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B-202967 1 (1981-04-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkak0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S--- COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES S -, WASHINGTON O.C. 20548 B-202967 April 29, 1981 The Honorable Jesse Helms Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to °your April 1981 letter, we are providing ourLyiews on proposed Food Stamo Program legislation in S. 884, a bill you introduced on April 7, 1981. (Title XII of this btl entitled Food Stamps offers substantial opportunities for cost savings in the program. It incorporates a number of recom- mendations we have offered since 1977 and would make several changes that food stamp officials at the State and local levels frequently say are needed to improve program management) Our detailed comments are organized to follow the sequence estab- lished by the bill. PURCHASE REQUIREMENT Section 1201 of S. 884 would(reinstate the purchase re- quirement for the Food Stamp Program. The purchase requirement would apply when an applicant household's income was low enough to qualify for food stamps but not low enough to be eligible for the entire allotment amount considered sufficient for adequate nutrition for the household for a month.) In those cases, the household would have to pay the difference between the bonus food stamp amount it was eligible to receive and the uniform food stamp allotment established under the thrifty food planl/ for that size household. Thus, all households of the same size would receive the same amount of food coupons, but income vari- ations would dictate the size of the purchase requirement and the free assistance (bonus coupon value) to which the household was entitled. 1/A low-cost food plan the Department of Agriculture has devel- oped to provide most of the recommended dietary allowances established by the National Academy of Sciences. 73

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