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GAO-17-356R 1 (2017-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtam0001 and id is 1 raw text is: c AO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-328735 January 18, 2017 The Honorable Pat Roberts Chairman The Honorable Debbie Stabenow Ranking Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable K. Michael Conaway Chairman The Honorable Collin C. Peterson Ranking Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) entitled Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (RIN: 0584-AD87). We received the rule on January 6, 2017. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule and interim final rule on January 6, 2017, with a stated effective date of March 7, 2017. 82 Fed. Reg. 2010. The final rule and interim final rule implements statutory provisions affecting the eligibility, benefits, certification, and employment and training (E&T) requirements for applicant or participant households in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The rule will (1) exclude military combat pay from the income of SNAP households; (2) raise the minimum standard deduction and the minimum benefit for small households; (3) eliminate the cap on the deduction for dependent care expenses; (4) index resource limits to inflation; (5) exclude retirement and education accounts from countable resources; (6) clarify reporting requirements under simplified reporting; (7) permit states to provide transitional benefits to households leaving state-funded cash assistance programs; (8) allow states to establish telephonic and gestured signature systems; (9) permit states to use E&T funds to provide job retention services; and (10) update requirements regarding the E&T funding cycle. FNS intends for these provisions to more accurately reflect needs, reduce barriers to participation, and improve efficiency in the administration of the program. This rule also replaces language in SNAP certification regulations with the new program name and updates procedures for accessing SNAP benefits in drug and alcohol treatment centers and group living arrangements with use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards. In addition, this rule provides states with regulatory options for GAO-17-356R

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