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and (p)’’. 
SEC. 4012. ADJUSTMENT TO ASSET LIMITATIONS. 
Section 5(g)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$7,000’’, and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$12,000’’, and— 
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘2008’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 4013. UPDATED VEHICLE ALLOWANCE. 
Section 5(g) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2014(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Begin-
ning’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(I) Beginning’’, and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(II) Beginning on October 1, 
2019, and each October 1 thereafter, 
the amount specified in paragraph 
(2)(B)(iv) shall be adjusted in the 
manner described in subclause (I).’’, 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (B)(iv) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(iv) subject to subparagraph (C), 
with respect to any licensed vehicle that is 
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used for household transportation or to ob-
tain or continue employment— 
‘‘(I) 1 vehicle for each licensed 
driver who is a member of such house-
hold to the extent that the fair market 
value of the vehicle exceeds $12,000; 
and 
‘‘(II) each additional vehicle; 
and’’, and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (D). 
SEC. 4014. SAVINGS EXCLUDED FROM ASSETS. 
Section 5(g) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2014(g)), as amended by section 4013, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(III) Beginning on October 1, 
2019, and each October 1 thereafter, 
the amount specified in paragraph 
(2)(B)(v) shall be adjusted in the 
manner described in subclause (I).’’, 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)(v) by inserting ‘‘to the 
extent that the value exceeds $2,000’’ after ‘‘ac-
count’’. 
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SEC. 4015. WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
(a) CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.—Section 6(d) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘No’’ and inserting 
‘‘Subject to subparagraph (C), no’’, 
(ii) by striking ‘‘over the age of 15 
and under the age of 60’’ and inserting ‘‘at 
least 18 years of age and less than 60 
years of age’’, 
(iii) by amending clause (i) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) without good cause, fails to work 
(including volunteer work that is limited to 
6 months out of a 12-month period) or re-
fuses to participate in either an employ-
ment and training program established in 
paragraph (4), a work program, or any 
combination of work, an employment and 
training program, or work program— 
‘‘(I) a minimum of 20 hours per 
week, averaged monthly in fiscal years 
2021 through 2025; or 
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‘‘(II) a minimum of 25 hours per 
week, averaged monthly in fiscal years 
2026 and each fiscal year there-
after;’’. 
(iv) by striking clauses (ii) and (vi), 
(v) in clause (iv) by adding ‘‘or’’ at 
the end, 
(vi) in clause (v)(II) by striking ‘‘30 
hours per week; or’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
hourly requirements applicable under para-
graph (1)(B)(i).’’, and 
(vii) by redesignating clauses (iii), 
(iv), and (v) as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), 
respectively, 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B), 
(C) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) 
LIMITATION.—Subparagraph 
(B) 
shall not apply to an individual during the first 
month that individual would otherwise become 
subject to subparagraph (B) and be found in 
noncompliance with such subparagraph.’’, 
(D) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (iii)(I) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘(B)’’, 
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(ii) 
in 
clause 
(iv) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(A)(v)’’and inserting ‘‘(B)(iv)’’, and 
(iii) by striking clauses (v) and (vi), 
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (J), respec-
tively, 
(F) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF WORK PROGRAM.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘work program’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) a program under title I of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act; 
‘‘(ii) a program under section 236 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296); 
‘‘(iii) a program of employment and 
training operated or supervised by a State 
or political subdivision of a State that 
meets standards approved by the chief ex-
ecutive officer of the State and the Sec-
retary, other than a program under para-
graph (4); 
‘‘(iv) a program of employment and 
training for veterans operated by the De-
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partment of Labor or the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and approved by the Sec-
retary.’’, and 
(G) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
‘‘(D) TRANSITION PERIOD.—During each 
of the fiscal years 2019 and 2020, States shall 
continue to implement and enforce the work 
and employment and training program require-
ments consistent with this subsection, sub-
section (e), subsection (o) excluding paragraphs 
(4) and (6)(F), section 7(i), section 11(e)(19), 
and section 16 (excluding subparagraphs (A), 
(B), (C), and (D) of subsection (h)(1)) as those 
provisions were in effect on the day before the 
effective date of this subparagraph. 
‘‘(E) INELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(i) NOTIFICATION
OF
FAILURE
TO 
MEET WORK REQUIREMENTS.—The State 
agency shall issue a notice of adverse ac-
tion to an individual not later than 10 days 
after the State agency determines that the 
individual has failed to meet the require-
ments applicable under subparagraph (B). 
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‘‘(ii) FIRST VIOLATION.—The 1st time 
an individual receives a notice of adverse 
action issued under clause (i), the indi-
vidual shall remain ineligible to participate 
in the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program until— 
‘‘(I) the date that is 12 months 
after the date the individual became 
ineligible; 
‘‘(II) the date the individual ob-
tains employment sufficient to meet 
the hourly requirements applicable 
under subparagraph (B)(i); or 
‘‘(III) the date that the indi-
vidual is no longer subject to the re-
quirements of subparagraph (B); 
whichever is earliest. 
‘‘(iii) SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT VIO-
LATION.—The 2d or subsequent time an 
individual receives a notice of adverse ac-
tion issued under clause (i), the individual 
shall remain ineligible to participate in the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program 
until— 
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‘‘(I) the date that is 36 months 
after the date the individual became 
ineligible; 
‘‘(II) the date the individual ob-
tains employment sufficient to meet 
the hourly requirements applicable 
under subparagraph (B)(i); or 
‘‘(III) the date the individual is 
no longer subject to the requirements 
of subparagraph (B); 
whichever is earliest. 
‘‘(F) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—On the request of 
a State agency and with the approval of 
the chief executive officer of the State, the 
Secretary may waive the applicability of 
subparagraph (B) to individuals in the 
State if the Secretary makes a determina-
tion that the area in which the individuals 
reside— 
‘‘(I) has an unemployment rate 
of over 10 percent; 
‘‘(II) is designated as a Labor 
Surplus Area by the Employment and 
Training Administration of the De-
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partment of Labor for the current fis-
cal year based on the criteria for ex-
ceptional circumstances as described 
in section 654.5 of title 20 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations; 
‘‘(III) has a 24-month average 
unemployment rate 20 percent or 
higher than the national average for 
the same 24-month period unless the 
24-month average unemployment rate 
of the area is less than 7 percent, ex-
cept that the 24-month period shall 
begin no earlier than the most recent 
24-month period for which Depart-
ment of Labor unemployment rates 
are available, nor earlier than the 24- 
month period the Employment and 
Training Administration of the De-
partment of Labor uses to designate 
Labor Surplus Areas for the current 
fiscal year; or 
‘‘(IV) is in a State— 
‘‘(aa) that is in an extended 
benefit period (within the mean-
ing of section 203 of the Federal- 
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State Extended Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 1970); or 
‘‘(bb) in which temporary or 
emergency unemployment com-
pensation is being provided under 
any Federal law. 
‘‘(ii) JURISDICTIONS
WITH
LIMITED 
DATA.—In carrying out clause (i), in the 
case of a jurisdiction for which Bureau of 
Labor Statistics unemployment data is lim-
ited or unavailable, such as an Indian Res-
ervation or a territory of the United 
States, a State may support its request 
based on other economic indicators as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(iii) LIMIT ON COMBINING JURISDIC-
TIONS.—In carrying out clause (i), the 
Secretary may waive the applicability of 
subparagraph (B) only to a State or indi-
vidual jurisdictions within a State, except 
in the case of combined jurisdictions that 
are designated as Labor Market Areas by 
the Department of Labor. 
