2017-03337: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Extension of Effective Dates and Comment Period

Summary

Consistent with the memorandum of January 20, 2017, to the heads of executive departments and agencies from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review", the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is extending the effective dates and comment period for this rule, which was published January 6, 2017 and implements provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA) 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 agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 14 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 7 CFR 271 General Information and Definitions
• 7 CFR 272 Requirements for Participating State Agencies
• 7 CFR 273 Certification of Eligible Households
• 7 CFR 274 Issuance and Use of Program Benefits
• 7 CFR 275 Performance Reporting System
• 7 CFR 276 State Agency Liabilities and Federal Sanctions
• 7 CFR 277 Payments of Certain Administrative Costs of State Agencies
• 7 CFR 278 Participation of Retail Food Stores, Wholesale Food Concerns and Insured Financial Institutions
• 7 CFR 279 Administrative and Judicial Review—Food Retailers and Food Wholesalers
• 7 CFR 280 Emergency Food Assistance for Victims of Disasters
• 7 CFR 281 Administration of SNAP on Indian Reservations
• 7 CFR 282 Demonstration, Research, and Evaluation Projects
• 7 CFR 283 Appeals of Quality Control (“QC”) Claims
• 7 CFR 285 Provision of a Nutrition Assistance Grant for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico