PUBLIC LAW 97-253—SEPT. 8, 1982
96 STAT. 773
regard to the purchase of food and preparation of meals, if the income (as determined under section 5(d)) of the others, exclud- '^ use 2014. ing the spouse, does not exceed the poverty line, as described in section 5(c)(1), by more than 65 per centum.". ROUNDING DOWN
SEC. 143. (a) The second sentence of section 3(o) (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)) 95 Stat. 1282. (as amended by section 144 of this Act) is amended by— (1) in clause (1), inserting "(based on the unrounded cost of such diet)" after "adjustments"; and (2) in clauses (6), (7), and (8), striking out "nearest dollar increment" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "nearest lower dollar increment for each household size". (b) section 5(e) (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)) is amended by— (1) in the second sentence, striking out "nearest $5 increment" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "nearest lower dollar increment"; and (2) in the proviso of clause (2) of the fourth sentence, striking out "nearest $5 increment" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "nearest lower dollar increment". (c) The first sentence of section 8(a) (7 U.S.C. 2017(a)) is amended by inserting "lower" after "nearest". THRIFTY FOOD PLAN ADJUSTMENTS
SEC. 144. The second sentence of section 3(o) (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)) is amended by striking out "(6)" and all that follows through "twelve months ending the preceding June 30" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(6) on October 1, 1982, adjust the cost of such diet to reflect changes in the cost of the thrifty food plan for the twenty-one months ending June 30, 1982, reduce the cost of such diet by 1 per centun, and round the result to the nearest dollar increment, (7) on October 1, 1983, and October 1, 1984, adjust the cost of such diet to reflect changes in the cost of the thrifty food plan for the twelve months ending the preceding June 30, reduce the cost of such diet by 1 per centum, and round the result to the nearest dollar increment, and (8) on October 1, 1985, and each October 1 thereafter, adjust the cost of such diet to reflect changes in the cost of the thrifty food plan for the twelve months ending the preceding June 30 and round the result to the nearest dollar increment". DISABLED VETERANS AND SURVIVORS
SEC. 145. (a) section 3 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(r) 'Elderly or disabled member' means a member of a household "Elderly or •YlQ
disabled
"(1) is sixty years of age or older; member." "(2) receives supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); "(3) receives disability or blindness payments under title I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 42 USC 40i, "(4) is a veteran who— ^^^^' l^^^"(A) has a service-connected disability which is rated as total under title 38, United States Code; or
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