12 2 STA T . 11 03PUBLIC LA W 110 – 23 4—M A Y 22 , 200 8(1)byred e signat ing p aragrap h s(1)and( 2 )ass u bpara - graphs ( A )and( B ) , respe c ti v e l y, and indenting appr o priately
(2) by stri k ing ‘ ‘ N o m ember ’ ’ and inserting the f ollo w ing
‘‘(1) INGE NE RAL.— No member’’; and ( 3 ) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) P R OC E DU RE S .— T he S ecretary shall— ‘‘(A) define the terms ‘fleeing’ and ‘actively seeking’ for purposes of this subsection; and ‘‘(B) ensure that State agencies use consistent proce- dures established by the Secretary that dis q ualify individ- uals whom law enforcement authorities are actively seeking for the purpose of holding criminal proceedings against the individual.’’. SEC.41 1 3 .C LARIF ICA T I ON OFS P LIT ISS U ANCE. Section 7 (h) of the F ood and Nutrition Act of 2 0 0 8 (7 U .S. C . 201 6 (h)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: ‘‘(2) R E Q U I RE M EN T S.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any procedure established under paragraph (1) shall— ‘‘(i) not reduce the allotment of any household for any period; and ‘‘(ii) ensure that no household e x periences an interval between issuances of more than 4 0 days. ‘‘(B) M ULTI P LE ISSUANCES.—The procedure may include issuing benefits to a household in more than 1 issuance during a month only when a benefit correction is nec- essary.’’. SEC. 4114. ACCRUAL OF B ENEFITS. Section 7(i) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(12) RECO V ERING ELECTRONIC B ENE F ITS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State agency shall establish a procedure for recovering electronic benefits from the account of a household due to inactivity. ‘‘(B) BENEFIT STORAGE.—A State agency may store recovered electronic benefits off-line in accordance with subparagraph ( D ), if the household has not accessed the account after 6 months. ‘‘(C) BENEFIT E X PUNGING.—A State agency shall expunge benefits that have not been accessed by a house- hold after a period of 12 months. ‘‘(D) NOTICE.—A State agency shall— ‘‘(i) send notice to a household the benefits of which are stored under subparagraph (B); and ‘‘(ii) not later than 48 hours after request by the household, make the stored benefits available to the household.’’. SEC. 411 5 . ISSUANCE AN D USE OF PRO G RA M BENEFITS. (a) IN G ENERAL.—Section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016) is amended— (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through ‘‘subsection ( j )) shall be’’ and inserting the following: Deadlin e .Proc ed u re s .
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