I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1510 
To improve and extend certain nutrition programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 11, 2013 
Mr. NEUGEBAUER (for himself, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. GOOD-
LATTE, and Mr. WILLIAMS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To improve and extend certain nutrition programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Improvement 
Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTORING PROGRAM INTEGRITY TO CATEGOR-
ICAL ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of section 
5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘receives benefits under 
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a State program’’ and inserting ‘‘receives assistance (as 
defined in section 260.31 of title 45, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, as in effect on January 1, 2013) under a State 
program’’. 
(b) RESOURCES.—Section 5(j) of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(j)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘receives benefits under a State program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘receives assistance (as defined in section 260.31 
of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 
January 1, 2013) under a State program’’. 
SEC. 3. ELIMINATING THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY AS-
SISTANCE LOOPHOLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(11)(A), by striking ‘‘(other 
than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘et seq.))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(other than payments or allowances made 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or any payments under any 
other State program funded with qualified State ex-
penditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of 
that Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(1))))’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)(6)(C), by striking clause 
(iv); and 
(3) in subsection (k)— 
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(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(D) through (G) as subparagraphs (C) 
through (F), respectively; and 
(iii) by striking paragraph (4). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2605(f) of 
the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 
U.S.C. 8624(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 4. ELIMINATING INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR 
COUNTABLE RESOURCES. 
Section 5(g)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1) TOTAL AMOUNT.—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘The Secretary’’ in subpara-
graph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) TOTAL AMOUNT.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(as adjusted in accordance with 
subparagraph (B))’’ both places it appears; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (B). 
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SEC. 5. ENDING SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR LOTTERY OR GAM-
BLING WINNERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) INELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS DUE TO RECEIPT 
OF SUBSTANTIAL LOTTERY OR GAMBLING WINNINGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any household in which a 
member receives substantial lottery or gambling 
winnings, as determined by the Secretary, shall lose 
eligibility for benefits immediately upon receipt of 
the winnings. 
‘‘(2) DURATION OF INELIGIBILITY.—A house-
hold described in paragraph (1) shall remain ineli-
gible for participation until the household meets the 
allowable financial resources and income eligibility 
requirements under subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), 
(i), (k), (l), (m), and (n) of section 5. 
‘‘(3) AGREEMENTS.—As determined by the Sec-
retary, each State agency, to the maximum extent 
practicable, shall establish agreements with entities 
responsible for the regulation or sponsorship of gam-
ing in the State to determine whether individuals 
participating in the supplemental nutrition assist-
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ance program have received substantial lottery or 
gambling winnings.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5(a) of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(a)) 
is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘sections 
6(b), 6(d)(2), and 6(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b), 
(d)(2), (g), and (r) of section 6’’. 
SEC. 6. ELIMINATING STATE BONUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 16 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended by striking 
subsection (d). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 16 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the first sentence of paragraph (4), 
by striking ‘‘payment error rate’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘liability amount or new investment amount 
under paragraph (1) or payment error rate’’; 
and 
(B) in the first sentence of paragraph (5), 
by striking ‘‘payment error rate’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘liability amount or new investment amount 
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under paragraph (1) or payment error rate’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(2)’’. 
SEC. 7. ELIMINATING DUPLICATIVE EMPLOYMENT AND 
TRAINING. 
(a) FUNDING OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 16 of Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended by striking subsection (h). 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE COST-SHARING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 16(a) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(a)) is 
amended in the first sentence, in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(other than a 
program carried out under section 6(d)(4))’’ after 
‘‘supplemental nutrition assistance program’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 17(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(hh) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2026(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(hh)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking ‘‘(g), (h)(2), or (h)(3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘or (g)’’. 
(B) Section 22(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the Food 
and 
Nutrition 
Act 
of 
2008 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2031(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘, 
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(g), (h)(2), and (h)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
(g)’’. 
(c) WORKFARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 20 of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2029) is amended 
by striking subsection (g). 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
17(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(jj) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(jj)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘or (g)(1)’’. 
SEC. 8. ELIMINATING THE NUTRITION EDUCATION GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2036a) is repealed. 
SEC. 9. TERMINATING AN INCREASE IN BENEFITS. 
Section 101(a) of division A of the American Recov-
ery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 
123 Stat. 120; 124 Stat. 2394; 124 Stat. 3265) is amend-
ed by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by 
this subsection shall terminate on the date of the en-
actment of the SNAP Improvement Act of 2013 or 
after October 31, 2013, whichever occurs first.’’. 
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