Appendix A: Food and Nutrition Act of 2008

OMB 0584-0303- Appendix A: Food and Nutrition Act of 2008

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January 15, 2019

FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2008

Sec. 16

(6) DISPLACEMENT.-A work supplementation or support
program shall not displace the employment of individuals who
are not supplemented or supported.
(c) QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM.(1) IN GENERAL.­
(A) SYSTEM.(i) IN GENERAL.-ln carrying out the supplemental
nutrition assistance program, the Secretary shall carry
out a system that enhances payment accuracy and im­
proves administration by establishing fiscal incentives
that require State agencies with high payment error
rates to share in the cost of payment error.
(ii) TOLERANCE LEVEL FOR EXCLUDING SMALL ER­
RORS.-The Secretary shall set the tolerance level for
excluding small errors for the purposes of this sub­
section.
(I) for fiscal year 2014, at an amount not
greater than $37; and
(II) for each fiscal year thereafter, the amount
specified in subclause (I) adjusted by the percent­
age by which the thrifty food plan is adjusted
under section 3(u)(4) between June 30, 2013, and
June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(B) QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM INTEGRITY.(i) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act
of 2018, the Secretary shall issue interim final regula­
tions that(1) ensure that the quality control system es­
tablished under this subsection produces valid sta­
tistical results;
(II) provide for oversight of contracts entered
into by a State agency for the purpose of improv­
ing payment accuracy;
(III) ensure the accuracy of data collected
under the quality control system established
under this subsection; and
(IV) for each fiscal year, to the maximum ex­
tent practicable, provide for the evaluation of the
integrity of the quality control process of not fewer
than 2 State agencies, selected in accordance with
criteria determined by the Secretary.
(ii) DEBARMENT.-ln accordance with the non­
procurement debarment procedures under part 417 of
title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regu­
lations, the Secretary shall debar any person that, in
carrying out the quality control system established
under this subsection, knowingly submits, or causes to
be submitted, false information to the Secretary.
(C) ESTABLISHMENT OF LIABILITY AMOUNT FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2003 AND THEREAFTER.-With respect to fiscal year
2004 and any fiscal year thereafter for which the Secretary
determines that, for the second or subsequent consecutive
fiscal year, a 95 percent statistical probability exists that

As Amended Through P .L. 115-334, Enacted December 20, 2018