12 2 STA T . 1 8 8 0PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 46—J U NE 18 , 2008 purchase s by a nd hea lt h i er diets a mo n g households partici - pating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program result f rom pro j ects that —‘ ‘ (A) increase the supplemental nutrition assistance purchasing po w er of the participating households by pro- v iding increased supplemental nutrition assistance pro- gram benefit allotments to the participating households
‘‘( B ) increase access to farmers mar k ets by partici- pating households through the electronic redemption of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits at farmers ’ markets; ‘‘( C ) provide incentives to authori z ed supplemental nutrition assistance program retailers to increase the avail- ability of healthy foods to participating households; ‘‘( D ) subject authorized supplemental nutrition assist- ance program retailers to stricter retailer re q uirements with respect to carrying and stocking healthful foods; ‘‘( E ) provide incentives at the point of purchase to encourage households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program to purchase fruits , vegetables, or other healthful foods; or ‘‘( F ) provide to participating households integrated communication and education programs, including the provision of funding for a portion of a school-based nutrition coordinator to implement a broad nutrition action plan and parent nutrition education programs in elementary schools, separately or in combination with pilot projects carried out under subparagraphs (A) through (E) . ‘‘( 4 )E VALU A TION AN DREP ORTIN G .— ‘‘(A) EVALUATION.— ‘‘(i) I NDEPENDENT EVALUATION.— ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.— T he S ecretary shall provide for an independent evaluation of projects selected under this subsection that measures the impact of the pilot program on health and nutrition as described in paragraph ( 1 ). ‘‘(II) R E Q UIRE M ENT.—The independent evalua- tion under subclause (I) shall use rigorous meth- odologies, particularly random assignment or other methods that are capable of producing scientif- ically valid information regarding which activities are effective. ‘‘(ii) CO S TS.—The Secretary may use funds pro- vided to carry out this section to pay costs associated with monitoring and evaluating each pilot project. ‘‘(B) REPORTING.— N ot later than 90 days after the last day of fiscal year 2 009 and each fiscal year thereafter until the completion of the last evaluation under subpara- graph (A), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the H ouse of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that includes a description of— ‘‘(i) the status of each pilot project; ‘‘(ii) the results of the evaluation completed during the previous fiscal year; and ‘‘(iii) to the ma x imum extent practicable—
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