SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) CALCULATION
OF PROGRAM BENEFITS.—The 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 3 (7 U.S.C. 2012)— 
(A) by striking subsection (u), 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(n) 
through (t) as subsections (o) through (u), re-
spectively, and 
(C) by inserting after subsection (m) the 
following: 
‘‘(n) ‘Low-cost food plan’ means the diet required to 
feed a family of four persons, consisting of a man and 
a woman nineteen through fifty, a child six through eight, 
and a child nine through eleven years of age, determined 
in accordance with the Secretary’s calculations. The cost 
of such diet shall be the basis for uniform allotments for 
all households regardless of their actual composition, ex-
cept that the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) make household-size adjustments (based 
on the unrounded cost of such diet) taking into ac-
count economies of scale; 
‘‘(2) make cost adjustments in the low-cost food 
plan for Hawaii and the urban and rural parts of 
Alaska to reflect the cost of food in Hawaii and 
urban and rural Alaska; 
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‘‘(3) make cost adjustments in the separate 
low-cost food plans for Guam, and the Virgin Is-
lands of the United States, to reflect the cost of food 
in those States, but not to exceed the cost of food 
in the 50 States and the District of Columbia; and 
‘‘(4) on October 1, 2017, and each October 1 
thereafter, adjust the cost of the diet to reflect the 
cost of the diet in the preceding June, and round the 
result to the nearest lower dollar increment for each 
household size.’’, 
(2) in section 8(a) (7 U.S.C. 2017(a))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘thrifty food plan’’ each 
place it appears, and inserting ‘‘low-cost food 
plan’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘8 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘10 percent’’, 
(3) 
in 
section 
16(c)(1)(A)(ii) 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2025(c)(1)(A)(ii))— 
(A) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2014, at an amount not greater than $37’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2017, at an 
amount not greater than $50’’, and 
(B) in subclause (II)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2013’’ and 
inserting ‘‘June 30, 2016’’, and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘thrifty food plan’’ 
and inserting ‘‘low-cost food plan’’, and 
(4) 
in 
section 
19(a)(2)(A) 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2028(a)(2)(A))— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end, 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘each fiscal year there-
after’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the fiscal 
years 2004 through 2016’’, and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon, and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2017, 
$2,650,000,000; and 
‘‘(iv) subject to the availability of ap-
propriations under section 18(a), for fiscal 
year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the amount determined under clause (iii), 
as adjusted by the percentage by which the 
low-cost food plan has been adjusted under 
section 3(n)(4) between June 30, 2017, 
and June 30 of the immediately preceding 
fiscal year.’’. 
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(b) STANDARD MEDICAL EXPENSE DEDUCTION.— 
Section 5(e)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘an excess 
medical’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end, and inserting ‘‘a standard medical deduc-
tion or to a medical expense deduction of actual 
costs for the allowable medical expenses incurred by 
the elderly or disabled member, exclusive of special 
diets.’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) The standard medical expense deduc-
tion shall be equal to $140 for fiscal year 2017, 
and for each subsequent fiscal year shall be 
equal to the applicable amount for the pre-
ceding fiscal year as adjusted to reflect changes 
for the 12-month period ending the preceding 
June 30 in the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers: Medical Care published by 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Depart-
ment of Labor, except that for any such fiscal 
year the State agency may establish a greater 
standard medical expense deduction that satis-
fies cost neutrality standards established by the 
Secretary for such fiscal year.’’. 
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(c) ELIMINATION OF CAP OF EXCESS SHELTER EX-
PENSES.—Section 5(e)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (B), and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 
(D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively. 
(d) WORK REQUIREMENT.—Section 6(o)(3) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(3)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end, 
(2) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and 
(3) by adding at end the following: 
‘‘(F) not offered a position in a program 
described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of para-
graph (2).’’. 
(e) FUNDING OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 16(h)(1)(E)(ii)(II) of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(E)(ii)(II)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) through (E) of’’ 
after ‘‘under’’. 
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2008.—The 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 10 (7 U.S.C. 2019) by strik-
ing ‘‘3(p)’’ and inserting ‘‘3(q)’’, 
(B) in section 11 (7 U.S.C. 2012)— 
(i) in subsection (a)(2) by striking 
‘‘3(t)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘3(u)(1)’’, and 
(ii) in subsection (d)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘3(t)(1)’’ each 
place 
it 
appears 
and 
inserting 
‘‘3(u)(1)’’, and 
(II) by striking ‘‘3(t)(2)’’ each 
place 
it 
appears 
and 
inserting 
‘‘3(u)(2)’’, 
(C) in section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) (7 U.S.C. 
(a)(2)(A)(ii)) by striking ‘‘3(u)(4)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘3(n)(4)’’, and 
(D) 
in 
section 
27(a)(2) 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2036(a)(2))— 
(i) in subparagraph (C) by striking 
‘‘3(u)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘3(n)(4)’’, and 
(ii) in subparagraph (E) by striking 
‘‘3(u)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘3(n)(4)’’. 
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