Rule2024-30575
Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity
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Published
December 23, 2024
Effective
December 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentFood and Nutrition Service
Abstract
The Food and Nutrition Service is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on October 31, 2024. The document makes access and parity improvements in USDA's food distribution programs to support access for eligible populations and streamline requirements for program operators.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 104393-104394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30575]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Parts 247, 250, 251, 253, and 254
[FNS-2023-0026]
RIN 0584-AE92
Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Nutrition Service is correcting a final rule that
appeared in the Federal Register on October 31, 2024. The document
makes access and parity improvements in USDA's food distribution
programs to support access for eligible populations and streamline
requirements for program operators.
DATES: Effective December 30. 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Walton, Program Analyst, Food
Distribution Policy Branch, Supplemental Nutrition and Safety Programs,
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, 1320
Braddock Place, 3rd Floor, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 at 703-305-2746
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80c7f2e5e7eff2f9aed7e1ecf4efeec0f5f3e4e1aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97d0e5f2f0f8e5eeb9c0f6fbe3f8f9d7e2e4f3f6b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. 2024-24966 appearing on page
87228 in the Federal Register of Thursday, October 31, 2024, the
following corrections are made:
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1. Sec. 247.5 [Corrected]
On page 87244, in the third column, in amendatory instruction 4,
correct paragraphs (b)(15) through (17) to read as follows:
(b) * * *
(15) Ensuring that program participation does not exceed the State
agency's caseload allocation on an average monthly basis;
(16) Making publicly available a list of all CSFP local agencies on
a publicly available internet web page. The State agency must post the
name, address, and telephone number for each local agency. The list
must be updated, at a minimum, on an annual basis; and
(17) Posting the State Plan that is currently in use on a publicly
available internet web page.
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2. Sec. 247.9 [Corrected]
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i. On page 87245, in the first and second columns, in amendatory
instruction 9 correct paragraphs (b)(1) and (d)(3)(xxiv) to read as
follows:
(b) * * *
(1) The State agency may accept as income-eligible for CSFP
benefits any applicant that documents that they are certified as fully
eligible for the following Federal programs: the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, the Food Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the Low Income
Subsidy Program, or the Medicare Savings Programs.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(3) * * *
(xxix) Payments to the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Belknap Indian
community and the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation
(Montana) (Pub. L. 98-124, sec. 5);
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3. Sec. 251.4 [Corrected]
On page 87250, in the first column, instruction 26 for Sec. 251.4,
correct instruction 26.f. to read as follows:
f. Removing the term ``donated commodities'' wherever it appears in
paragraph (g) and adding in its place the term ``USDA Foods'';
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4. Sec. 253.2 [Corrected]
On page 87254, in the first and second columns, in amendatory 36,
correct the definitions of ``Indian Tribal Organization (ITO) and
``State agency'' to read as follows:
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Indian Tribal Organization (ITO) means:
(1) The recognized governing body of any Indian tribe on a
reservation; or
(2) The tribally recognized intertribal organization which the
recognized governing bodies of two or more Indian tribes on a
reservation authorize to operate SNAP or a Food Distribution Program on
their behalf.
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State agency means:
(1) The agency of State government, including the local offices
thereof, which enters into an agreement with FNS for the distribution
of USDA Foods on all or part of an Indian reservation, and
(2) The ITO of any Indian tribe, determined by the Department to be
capable of effectively administering a Food Distribution Program, which
enters into an agreement with FNS for the distribution of USDA Foods on
all or part of an Indian reservation.
(3) State agencies are also referred to as FDPIR administering
agencies.
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5. Sec. 253.5 [Corrected]
On page 87255, in the first column, in amendment 39, correct the
section heading to read as follows:
Sec. 253.5 State agency requirements.
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6. Sec. 253.6 [Corrected]
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i. On page 87255, in the second column, in amendment 40, correct
paragraphs (a)(2), (d)(3)(vii); and (e)(1) to read as follows:
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(a) * * *
(2) Nonhousehold members. The following individuals residing with a
household shall not be considered household members in determining the
household's eligibility. Nonhousehold members specified in paragraphs
(a)(2) (i) and (iv) who are otherwise eligible may participate in the
Program as separate households.
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(d) * * *
(3) * * *
(vii) The earned income (as defined in paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this
section) of children who are members of the household, who are students
at least half time and who have not attained their eighteenth birthday.
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(e) Income deductions--(1) Earned income deduction. Households with
earned income, as defined in paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this section, shall
be allowed a deduction of twenty percent of their gross earned income.
Earned income excluded under paragraph (d)(3) of this section shall not
be considered earned income for the purpose of computing this
deduction.
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Tameka Owens,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-30575 Filed 12-20-24; 8:45 am]
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