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This proposed rule implements provisions of Public Law 119-21 that change the requirements for standard utility allowances and treatment of energy assistance payments. These changes include a restriction on including internet costs in standard utility allowances and limiting which households may use a standard utility allowance based on receipt of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program payments. The rule also proposes to revise other provisions of USDA’s Final Rule, "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances” impacting development of standard utility allowances.