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Union Calendar No. 30
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1000
[Report No. 105–43]
To require States to establish a system to prevent prisoners from being
considered part of any household for purposes of determining eligibility
of the household for food stamp benefits and the amount of food stamp
benefits to be provided to the household under the Food Stamp Act
of 1977.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 10, 1997
Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Oregon, and Mr. STENHOLM) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture
APRIL 8, 1997
Additional sponsors: Mr. BERRY, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr.
SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. DANNER, and Mr. SESSIONS
APRIL 8, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To require States to establish a system to prevent prisoners
from being considered part of any household for purposes
of determining eligibility of the household for food stamp
benefits and the amount of food stamp benefits to be
provided to the household under the Food Stamp Act
of 1977.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STATES REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH SYSTEM TO
PREVENT PRISONERS FROM BEING CONSID-
ERED PART OF ANY HOUSEHOLD UNDER THE
FOOD STAMP ACT OF 1977.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11(e)(20) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(20)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(20) that the State agency shall establish a
system and take action on a periodic basis—
‘‘(A) to verify and otherwise assure that an
individual does not receive coupons in more
than one jurisdiction within the State; and
‘‘(B) to verify and otherwise assure that an
individual who is officially detained in a correc-
tional, detention, or penal facility administered
under Federal or State law is not considered to
be part of any household participating in the
food stamp program, except to the extent that
the Secretary determines that extraordinary cir-
cumstances have made it impracticable for the
State agency to obtain the information nec-
essary to do so.’’.
(b) PENALTY.—Section 11(g) of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977 shall apply, in accordance with its terms, to any
failure of a State agency to comply with section
11(e)(20)(B) of such Act.
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
11(e)(8)(E) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2020(e)(8)(E)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or (20)(B)’’
after ‘‘(16)’’.
(d) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this section shall not apply with respect
to certification periods beginning before the end of the 1-
year period that begins with the date of the enactment
of this Act.
Union Calendar No. 30
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1000
[Report No. 105–43]
A BILL
To require States to establish a system to prevent
prisoners from being considered part of any
household for purposes of determining eligibility
of the household for food stamp benefits and the
amount of food stamp benefits to be provided to
the household under the Food Stamp Act of
1977.
APRIL 8, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed