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.)
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.
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.
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.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 458 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 458
To improve and extend certain nutrition programs.
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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
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A BILL
To improve and extend certain nutrition programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improve Nutrition Program Integrity
and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013''.
SEC. 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''.
SEC. 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).
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 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).
SEC. 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''.
SEC. 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)''.
SEC. 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)''.
SEC. 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.''.
SEC. 9. ELIMINATING THE NUTRITION EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a)
is repealed.
SEC. 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.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1129-1131)
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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