‘‘(iv) REPORT.—The Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Agriculture of 
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the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate, and shall make 
available to the public, an annual report on 
the basis for granting a waiver under 
clause (i). 
‘‘(G) PERCENTAGE EXEMPTION.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(I) 
CASELOAD.—The 
term 
‘caseload’ means the average monthly 
number of individuals receiving sup-
plemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram benefits during the 12-month 
period ending the preceding June 30. 
‘‘(II) COVERED
INDIVIDUAL.— 
The term ‘covered individual’ means a 
member of a household that receives 
supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram benefits, or an individual denied 
eligibility for supplemental nutrition 
assistance program benefits solely due 
to the applicability of subparagraph 
(B), who— 
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‘‘(aa) is not eligible for an 
exception under paragraph (2); 
‘‘(bb) does not reside in an 
area covered by a waiver granted 
under subparagraph (F). 
‘‘(ii) GENERAL
RULE.—Subject to 
clauses (iii) through (v), a State agency 
may provide an exemption from the re-
quirements of subparagraph (B) for cov-
ered individuals. 
‘‘(iii) FISCAL
YEARS
2021
THROUGH 
2025.—Subject to clauses (v) and (vi), for 
each of the fiscal years 2021 through 
2025, a State agency may provide a num-
ber of exemptions such that the average 
monthly number of the exemptions in ef-
fect during the fiscal year does not exceed 
15 percent of the number of covered indi-
viduals in the State in fiscal year 2019, as 
estimated by the Secretary, based on the 
survey conducted to carry out section 16(c) 
for the most recent fiscal year and such 
other factors as the Secretary considers 
appropriate due to the timing and limita-
tions of the survey. 
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‘‘(iv) FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND THERE-
AFTER.—Subject to clauses (v) and (vi), 
for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, a State agency may provide a 
number of exemptions such that the aver-
age monthly number of the exemptions in 
effect during the fiscal year does not ex-
ceed 12 percent of the number of covered 
individuals in the State in fiscal year 2019, 
as estimated by the Secretary, based on 
the survey conducted to carry out section 
16(c) for the most recent fiscal year and 
such other factors as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate due to the timing and 
limitations of the survey. 
‘‘(v) CASELOAD ADJUSTMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall adjust the number of indi-
viduals estimated for a State under clause 
(iii) during a fiscal year if the number of 
members of households that receive supple-
mental nutrition assistance program bene-
fits in the State varies from the State’s 
caseload by more than 10 percent, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(vi) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
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‘‘(I) REPORTS BY STATE AGEN-
CIES.—A State agency shall submit 
such reports to the Secretary as the 
Secretary determines are necessary to 
ensure compliance with this para-
graph. 
‘‘(II) ANNUAL REPORT BY THE 
SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall an-
nually compile and submit to the 
Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate, and shall 
make available to the public, an an-
nual report that contains the reports 
submitted under subclause (I) by 
State agencies. 
‘‘(H) OTHER PROGRAM RULES.—Nothing 
in this subsection shall make an individual eligi-
ble for benefits under this Act if the individual 
is not otherwise eligible for benefits under the 
other provisions of this Act. 
‘‘(I) HOUSEHOLD INELIGIBILTY.—If an in-
dividual becomes ineligible to participate in the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program as a 
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household member due to failure to meet the 
requirements under subparagraph (B), the re-
maining household members (including chil-
dren), shall not become ineligible to apply to 
participate in the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program due to such individual’s ineligi-
bility.’’. 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the 1st sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(E)’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end, and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(E) receiving weekly earnings which equal the minimum 
hourly rate under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)), multiplied by the 
hourly requirement as specified in subparagraph (B); (F) 
medically certified as mentally or physically unfit for em-
ployment; or (G) a pregnant woman.’’, and 
(B) by striking the last sentence, 
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘registration 
requirements’’ and inserting ‘‘requirement’’, 
(4) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(i) by redesignating clause (ii) as 
clause (iii), and 
(ii) by inserting after clause (i) the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) MANDATORY
MINIMUM
SERV-
ICES.—Each State agency shall offer em-
ployment and training program services 
sufficient for all individuals subject to the 
requirements of paragraph (1)(B)(i) who 
are not currently ineligible pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(E), exempt pursuant to sub-
paragraphs (F) and (G) or paragraph (2) 
of subsection (d), and for all individuals 
covered by paragraph (1)(C), to meet the 
hourly requirements specified in paragraph 
(1)(B)(i) to the extent that such require-
ments will not be satisfied by hours of 
work or participation in a work program.’’, 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by inserting after ‘‘contains’’ the 
following: 
‘‘case management services consisting of comprehensive 
intake assessments, individualized service plans, progress 
monitoring, and coordination with service providers, and’’, 
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(ii) by amending clause (i) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) Supervised job search programs that occur 
at State-approved locations in which the activities of 
participants shall be directly supervised and the tim-
ing and activities of participants tracked in accord-
ance with guidelines set forth by the State.’’, 
(iii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘jobs 
skills assessments, job finding clubs, train-
ing in techniques for’’ and inserting ‘‘em-
ployability assessments, training in tech-
niques to increase’’, 
(iv) in clause (iv) in the 1st sentence 
by inserting ‘‘, including subsidized em-
ployment, apprenticeships, and other work 
experience’’ before the period at the end, 
(v) in clause (v) by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding family literacy and financial lit-
eracy,’’ after ‘‘literacy’’, and 
(vi) in clause (vii) by striking ‘‘not 
more than’’, 
(C) in subparagraph (F)— 
(i) clause (ii) by striking ‘‘one hun-
dred and twenty hours per month’’ and in-
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(A) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.— 
Section 51(d)(8)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 51(d)(8)(A)(ii)) is 
amended— 
(i) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘, or’’ 
and inserting a period, 
(ii) by striking ‘‘family—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘(I) receiving’’ and 
inserting ‘‘family receiving’’, and 
(iii) by striking subclause (II). 
(B) WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPOR-
TUNITY ACT.—The Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (Public Law 113–128; 128 
Stat. 1425) is amended— 
(i) in section 103(a)(2) by striking 
subparagraph (D), and 
(ii) in section 121(b)(2)(B) by strik-
ing clause (iv). 
(c) RELATED REQUIREMENTS.—Section 6 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is 
amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (e)(5) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(5) is— 
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‘‘(A) a parent or other household member 
with responsibility for the care of a dependent 
child under age 6 or of an incapacitated person; 
or 
‘‘(B) a parent or other household member 
with responsibility for the care of a dependent 
child above the age of 5 and under the age of 
12 for whom adequate child care is not avail-
able to enable the individual to attend class and 
satisfy the requirements of paragraph (4); 
and’’. 
(2) by striking subsection (o). 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 6, as amended by section 4011 
and subsection (c), by redesignating subsections (p) 
through (s) as subparagraphs (n) through (q), re-
spectively, and 
(2) in section 7(i)(1) by striking ‘‘6(o)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘6(d)(1)(B)’’. 
(e) STATE PLAN.—Section 11(e)(19) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(19)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘geographic areas and households to be cov-
ered under such program, and the basis, including any 
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cost information,’’ and inserting ‘‘extent to which such 
programs will be carried out in coordination with the ac-
tivities carried out under title I of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act, the plan for meeting the min-
imum services requirement under section 6(d)(4)(A)(ii) in-
cluding any cost information, and the basis’’. 
