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USDA/FNS RIN: 0584-AB88 Publication ID: Fall 2000 
Title: Food Stamp Program: Food Stamp Recipient Claim Establishment and Collection Standards 
Abstract: The Food and Nutrition Service is revising Food Stamp Program regulations that cover the establishment and collection of recipient claims. This action is the result of the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) and is consistent with the President's regulatory reform effort. In addition, this rule revises existing discretionary areas to improve claim establishment and promote effective management. State agencies are responsible for establishing and collecting recipient claims. The inability of State agencies to efficiently and effectively establish and collect claims has continuously been cited as a deficiency by the Department's Office of Inspector General. The last significant revision to these regulations was in 1983. Subsequent activities, such as technical advances and general debt management regulations, have rendered many portions of the current regulations obsolete. In addition, the current regulations place unnecessary burdens on State agencies. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 272    7 CFR 273   
Legal Authority: 7 USC 2011 to 2032   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/28/1998  63 FR 29303   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/26/1998    
Final Action  07/06/2000  65 FR 41752   
Final Action Effective  08/01/2001    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Local, State 
Federalism: Yes 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Sharon Ackerman
Agency Regulatory Officer
Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
Room 918, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, VA 22302
Phone:703 305-2246
Email: sheri.ackerman@fns.usda.gov