0584-AD98 200910 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Provision Major System Failures of Title IV of Public Law 110-246 Title IV-Part III: Program Operations, section 4133 (Major System Failures) provision allows USDA to prohibit State agencies from collecting claims from a household and to assert a claim against a State in cases of major systemic error resulting in substantial overpayments of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. This proposed rule will regulate what procedures and processes are to be followed if a State experiences such a failure. It will define what a major system failure is and explain under what circumstances a State agency will be held liable for an overpayment rather than the client household. (09-010) Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No Undetermined 7 CFR 273 PL 110-246 No NPRM 12/00/2009 Final Action 12/00/2010 Undetermined Undetermined No No No James Herbert F 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 703 305-2572 james.herbert@fns.usda.gov 10th Floor, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria VA 22302