(f) FUNDING OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 16(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘$90,000,000’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘under section 18(a)(1)— 
‘‘(i) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(ii) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 
2020; and 
‘‘(iii) $1,000,000,000 for each fiscal 
year thereafter.’’, 
(B) by amending subparagraph (B)(ii) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) takes into account— 
‘‘(I) for fiscal years 2019 and 
2020, the number of individuals who 
are not exempt from the work require-
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ment under section 6(o) as that sec-
tion existed on the day before the date 
of the enactment of the Agriculture 
and Nutrition Act of 2018; and 
‘‘(II) for fiscal years 2021 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the num-
ber of individuals who are not exempt 
from the requirements under section 
6(d)(1)(B).’’, 
(C) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) RETURN OF UNUSED EMPLOYMENT 
AND TRAINING FUNDS TO THE TREASURY.—If 
a State agency will not expend all of the funds 
allocated to the State agency for a fiscal year 
under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall de-
posit such unused funds in the general receipts 
of the Treasury.’’, 
(D) in subparagraph (D) by striking 
‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’, and 
(E) by amending subparagraph (E) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(E) RESERVATION
OF
FUNDS.—Of the 
funds made available under this paragraph for 
fiscal year 2021 and for each fiscal year there-
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after, not more than $150,000,000 shall be re-
served for allocation to States to provide train-
ing services by eligible providers identified 
under section 122 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act for participants in the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program to 
meet the hourly requirements under section 
6(d)(1)(B) of this Act.’’, and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(C)— 
(A) in clause (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end, 
(B) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a period, and 
(C) by striking clause (iv). 
(g) WORKFARE.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.—Section 20(b) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 3029(b) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘6(d)(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘6(d)(1)(B)’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or (F)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(F), or (G)’’, and 
(B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘sixteen’’ 
and inserting ‘‘18’’. 
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(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(A) in section 16(h)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(F)— 
(I) in clause (i)— 
(aa) in subclause (I) by in-
serting ‘‘(as in effect on the day 
before the date of the enactment 
of the Agriculture and Nutrition 
Act of 2018)’’ after ‘‘this Act’’, 
and 
(bb) in subclause (II)(bb) by 
inserting ‘‘(as in effect on the 
day before the date of the enact-
ment of the Agriculture and Nu-
trition Act of 2018)’’ before the 
period at the end, 
(II) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) in subclause (II)(cc) by 
inserting ‘‘(as in effect on the 
day before the date of the enact-
ment of the Agriculture and Nu-
trition Act of 2018)’’ after ‘‘20’’, 
and 
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(bb) 
in 
subclause 
(III)(ee)(AA) by inserting ‘‘as in 
effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of the Agri-
culture and Nutrition Act of 
2018’’ after ‘‘6(o)’’, and 
(III) in clause (vi)(I) by inserting 
‘‘as in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of the Agri-
culture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’ 
after ‘‘6(d)’’, and 
(ii) in paragraph (3) by striking 
‘‘under section 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(II)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for dependent care expenses under 
section 6(d)(4)’’, and 
(B) in section 17(b) by striking paragraph 
(2). 
(h) EQUITABLE TREATMENT
OF HOUSEHOLDS.— 
Section 11(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2020(e)), as amended by section 4001, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(27) that the State agency may, for purposes 
of ensuring equitable treatment among all house-
holds (including those containing a married couple), 
request earned income data from the Internal Rev-
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enue Service relevant to determining eligibility to re-
ceive supplemental nutrition assistance program ben-
efits and determining the correct amount of such 
benefits at the time of household certification.’’. 
SEC. 4016. MODERNIZATION OF ELECTRONIC BENEFIT 
TRANSFER REGULATIONS. 
Section 7(h)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the 1st sentence by inserting ‘‘and shall 
periodically review such regulations and modify such 
regulations to take into account evolving technology 
and comparable industry standards’’ before the pe-
riod at the end, and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(C)(i)’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘abuse; and’’, by inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C)(i) risk-based measures to maximize the se-
curity of a system using the most effective tech-
nology available that the State agency considers ap-
propriate and cost effective including consideration 
of recipient access and ease of use and which may 
include personal identification numbers, photo-
graphic identification on electronic benefit transfer 
cards, alternatives for securing transactions, and 
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other measures to protect against fraud and abuse; 
and’’, and 
(B) by moving the left margin of clause (ii) 
4 ems to the left. 
SEC. 4017. MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES. 
Section 7(h)(14) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(14) is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall authorize the use 
of mobile technologies for the purpose of access-
ing supplemental nutrition assistance program 
benefits.’’, 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS
ON
ACCESS
OF 
BENEFITS THROUGH MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES’’, 
(B) by amending clause (i) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(i) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.— 
Before authorizing implementation of sub-
paragraph (A) in all States, the Secretary 
shall approve not more than 5 demonstra-
tion project proposals submitted by State 
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agencies that will pilot the use of mobile 
technologies for supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program benefits access.’’, 
(C) in clause (ii)— 
(i) in the heading by striking ‘‘DEM-
ONSTRATION
PROJECTS’’ and inserting 
‘‘PROJECT REQUIREMENTS’’, 
(ii) by striking ‘‘retail food store’’ the 
first place it appears and inserting ‘‘State 
agency’’, 
(iii) by striking ‘‘includes’’, 
(iv) by striking subclauses (I), (II), 
(III), and (IV), and inserting the following: 
‘‘(I) provides recipient protec-
tions regarding privacy, ease of use, 
household access to benefits, and sup-
port similar to the protections pro-
vided under existing methods; 
‘‘(II) ensures that all recipients, 
including those without access to mo-
bile payment technology and those 
who shop across State borders, have a 
means of benefit access; 
‘‘(III) requires retail food stores, 
unless 
exempt 
under 
section 
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7(f)(2)(B), to bear the costs of acquir-
ing and arranging for the implementa-
tion of point-of-sale equipment and 
supplies for the redemption of benefits 
that are accessed through mobile tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(IV) requires that foods pur-
chased with benefits issued under this 
section through mobile technologies 
are purchased at a price not higher 
than the price of the same food pur-
chased by other methods used by the 
retail food store, as determined by the 
Secretary; 
‘‘(V) ensures adequate docu-
mentation for each authorized trans-
action, adequate security measures to 
deter fraud, and adequate access to 
retail food stores that accept benefits 
accessed through mobile technologies, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(VI) provides for an evaluation 
of the demonstration project, includ-
ing, but not limited to, an evaluation 
of household access to benefits; 
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‘‘(VII) requires that the State 
demonstration projects are voluntary 
for all retail food stores and that all 
recipients are able to use benefits in 
non-participating retail food stores; 
and 
‘‘(VIII) meets other criteria as 
established by the Secretary.’’, 
(D) by amending clause (iii) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(iv) DATE OF PROJECT APPROVAL.— 
The Secretary shall solicit and approve the 
qualifying demonstration projects required 
under subparagraph (B)(i) not later than 
January 1, 2020.’’, and 
(E) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) PRIORITY.—The Secretary may 
prioritize demonstration project proposals 
that would— 
‘‘(I) reduce fraud; 
‘‘(II) encourage positive nutri-
tional outcomes; and 
‘‘(III) meet such other criteria as 
determined by the Secretary.’’, and 
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(3) in subparagraph (C)(i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2022’’, and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘requires further study by 
way of an extended pilot period or’’ after 
‘‘States’’ the 2d place it appears . 
