0584-AE64 201904 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Reform Provisions for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control System

The Department proposes to revise its regulations for various Quality Control (QC) provisions in subpart C of 7 CFR part 275 to reflect numerous changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) Quality Control system. There have been concerns about the SNAP QC process by not only its stakeholders, but FNS as well, primarily due to questions regarding the integrity of State collected error rate data that is used to develop SNAP’s national error rates. SNAP has been working diligently for several years to address these concerns and plans to move forward to reform components of its QC process to ensure the integrity of state-reported error rates.

On December 20, 2018, the President signed Public Law 115-334, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the Act). The Act included specific and broad requirements to reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Quality Control (QC) system in order to improve its accuracy and integrity.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No Undetermined Regulatory 7 CFR 275 7 U.S.C. 2011 to 2036 Pub. L. 115-334 Yes Interim Final Rule 10/00/2019 No No None 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