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OGC-97-1 1 (1996-10-31)

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GAO            United States
               General Accounting Office
               Washington, D.C. 20548

               Office of the General Counsel




               B-275317



               October 31, 1996

               The Honorable Richard G. Lugar
               Chairman
               The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
               United States Senate

               The Honorable Pat Roberts
               Chairman
               The Honorable E (Kika) de la Garza
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Agriculture
               House of Representatives

               Subject: Department of Agriculture: Food Stamp Program-Child Support
                         Deduction

                Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on
                a major rule promulgated by Department of Agriculture, entitled Food Stamp
                Program: Child Support Deduction. We received the rule on October 7, 1996. It
                was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on October 17, 1996. 61 Fed
                Reg. 54282.

                Section 13921 of Public Law 103-66, the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief
                Act, amended section 5(e) of the Food Stamp Act to add a deduction for household
                members who make legally obligated child support payments to or for an individual
                living outside of the household.

                The child support deduction allowed by this rule encourages payment of child
                support by increasing a household's food stamp allotment if a member is paying
                child support. This final rule gives State agencies various options for requiring
                households to report changes in payments during the certification period and allows
                budgeting the deduction either prospectively or retrospectively.


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