SEC. 4018. PROHIBITED FEES. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Section 7(h)(13) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(13)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(13) FEES.—No interchange fees shall apply 
to electronic benefit transfer transactions under this 
subsection. Neither a State, nor any agent, con-
tractor, or subcontractor of a State who facilitates 
the provision of supplemental nutrition assistance 
program benefits in such State may impose a fee for 
switching (as defined in subsection (j)(1)(H) or 
routing such benefits.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7(j)(1)(H) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(H) SWITCHING.—The term ‘’switching’’ 
means the routing of an intrastate or interstate 
transaction that consists of transmitting the de-
tails of a transaction electronically recorded 
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through the use of an electronic benefit transfer 
card in one State to the issuer of the card that 
may be in the same or different State.’’. 
SEC. 4019. REPLACEMENT OF EBT CARDS. 
Section 7(h)(8)(B)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(8)(B)(ii)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘an excessive number of lost cards’’ and inserting ‘‘2 
lost cards in a 12-month period’’. 
SEC. 4020. BENEFIT RECOVERY. 
Section 7(h)(12) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(12)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, or due 
to the death of all members of the household’’ after 
‘‘inactivity’’, 
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘6’’ and 
inserting ‘‘3’’, and 
(3) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘12 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘6 months, or upon 
verification that all members of the household are 
deceased’’. 
SEC. 4021. REQUIREMENTS FOR ONLINE ACCEPTANCE OF 
BENEFITS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 3(o)(1) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)(1)) is amended 
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by striking ‘‘or house-to-house trade route’’ and inserting 
‘‘, house-to-house trade route, or online entity’’. 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF BENEFITS.—Section 7(k) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(k)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting ‘‘AC-
CEPTANCE OF PROGRAM BENEFITS THROUGH ON-
LINE TRANSACTIONS’’, 
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking subparagraph 
(C), and 
(3) by striking paragraph (5). 
SEC. 4022. NATIONAL GATEWAY. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF BENEFITS.—Section 7 of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘benefits by 
benefit issuers’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit issuers and 
other independent sales organizations, third-party 
processors, and web service providers that provide 
electronic benefit transfer services or equipment to 
retail food stores and wholesale food concerns,’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) REQUIREMENT TO ROUTE ALL SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFIT TRANSFER 
TRANSACTIONS THROUGH A NATIONAL GATEWAY.— 
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‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘independent sales organi-
zation’ means a person or entity that— 
‘‘(i) is not a third-party processor; 
and 
‘‘(ii) engages in sales or service to re-
tail food stores with respect to point-of-sale 
equipment necessary for electronic benefit 
transfer transaction processing. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘third-party processor’ 
means an entity, including a retail food store 
operating its own point-of-sale terminals, that is 
capable of routing electronic transfer benefit 
transactions for authorization. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘web service provider’ 
means an entity that operates a generic online 
purchasing website that can be customized for 
online electronic benefit transfer transactions 
for authorized retail food stores. 
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (5), 
the Secretary shall establish a national gateway for 
the purpose of routing all supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program benefit transfer transactions (in 
this subsection referred to as ‘transactions’ unless 
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the context specifies otherwise) to the appropriate 
benefit issuers for purposes of transaction validation 
and settlement. 
‘‘(3) 
REQUIREMENTS
TO
ROUTE
TRANS-
ACTIONS.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that protections regarding pri-
vacy, security, ease of use, and access relating 
to supplemental nutrition assistance benefits 
are maintained for benefit recipients and retail 
food stores; 
‘‘(B) ensure redundancy for processing of 
transactions; 
‘‘(C) ensure real-time monitoring of trans-
actions; 
‘‘(D) ensure that all entities that connect 
to such gateway, and all others that connect to 
such entities, meet and follow transaction mes-
saging standards, and other requirements, es-
tablished by the Secretary; 
‘‘(E) ensure the security of transactions by 
using the most effective technology available 
that the Secretary considers to be appropriate 
and cost-effective; and 
‘‘(F) ensure that all transactions are rout-
ed through such gateway. 
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‘‘(4) STATE
AGENCY
ACTION.—Each State 
agency shall ensure that all of its benefit issuers 
connect to such gateway. A State agency may opt to 
require its benefit issuer to route cash transactions 
through such gateway, subject to terms established 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(5) ROUTING OF TRANSACTIONS THROUGH A 
NATIONAL GATEWAY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Before the Secretary 
implements in all the States a national gateway 
established under paragraph (2), the Secretary 
shall conduct a feasibility study to assess the 
feasibility of routing transactions through such 
gateway. 
‘‘(B) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—The feasibility 
study conducted under subparagraph (A) shall 
provide, at a minimum, all of the following: 
‘‘(i) A comprehensive analysis of op-
portunities and challenges presented by im-
plementation of such gateway. 
‘‘(ii) One or more options for carrying 
forward each of such opportunities and for 
mitigating each of such challenges. 
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‘‘(E) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—If the Sec-
retary makes a determination described in sub-
paragraph (D), the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate 
a report that includes the basis of such deter-
mination. 
‘‘(F) 
NONDISCLOSURE
OF
INFORMA-
TION.—Any information collected through such 
gateway about a specific retail food store, 
wholesale food concern, person, or other entity, 
and any investigative methodology or criteria 
used for program integrity purposes that oper-
ates at or in conjunction with such gateway, 
shall be exempt from the disclosure require-
ments of section 552(a) of title 5 of the United 
States Code pursuant to section 552(b)(3)(B) 
of title 5 of the United States Code. The Sec-
retary shall limit the use or disclosure of infor-
mation obtained under this subsection in a 
manner consistent with section 9(c). 
‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$10,500,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $9,500,000 
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for each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2023, to 
carry out this subsection. Not more than $1,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this paragraph may 
be used for the feasibility study under paragraph 
(5)(B). 
‘‘(7) 
GATEWAY
SUSTAINABILITY.—Benefit 
issuers and third-party processors shall pay fees to 
the gateway operator, in a manner prescribed by the 
Secretary, to directly access and route transactions 
through the national gateway. 
‘‘(A) PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that fees are collected and used solely for 
the operation of the gateway. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—Fees shall be established 
by the Secretary in amounts proportionate to 
the number of transactions routed through the 
gateway by each benefit issuer and third-party 
processor, and based on the cost of operating 
the gateway in a fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary shall 
evaluate annually the cost of operating such 
gateway and shall adjust the fee in effect for a 
fiscal year to reflect the cost of operating such 
gateway, except that an adjustment under this 
subparagraph for any fiscal year may not ex-
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ceed 10 percent of the fee charged under this 
paragraph in the preceding fiscal year.’’. 
(b) APPROVAL
OF
RETAIL
FOOD
STORES
AND 
WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS.—The 1st sentence of sec-
tion 9(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2018(c)) is amended by inserting ‘‘contracts for electronic 
benefit transfer services and equipment, records necessary 
to validate the FNS authorization number to accept and 
redeem benefits,’’ after ‘‘invoices,’’. 
SEC. 4023. ACCESS TO STATE SYSTEMS. 
