I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6518 
To replace certain Federal nutrition programs with a block grant to the 
States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 
Mr. HUELSKAMP (for himself, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. JOR-
DAN, and Mr. KING of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To replace certain Federal nutrition programs with a block 
grant to the States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘State Nutrition Assistance Flexibility Act of 2012’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purpose. 
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Sec. 3. Grants to States. 
Sec. 4. Administrative and fiscal accountability. 
Sec. 5. Nondiscrimination provisions. 
Sec. 6. Definitions. 
Sec. 7. Report on reduction of federal administrative expenditures. 
Sec. 8. Repeals. 
Sec. 9. Severability. 
Sec. 10. Effective date. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to provide Federal finan-
cial assistance to the States, in the form of a single grant, 
to allow the States maximum flexibility in providing, and 
financing the provision of, supplemental food and nutri-
tion assistance. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements of 
this Act, each State that meets the requirements of sub-
section (d) is entitled to receive from the Secretary of the 
Treasury a grant for each quarter of fiscal years 2013, 
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 
2022, in an amount that is equal to 25 percent of the 
sum of— 
(1) the total amount of funds received by a 
State; and 
(2) with funds not received by a State, the dol-
lar value of in-kind benefits (as determined by the 
Secretary of Agriculture) provided to residents of 
such State; 
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under the provisions listed in section 8 for fiscal year 
2008. 
(b) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
there are appropriated for fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015, 
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 such sums 
as are necessary for grants under this subsection (a). 
(c) REQUIREMENTS RELATING
TO INTERGOVERN-
MENTAL FINANCING.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall make the transfer of funds under grants under sub-
section (a) directly to each State in accordance with the 
requirements of section 6503 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
(d) STATE REQUIREMENTS.—In order to receive a 
grant under subsection (a), the Governor of a State shall 
certify to the Secretary of the Treasury that the supple-
mental food and nutrition assistance that will be provided 
by the State using such grant will include— 
(1) as conditions of receiving supplemental food 
and nutrition assistance, work requirements that are 
at least as strict as the work requirements which a 
State is required to impose under a State program 
funded under part A of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act on recipients of assistance under such a 
program; and 
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