0584-AE57 201904 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents

Federal law generally limits the amount of time an able-bodied adult without dependents (ABAWD) can receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to 3 months in a 36-month period, unless the individual meets certain work requirements. On the request of a State SNAP agency, the law also gives the Department of Agriculture (the Department) the authority to temporarily waive the time limit in areas that have an unemployment rate of over 10 percent or a lack of sufficient jobs. The law also provides State agencies with a limited number of percentage exemptions that can be used by States to extend SNAP eligibility for ABAWDs subject to the time limit. Through this final rule the Department will respond to public comments on the NPRM and consider amendments to the regulatory standards by which the Department evaluates State SNAP agency requests to waive the time limit and to the current policy that allows unlimited carryover of ABAWD percentage exemptions.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Yes No Regulatory 7 CFR 273.24(f) sec. 6(o)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2011 to 2036 Yes ANPRM 02/23/2018 83 FR 8013 NPRM 02/01/2019 84 FR 980 NPRM Comment Period End 04/02/2019 Final Action 12/00/2019 No Businesses Local State No No No No Charles Watford H. Regulatory Review Specialist 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 703 605-0800 charles.watford@usda.gov 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria VA 22314 Kelly Stewart Chief, Planning and Regulatory Affairs Office 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 703 305-2425 kelly.stewart@fns.usda.gov 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria VA 22302