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GAO-02-874R 1 (2002-07-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwgv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-290739 July 17, 2002 The Honorable Tom Harkin Chairman The Honorable Richard G. Lugar Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable Larry Combest Chairman The Honorable Charles W. Stenholm Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service: Food Stamp Program: Work Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and Food Stamp Provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 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 Food Stamp Program: Work Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and Food Stamp Provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (RIN: 0584-AC45). Our Office received the rule on July 2, 2002. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on June 19, 2002. 67 Fed. Reg. 41589. The final rule follows the issuance of an interim rule and a proposed rule that incorporated provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The rule finalizes provisions dealing with enhanced state flexibility in exempting portions of a state agency's caseload from the food stamp time limit and to increase the funding available to create work opportunities for recipients who are subject to the time limit. It also makes changes to current work rules, including requirements for the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program and the optional workfare program, as well as simplifying disqualification requirements for failure to comply with work rules. GAO-02-874R

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