Stop Needless Award Payments Act of 2018

Stop Needless Award Payments Act of 2018

This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the authority of the Department of Agriculture to award bonus payment to states that demonstrate high or improved performance in administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5338 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5338

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal authority to make 
             bonus payments to States based on performance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2018

 Mrs. Handel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal authority to make 
             bonus payments to States based on performance.

    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 ``Stop Needless Award Payments Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is 
amended by striking subsection (d).

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the first day 
of the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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