(a) RECORDS.—Section 11(a)(3)(B) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(a)(3)(B)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Records described’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘All records, and the entire information systems 
in which records are contained, that are covered’’, 
and 
(2) by amending clause (i) to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) be made available for inspection 
and audit by the Secretary, subject to data 
and security protocols agreed to by the 
State agency and Secretary;’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 16 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is 
amended— 
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(1) in the last sentence of subsection (c)(4) by 
inserting ‘‘including providing access to applicable 
State records and the entire information systems in 
which the records are contained,’’ after ‘‘Secretary,’’, 
and 
(2) in subsection (g)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end, 
(B) in subparagraph (F) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) would be accessible by the Secretary 
for the purposes of program oversight and 
would be used by the State agency to make 
available all records required by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
SEC. 4024. TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS. 
Section 11(s) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2020(s)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS’’, 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’, and 
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(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘at 
the option of the State,’’, and 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘not more than’’. 
SEC. 4025. INCENTIVIZING TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION. 
Section 11(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2020(t)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘GRANTS FOR SIMPLIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRI-
TION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM APPLICATION AND ELI-
GIBILITY DETERMINATION SYSTEMS’’, 
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘implement— 
’’ and all that follows through the period at the end, 
and inserting ‘‘implement simplified supplemental 
nutrition assistance program application and eligi-
bility determination systems.’’, and 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) establishing enhanced technological 
methods for applying for benefits and deter-
mining eligibility that improve the administra-
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tive infrastructure used in processing applica-
tions and determining eligibility; or’’, 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (C) and 
(D), and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (C). 
SEC. 4026. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM 
BENEFIT 
TRANSFER 
TRANSACTION 
DATA REPORT. 
Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2018) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end, 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) parameters for retail food store coopera-
tion with the Secretary sufficient to carry out sub-
section (i).’’. 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) DATA COLLECTION FOR RETAIL FOOD STORE 
TRANSACTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) COLLECTION OF DATA.—To assist in mak-
ing improvements to supplemental nutrition assist-
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ance program design, for each interval not greater 
than a 2-year period, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) collect a statistically significant sam-
ple of retail food store transaction data, includ-
ing the cost and description of items purchased 
with supplemental nutrition assistance program 
benefits, to the extent practicable and without 
affecting retail food store document retention 
practices; and 
‘‘(B) make a summarized report of aggre-
gated data collected under subparagraph (A) 
available to the public in a manner that pre-
vents identification of individual retail food 
stores, individual retail food store chains, and 
individual members of households that use such 
benefits. 
‘‘(2) NONDISCLOSURE.—Any transaction data 
that contains information specific to a retail food 
store, a retail food store location, a person, or other 
entity shall be exempt from the disclosure require-
ments of Section 552(a) of title 5 of the United 
States Code pursuant to section 552(b)(3)(B) of 
title 5 of the United States Code. The Secretary 
shall limit the use or disclosure of information ob-
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tained under this subsection in a manner consistent 
with sections 9(c) and 11(e)(8).’’. 
SEC. 4027. ADJUSTMENT TO PERCENTAGE OF RECOVERED 
FUNDS RETAINED BY STATES. 
Section 16(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2025(a) is amended— 
(1) in the 1st sentence by striking ‘‘35 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’, and 
(2) by inserting after the 1st sentence the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘A State agency may use such funds retained only to 
carry out the supplemental nutrition assistance program, 
including investments in technology, improvements in ad-
ministration and distribution, and actions to prevent 
fraud.’’. 
SEC. 4028. TOLERANCE LEVEL FOR PAYMENT ERRORS. 
Section 16(c)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii)— 
(A) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end, 
(B) in subclause (II)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘fiscal year thereafter’’ 
and inserting ‘‘of the fiscal years 2015 
through 2017’’, and 
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(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) for each fiscal year there-
after, $0.’’, and 
(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2004’’ and all that follows through ‘‘second’’, and 
inserting ‘‘any of the fiscal years 2004 through 2018 
for which the Secretary determines that for the sec-
ond or subsequent consecutive fiscal year, and with 
respect to fiscal year 2019 and any fiscal year there-
after for which the Secretary determines that for the 
third’’. 
SEC. 4029. STATE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. 
Section 16(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2025(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘STATE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS’’, 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘AND 
THEREAFTER’’ and inserting ‘‘THROUGH 2017’’, 
(B) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and 
each fiscal year thereafter’’ and inserting 
‘‘through fiscal year 2017’’, and 
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(C) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and 
each fiscal year thereafter’’ and inserting 
‘‘through fiscal year 2017’’, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) FISCAL
YEAR
2018
AND
FISCAL
YEARS 
THEREAFTER.—With respect to fiscal year 2018 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall estab-
lish, by regulation, performance criteria relating 
to— 
‘‘(A) actions taken to correct errors, re-
duce rates of error, and improve eligibility de-
terminations; and 
‘‘(B) other indicators of effective adminis-
tration determined by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 4030. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(m) PILOT PROJECTS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF 
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS COMMITTED
TO AD-
DRESSING FOOD INSECURITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, on ap-
plication, permit not more than 10 eligible entities 
to carry out pilot projects to support public-private 
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partnerships that address food insecurity and pov-
erty. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, an ‘eligible entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State; 
‘‘(B) a unit of local government; 
‘‘(C) a nonprofit organization; 
‘‘(D) a community-based organization; and 
‘‘(E) an institution of higher education. 
‘‘(3) PROJECT
REQUIREMENTS.—Projects ap-
proved under this subsection shall be limited to 2 
years in length and evaluate the impact of the ability 
of eligible entities to— 
‘‘(A) improve the effectiveness and impact 
of the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram; 
‘‘(B) develop food security solutions that 
are contextualized to the needs of a community 
or region; and 
‘‘(C) strengthen the capacity of commu-
nities to address food insecurity and poverty. 
‘‘(4) REPORTING.—Participating entities shall 
report annually to the Secretary who shall submit a 
final report to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag-
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riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 
Such report shall include— 
‘‘(A) a summary of the activities conducted 
under the pilot projects; 
‘‘(B) an assessment of the effectiveness of 
the pilot projects; and 
‘‘(C) best practices regarding the use of 
public-private partnerships to improve the effec-
tiveness of public benefit programs to address 
food insecurity and poverty. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION
AND
ADVANCE
AVAIL-
ABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 to re-
main available until expended. 
‘‘(B) APPROPRIATION IN ADVANCE.—Only 
funds appropriated under subparagraph (A) in 
advance specifically to carry out this subsection 
shall be available to carry out this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 4031. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The 1st sentence of section 18(a)(1) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
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SEC. 4032. EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE. 
Section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2023’’, 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C) by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’, 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘2018’’ the 1st place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘2019’’, 
(ii) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end, and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2019, 
$60,000,000; and’’, and 
(C) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘2020’’, 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(D)(iv)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(D)(v)’’, and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(4) 
FARM-TO-FOOD-BANK
FUND.—From 
amounts made available under subparagraphs (D) 
and (E) of paragraph (2), the Secretary shall dis-
tribute $20,000,000 in accordance with section 214 
of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 
U.S.C. 7515) that States shall use to procure or 
enter into agreements with a food bank to procure 
excess fresh fruits and vegetables grown in the 
State, or surrounding regions in the United States, 
to be provided to eligible recipient agencies as de-
fined in section 201A(3) of the Emergency Food As-
sistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501(3)).’’. 
SEC. 4033. NUTRITION EDUCATION. 
