Appendix A - Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 Sections 11(e)(3) and 11(e)(9)

APPENDIX A: FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2008
SECTIONS 11(e)(3) AND 11(e)(9)

FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2008
[As Amended Through P.L. 113–128, Enacted July 22, 2014]

SEC. 11. ø7 U.S.C. 2020¿ ADMINISTRATION.
(e) The State plan of operation required under subsection (d) of this section shall
provide, among such other provisions as may be required by regulation—
Section 11(e)(3)
(3) that the State agency shall thereafter promptly determine the eligibility of each
applicant household by way of verification of income other than that determined to
be excluded by section 5(d) of this Act (in part through the use of the information, if
any, obtained under section 16(e) of this Act and after compliance with the
requirement specified in paragraph (24)), household size (in any case such size is
questionable), and such other eligibility factors as the Secretary determines to be
necessary to implement sections 5 and 6 of this Act, although the State agency may
verify prior to certification, whether questionable or not, the size of any applicant
household and such other eligibility factors as the State agency determines are
necessary, so as to complete certification of and provide an allotment retroactive to
the period of application to any eligible household not later than thirty days
following its filing of an application, and that the State agency shall provide each
applicant household, at the time of application, a clear written statement explaining
what acts the household must perform to cooperate in obtaining verification and
otherwise completing the application process;
Section 11(e)(9)
(9) that the State agency shall—
(A) provide benefits no later than 7 days after the date of application to any
household which—
(i)(I) has gross income that is less than $150 per month; or
(II) is a destitute migrant or a seasonal farmworker household in
accordance with the regulations governing such households in effect
July 1, 1982; and
(ii) has liquid resources that do not exceed $100;
(B) provide benefits no later than 7 days after the date of application to any
household that has a combined gross income and liquid resources that is less than
the monthly rent, or mortgage, and utilities of the household; and
(C) to the extent practicable, verify the income and liquid resources of a household
referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) prior to issuance of benefits to the
household;