Improve Nutrition Program Integrity and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-458
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-03-05
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employment and training programs

Energy assistance for the poor and aged

Food assistance and relief

Gambling

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Inflation and prices

Nutrition and diet

Public utilities and utility rates
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Improve Nutrition Program Integrity and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make households in which each member receives state assistance under the temporary assistance to needy families program (TANF), the supplemental security income program (SSI), or aid to the aged, blind, or disabled program (AABD) eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program). (Current law bases categorical SNAP eligibility upon state benefits received rather than assistance.)</p> <p>States that any household in which a member receives substantial lottery or gambling winnings shall lose SNAP eligibility immediately upon receipt of such winnings and shall remain ineligible until the household meets the allowable financial resources and income eligibility requirements.</p> <p>Eliminates: (1) the exclusion of low-income home energy assistance from SNAP household income determinations, (2) bonuses for states that demonstrate high or most improved performance, (3) inflation adjustments for emergency food assistance resources, (4) inflation adjustments for countable financial resources, (5) funding of employment and training programs, (6) the nutrition education grant program, and (7) funding of Workfare administrative expenses.</p> <p>Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to: (1) terminate after February 1, 2013, the value of SNAP benefits and consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa from being calculated by using 113.6% of the June 2008 value of the thrifty food plan; and (2) permit the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to reduce the value of the maximum allotments, minimum allotments, or consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa below the FY2009 level.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 458 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 5, 2013 Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Thune , and Mr. Johanns ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To improve and extend certain nutrition programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improve Nutrition Program Integrity and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013 . 2. Restoring program integrity to categorical 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 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 . (b) Resources Section 5(j) of the Food and Nutrition 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 . 3. Eliminating the low-income home energy assistance loophole (a) In general Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition 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 expenditures (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)— (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). 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 subparagraph (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). 5. Ending supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits for lottery or gambling winners (a) In general Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition 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 household described in paragraph (1) shall remain ineligible 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 Secretary, each State agency, to the maximum extent practicable, shall establish agreements with entities responsible for the regulation or sponsorship of gaming in the State to determine whether individuals participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance 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 . 6. Eliminating State bonuses (a) In general Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 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 under paragraph (1) or payment error rate ; and (2) in subsection (i)(1), by striking subsection (d)(1) and inserting subsection (c)(2) . 7. Eliminating duplicative employment and training (a) Funding of employment and training programs 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 preceding 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 , (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) . 8. Eliminating inflation adjustments for emergency food assistance resources 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 2008 through 2012 and inserting 2014 through 2018 ; and (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Amounts The Secretary shall use to carry out paragraph (1) $260,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. . 9. Eliminating the nutrition education grant program Section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2036a ) is repealed. 10. Terminating an increase in benefits Section 101(a) of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–5 ; 123 Stat. 120; 124 Stat. 2394; 124 Stat. 3265) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Termination The authority provided by this subsection shall terminate after February 1, 2013. .