(a) NUTRITION EDUCATION AND OBESITY PREVEN-
TION GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 28 of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ means an individual who is eligible to re-
ceive benefits under a nutrition education and obe-
sity prevention program under this section as a re-
sult of being— 
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‘‘(A) an individual eligible for benefits 
under— 
‘‘(i) this Act; 
‘‘(ii) sections 9(b)(1)(A) and 17(c)(4) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)(A), 
1766(c)(4)); or 
‘‘(iii) section 4(e)(1)(A) of the Child 
Nutrition 
Act 
of 
1966 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1773(e)(1)(A)); 
‘‘(B) an individual who resides in a com-
munity with a significant low-income popu-
lation, as determined by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(C) such other low-income individual as is 
determined to be eligible by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi-
ble institution’ includes any ‘1862 Institution’ or 
‘1890 Institution’, as defined in section 2 of the Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601).’’, 
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Consistent 
with the terms and conditions of grants awarded 
under this section, State agencies may’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, in 
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consultation with the Administrator of the Food and 
Nutrition Service, shall’’, 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the terms 
and conditions of grants awarded under this section, 
eligible institutions shall deliver nutrition education 
and obesity prevention services under a program de-
scribed in subsection (b) that— 
‘‘(A) to the extent practicable, provide for 
the employment and training of professional 
and paraprofessional aides from the target pop-
ulation to engage in direct nutrition education; 
and 
‘‘(B) partner with other public and private 
entities as appropriate to optimize program de-
livery.’’, 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State agency, in 
consultation with eligible institutions that pro-
vide nutrition education and obesity prevention 
services under this subsection, shall submit to 
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the Secretary for approval a nutrition education 
State plan.’’, 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph (C), 
a’’ and inserting ‘‘A’’, and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C), 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘A State agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘An eligible institu-
tion’’, and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘the Director of 
the National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture and’’ after ‘‘by’’, and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by inserting 
‘‘the Director of the National Institute of 
Food and Agriculture and’’ after ‘‘edu-
cation,’’, and 
(D) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘and eli-
gible institutions’’ after ‘‘agencies’’, and 
(E) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘State 
agency’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible institutions’’, 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘and appropriated 
under the authority of paragraph (2)’’ 
after ‘‘paragraph (1)’’, and 
(II) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘(as that sec-
tion existed on the day before the date 
of the enactment of the Agriculture 
and Nutrition Act of 2018)’’ after 
‘‘(B)’’ and 
(bb) in subclause (V) by striking 
‘‘and each fiscal year thereafter’’, and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) REALLOCATION.—If the Secretary de-
termines that an eligible institution will not ex-
pend all of the funds allocated to the eligible in-
stitution for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) 
or in the case of an eligible institution that 
elects not to receive the entire amount of funds 
allocated to the eligible institution for a fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall reallocate the unex-
pended funds to other eligible institutions dur-
ing the fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year 
(as determined by the Secretary) that have ap-
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proved State plans under which the eligible in-
stitutions may expend the reallocated funds.’’, 
and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT ALLOCATION.—Of the 
funds set aside under paragraph (1) and appro-
priated under the authority of paragraph (2) 
for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year there-
after, 100 percent shall be allocated to eligible 
institutions pro rata based on the respective 
share of each State of the number of individuals 
participating in the supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program during the 12-month period 
ending the preceding January 31, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.’’, 
(C) in paragraph (3)(B) by inserting ‘‘, other 
than those incurred by State agencies in preparing 
State plans pursuant to subsection (c)(2) and noti-
fying applicants, participants, and eligible individ-
uals pursuant to subsection (c)(4),’’ after ‘‘this sec-
tion’’, 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, 
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(E) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
AND
ADVANCE
AVAIL-
ABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section $65,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023. 
‘‘(B) APPROPRIATION
IN
ADVANCE.—Ex-
cept as provided in subparagraph (C), only 
funds appropriated under subparagraph (A) in 
advance specifically to carry out this section 
shall be available to carry out this section. 
‘‘(C) OTHER FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
under this paragraph shall be in addition to 
funds made available under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(D) FUNDS
AVAILABILITY.—Funds ap-
propriated under this paragraph shall remain 
available for obligation for a period of 2 fiscal 
years.’’, and 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (4), as so 
redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 
10 percent of the funds allocated to eligible institu-
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tions may be used by the eligible institutions for ad-
ministrative costs.’’, and 
(5) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘January 1, 
2012’’ and inserting ‘‘18 months after the date of 
the enactment of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act 
of 2018’’. 
(b) RELATED AMENDMENT.—Section 18(a)(3)(A)(ii) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2027(a)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘, such as the 
expanded food and nutrition education program’’. 
SEC. 4034. RETAIL FOOD STORE AND RECIPIENT TRAF-
FICKING. 
Section 29(c)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036b(c)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4035. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3— 
(A) in subsections (d) and (i) by striking 
‘‘7(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘7(h)’’, and 
(B) in subsection (o)(1)(A) by striking 
‘‘(r)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(q)(1)’’, 
(2) in section 5(a) by striking ‘‘and section’’ 
each place it appears and all that follows through 
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‘‘households’’ the respective next place it appears, 
and inserting ‘‘and section 3(m)(4), households’’, 
(3) in subsections (e)(1) and (f)(1)(A)(i) of sec-
tion 
by 
striking 
‘‘3(n)(5)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘3(m)(5)’’, 
(4) in the 1st sentence of section 10— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or the Federal Savings 
and Loan Insurance Corporation’’ each place it 
appears, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘3(p)(4)’’ and inserting 
‘‘3(o)(4)’’, 
(5) in section 11— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2) by striking 
‘‘3(t)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘3(s)(1)’’, and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘3(t)(1)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘3(s)(1)’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘3(t)(2)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘3(s)(2)’’, 
(C) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (17) by striking 
‘‘3(t)(1)’’ inserting ‘‘3(s)(1)’’, and 
(ii) in paragraph (23) by striking 
‘‘Simplified Supplemental Nutrition Assist-
ance Program’’ and inserting ‘‘simplified 
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supplemental 
nutrition 
assistance 
pro-
gram’’, 
(6) in section 15(e) by striking ‘‘exchange’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘anything’’, and inserting 
‘‘exchange for benefits, or anything’’, 
(7) in section 17(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(aa) by strik-
ing ‘‘3(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘3(m)’’, 
(8) in section 25(a)(1)(B)(i)(I) by striking the 
2d semicolon at the end, and 
(9) in section 26(b) by striking ‘‘out’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘(referred’’, and inserting ‘‘out 
a simplified supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram (referred’’. 
SEC. 4036. IMPLEMENTATION FUNDS. 
Out of any funds made available under section 18(a) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027(a)) 
for fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall use to carry out 
the amendments made by this subtitle $150,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 
4037. 
MULTIVITAMIN-MINERAL 
DIETARY 
SUPPLE-
MENTS ELIGIBLE FOR PURCHASE WITH SUP-
PLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE BENE-
FITS. 
Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (k) by— 
(A) striking ‘‘and (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘(9)’’, 
and 
(B) inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ‘‘, and (10) a multivitamin-min-
eral dietary supplement for home consump-
tion’’, 
(2) by inserting after subsection (m) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(m–1) ‘Multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement’ 
means a substance that— 
‘‘(1) provides at least half of the vitamins and 
minerals for which the National Academy of Medi-
cine establishes dietary reference intakes, at 50 per-
cent or more of the daily value for the intended life 
stage per daily serving as determined by the Food 
and Drug Administration; and 
‘‘(2) does not exceed the tolerable upper intake 
levels for those nutrients for which an established 
tolerable upper intake level is determined by the Na-
tional Academy of Medicine.’’, and 
(3) in subsection (q)(2) by striking ‘‘and 
spices’’ and inserting ‘‘spices, and multivitamin-min-
eral dietary supplements’’. 
