To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to the issuance of quality control guidance issued by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Bill: 119-hr-734
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-24
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide a notice and comment period prior to making certain substantive changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) quality control system, with exceptions.</p><p>As background, the SNAP quality control system measures how accurately SNAP state agencies determine a household’s eligibility and benefit amount and determines overpayments of benefits and underpayments. State agencies must conduct quality control reviews of their SNAP caseloads and report these findings to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.</p><p>The bill requires USDA to provide a notice and public comment period of at least 60 days prior to finalizing any new or updated guidance that proposes substantive changes for conducting quality control reviews. This applies to any proposed guidance reasonably expected to require state agencies to make changes to systems, procedures, or staffing pertaining to quality control reviews or that impact verification requirements for SNAP recipients.</p><p>In the case of an urgent and immediate need, USDA may issue interim final guidance simultaneously with the notice and comment requirements.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 734 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2025 Mr. Moore of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to the issuance of quality control guidance issued by the Secretary of Agriculture.

1. Public comment on quality control guidance Section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (10) Public comment on quality control guidance (A) In general The Secretary shall provide notice and make available for public comment for a period of not fewer than 60 days any new or updated guidance proposing substantive changes for conducting quality control reviews prior to any such guidance being finalized. (B) Scope The requirement in (A) shall be applicable to any proposed guidance reasonably expected to require state agencies to make changes to systems, procedures, or staffing pertaining to quality control reviews or that impact verification requirements for supplemental nutrition assistance program recipients. (C) Exception In the case of an urgent and immediate need, the Secretary may issue interim final guidance simultaneous with the notice and comment requirements required in (A). .