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SEC. 4038. REVIEW OF SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM OPERATIONS. 
Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2018), as amended by section 4026, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) REVIEW OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall review a representative sample 
of currently authorized retail food stores as de-
fined in subsections (o)(2) and (k)(3) of section 
3 to determine whether benefits are properly 
used by or on behalf of participating households 
residing in such facilities and whether such fa-
cilities are using more than one source of Fed-
eral or State funding to meet the food needs of 
residents; 
‘‘(B) may carry out similar reviews for cur-
rently participating residential drug and alcohol 
treatment and rehabilitation programs, and 
group living arrangements for the blind and 
disabled; 
‘‘(C) shall gather information and these 
entities shall be required to submit information 
deemed necessary for a full and thorough re-
view; and 
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‘‘(D) shall report the results of these re-
views to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of the 
Senate not later than 3 years after the date of 
the enactment of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2018, along with recommendations as to any 
additional requirements or oversight that would 
be appropriate for such facilities and retailers, 
and whether these entities should continue to be 
authorized to participate in the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall authorize the 
Secretary to deny any application for continued au-
thorization, any application for authorization, or any 
request to withdraw the authorization of any facility 
or entity referenced in subsections (o)(2) and (k)(3) 
of section 3 based on a determination that residents 
of any such facility or entity are residents of an in-
stitution prior to— 
‘‘(A) the submission of the report de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(D); or 
‘‘(B) 3 years after the date of enactment 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2018; 
whichever is earlier.’’. 
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SEC. 4039. DISQUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN CONVICTED 
FELONS. 
Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2015), as amended by section 4015, is amended 
in subsection (p)(1)— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘: and’’ at 
the end and inserting a period, and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B). 
SEC. 4040. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF BLOCK GRANT 
PAYABLE TO PUERTO RICO. 
(a) STUDY.—With funds appropriated to carry out 
this subsection, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct 
a study to determine the feasibility and impact of using 
a thrifty food plan developed exclusively to apply under 
section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(A)) to calculate the amount 
of the block grant payable to Puerto Rico. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out subsection (a). 
(c) APPROPRIATION IN ADVANCE.—Only funds ap-
propriated under subsection (b) in advance specifically to 
carry out subsection (a) shall be available to carry out 
such subsection. 
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SEC. 4041. SERVICE OF TRADITIONAL FOODS IN PUBLIC FA-
CILITIES. 
Section 4033 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (128 
STAT. 818) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c) — 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, a State, a country 
equivalent, or a local education agency,’’ after 
‘‘programs’’ the 1st place it appears, 
(B) by striking ‘‘ and facilities operated by 
tribal organizations, that primarily serve Indi-
ans’’ and inserting ‘‘and federally funded child 
nutrition and senior meal programs,’’, and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1) — 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ the 1st place it ap-
pears, and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, a State, a county or 
county equivalent, a local educational agency, 
and an entity or person authorized to facilitate 
the donation, storage, preparation, or serving of 
traditional food by the operator of a food serv-
ice program’’ after ‘‘organization’’. 
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SEC. 4042. EXTENSION OF STUDY ON COMPARABLE ACCESS 
TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
FOR PUERTO RICO. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 4142 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 
122 STAT. 1881) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’, 
and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out section 4142 of the Food, Conserva-
tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 
STAT. 1881) as amended by subsection (a). 
(c) APPROPRIATION IN ADVANCE.—Only funds ap-
propriated under subsection (b) in advance specifically to 
carry out section 4142 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 STAT. 1881) 
as amended by subsection (a) shall be available to carry 
out such section as so amended. 
SEC. 4043. ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITY FOR STATES. 
Section 11(e)(6)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(6)(B)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(B) personnel of the State agency or, at 
the option of the State agency and by contract 
with the State agency, personnel of an entity 
that has no direct or indirect financial interest 
in an approved retail food store, may undertake 
such certification or carry out any other func-
tion of the State agency under the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program and without re-
striction by the Secretary on the State agency’s 
use of nongovernmental employees to perform 
program eligibility or any other administrative 
function to carry out such program;’’. 
Subtitle B—Commodity 
Distribution Programs 
SEC. 4101. COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM. 
The 1st sentence of section 4(a) of the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4102. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. 
Section 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2023’’, and 
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(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2023’’, and 
(2) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4103. ELIGIBILITY FOR COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL 
FOOD PROGRAM. 
Section 5(g) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Except’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF CERTIFICATION PE-
RIOD.—In this paragraph, the term ‘certifi-
cation period’ means the period that a partici-
pant in the commodity supplemental food pro-
gram may continue to receive benefits under 
that program without a formal review of the eli-
gibility of the participant. 
‘‘(B) MINIMUM CERTIFICATION PERIOD.— 
Subject to subparagraph (C), a State shall es-
tablish a certification period of not less than 1 
year. 
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‘‘(C) EXTENSIONS.—On the request of a 
State, the Secretary shall approve a State cer-
tification period of more than 1 year on the 
condition that, on an annual basis, the local 
agency in the State administering the com-
modity supplemental food program— 
‘‘(i) verifies the address and continued 
interest of each participant in receiving 
program benefits; and 
‘‘(ii) has sufficient reason to deter-
mine that the participant still meets the 
income eligibility standards, which may in-
clude a determination that the participant 
has a fixed income.’’. 
SEC. 4104. DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES TO 
SPECIAL NUTRITION PROJECTS. 
Section 1114(a)(2)(A) of the Agriculture and Food 
Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 1431e(a)(2)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
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Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
SEC. 4201. PURCHASE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS AND SERV-
ICE INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 10603(b) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 612c-4(b)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4202. SENIORS FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 4402(a) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 4203. HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE. 
Section 243(d) of the Department of Agriculture Re-
organization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953) is amended by 
striking ‘‘until expended’’ and inserting ‘‘until October 1, 
2023’’. 
SEC. 4204. AMENDMENTS TO THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769a) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘FRESH’’ ; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, canned, 
dried, frozen, or pureed’’ after ‘‘fresh’’; 
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(3) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, canned, 
dried, frozen, or pureed’’ after ‘‘fresh’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘, canned, 
dried, frozen, or pureed’’ after ‘‘fresh’’. 
SEC. 4205. REVIEW AND REVISION OF CERTAIN NUTRITION 
REGULATIONS. 
(a) REVIEW OF EXISTING REGULATIONS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and for the purposes described in subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall review— 
(1) the final regulations on ‘‘National School 
Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nu-
trition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as 
Required by the Healthy, Hunger- Free Kids Act of 
2010’’ published by the Department of Agriculture 
in the Federal Register on July 29, 2016 (81 Fed. 
Reg. 50123 et seq.); and 
(2) the final regulations on ‘‘Nutrition Stand-
ards in the National School Lunch and School 
Breakfast Programs’’ published by the Department 
of Agriculture in the Federal Register on January 
26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.). 
(b) FINALIZING NEW REGULATIONS.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary, in consultation with school nutrition personnel 
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and school leaders (including school administrators, school 
boards, and parents), shall finalize new regulations that 
revise the regulations described in subsection (a) based on 
the review of such regulations under such subsection, in-
cluding any requirements for milk, to ensure that the re-
quirements of such regulations— 
(1) are based on research based on school-age 
children; 
(2) do not add costs in addition to the reim-
bursements required to carry out the school lunch 
program authorized under the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) 
or the school breakfast program established by sec-
tion 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1773); and 
(3) maintain healthy meals for students. 
TITLE V—CREDIT 
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans 
SEC. 5101. MODIFICATION OF THE 3-YEAR EXPERIENCE ELI-
GIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR FARM OWNER-
SHIP LOANS. 
Section 302(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922(b)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘(4) WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—In the case of a 
qualified beginning farmer or rancher, the Secretary 
may— 
‘‘(A) reduce the 3-year requirement in 
paragraph (1) to— 
‘‘(i) 2 years, if the farmer or rancher 
has— 
‘‘(I) 16 credit hours of post-sec-
ondary education in a field related to 
agriculture; 
‘‘(II) at least 1 year of direct 
substantive management experience in 
a business; 
‘‘(III) been honorably discharged 
from the armed forces of the United 
States; 
‘‘(IV) successfully repaid a youth 
loan made under section 311(b); or 
‘‘(V) an established relationship 
with an individual participating as a 
counselor in a Service Corps of Re-
tired Executives program authorized 
under section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small 
Business 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
637(b)(1)(B)), or with a local farm or 
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ranch operator or organization, ap-
proved by the Secretary, that is com-
mitted to mentoring the farmer or 
rancher; or 
‘‘(ii) 1 year, if the farmer or rancher 
has military leadership or management ex-
perience from having completed an accept-
able military leadership course; or 
‘‘(B) waive the 3-year requirement in para-
graph (1) if the farmer or rancher— 
‘‘(i) meets a requirement of subpara-
graph (A)(i) (other than subclause (V) 
thereof) and meets the requirement of sub-
paragraph (A)(ii); and 
‘‘(ii) meets the requirement of sub-
paragraph (A)(i)(V).’’. 
SEC. 5102. CONSERVATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 304(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(h)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$75,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
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SEC. 5103. FARM OWNERSHIP LOAN LIMITS. 
Section 305(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1925(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$700,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,750,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
Subtitle B—Operating Loans 
SEC. 5201. LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF OPERATING 
LOANS. 
Section 313(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1943(a)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$700,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,750,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 5202. MICROLOANS. 
Section 313(c)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1943(c)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘title’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 
Subtitle C—Administrative 
Provisions 
SEC. 5301. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER INDIVIDUAL 
DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 333B(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983b(h)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
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SEC. 5302. LOAN AUTHORIZATION LEVELS. 
Section 346(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(1)) is amended 
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 5303. LOAN FUND SET-ASIDES. 
Section 346(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III) of the Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1994(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III)) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
Subtitle D—Technical Corrections 
to the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act 
SEC. 5401. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSOLI-
DATED FARM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
ACT. 
(a)(1) Section 310E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1935(d)(3)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and socially disadvantaged farmers 
or ranchers’’ after ‘‘ranchers’’ the second place it appears. 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 
5004(4)(A)(i) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–246) in lieu of the amendment 
made by such section. 
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(b)(1) Section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended 
in the second sentence by striking ‘‘and limited liability 
companies’’ and inserting ‘‘limited liability companies, and 
such other legal entities’’. 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 5201 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) in 
lieu of the amendment made by such section. 
(c)(1) Section 331D(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981d(e)) is amended 
by inserting after ‘‘within 60 days after receipt of the no-
tice required in this section’’ the following: ‘‘or, in extraor-
dinary circumstances as determined by the applicable 
State director, after the 60-day period’’. 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 10 
of the Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (Pub-
lic Law 102–554). 
(d)(1) Section 333A(f)(1)(A) of the Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1983a(f)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘114’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘339’’. 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 14 
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of the Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (Pub-
lic Law 102–554). 
(e) Section 339(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.1989(d)(3)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘preferred certified lender’’ and inserting 
‘‘Preferred Certified Lender’’. 
(f)(1) Section 343(a)(11)(C) of the Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1991(a)(11)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘or joint opera-
tors’’ and inserting ‘‘joint operator, or owners’’. 
(2) The amendment made by this subsection shall 
take effect as of the effective date of section 5303(a)(2) 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014. 
(g)(1) Section 343(b) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(b)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘307(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘307(d)’’. 
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 5004 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
(h) Section 346(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.1994(a)) is amended by 
striking the last comma. 
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Subtitle E—Amendments to the 
Farm Credit Act of 1971 
SEC. 5501. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REFERENCES. 
(a) Section 1.2(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 
(12 U.S.C. 2002(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) COMPOSITION.—The Farm Credit System shall 
include the Farm Credit Banks, banks for cooperatives, 
Agricultural Credit Banks, the Federal land bank associa-
tions, the Federal land credit associations, the production 
credit associations, the Agricultural Credit Associations, 
the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, the 
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, service cor-
porations established pursuant to section 4.25 of this Act, 
and such other institutions as may be made a part of the 
System, all of which shall be chartered by and subject to 
regulation by the Farm Credit Administration.’’. 
(b) Section 2.4 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2075) is 
amended by striking subsection (d). 
(c) Section 3.0 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2121) is 
amended— 
(1) in the 3rd sentence, by striking ‘‘and a Cen-
tral Bank for Cooperatives’’; and 
(2) by striking the 5th sentence. 
(d) Section 3.2(a)(1) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2123(a)(1)) is amended— 
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(B) by striking ‘‘by the Farm Credit Sys-
tem Assistance Board under section 6.6 or’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesig-
nating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). 
(kk) Section 5.38 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2274) is 
amended by striking ‘‘a farm credit district board, bank 
board, or bank officer or employee shall not remove any 
director or officer of any production credit association or 
Federal land bank association’’ and inserting ‘‘a Farm 
Credit Bank board, officer, or employee shall not remove 
any director or officer of any association’’. 
(ll) Section 5.44 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2275) is re-
pealed. 
(mm) Section 5.58(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2277a– 
7) is amended by striking the second sentence. 
(nn) Subtitle A of title VI of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2278a-2278a–11) is repealed. 
(oo) Title VI of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2278a-2278b– 
11) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 6.32. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
‘‘The authority provided in this subtitle shall termi-
nate on December 31, 2018.’’. 
(pp) Section 7.9 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279c–2) 
is amended by striking subsection (c). 
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(qq) Section 7.10(a)(4) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2279d(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) the institution pays to the Farm Credit In-
surance Fund the amount by which the total capital 
of the institution exceeds 6 percent of the assets;’’. 
(rr) Section 8.0(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2279aa(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) BOARD.—The term ‘Board’ means the 
board of directors established under section 8.2.’’. 
(ss)(1) Section 8.0 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279aa) 
is amended by striking paragraphs (6) and (8), and redes-
ignating paragraphs (7), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (6) 
through (8), respectively. 
(2)(A) Section 4.39 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2219d) 
is amended by striking ‘‘8.0(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘8.0(6)’’. 
(B) Section 8.6(e)(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279aa– 
6(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘8.0(9)’’ and inserting 
‘‘8.0(7)’’. 
(C) Section 8.11(e) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279aa– 
11(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘8.0(7)’’ and inserting 
‘‘8.0(6)’’. 
(D) Section 8.32(a)(1)(B) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2279bb–1(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘8.0(9)(C)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘8.0(7)(C)’’. 
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