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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 361

(b) Effective October 1, 1983, paragraph (2)(B) of section 5(f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended by subsection (a), is amended to 7 USC 2014. read as follows: "(B) Household income for all other households shall be calculated on a retrospective basis as provided in paragraph (3)(B).". (c) Section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by striking out "5(f)(2)" and inserting "5(f)" in lieu thereof. PERIODIC REPORTING

SEC. 108. (a) Section 3(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the second sentence "except that the limit of twelve months may be waived by the Secretary to improve the administration of the program". (b) Section 6(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by— (1) inserting after "households" in the first sentence of paragraph (1)", including all households with earned income, except migrant farmworker households, all households with potential earners, including individuals receiving unemployment compensation benefits and individuals required by section 6(d) of this Act to register for work, and all households required to file a similar report under title IV-A of the Social Security Act, but not including households that have no earned income and in which all members are sixty years of age or over or receive supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act or disability and blindness payments under titles I, II, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act,"; (2) strildng out "5(f)(2)" in paragraph (1) and inserting "5(f)" in lieu thereof; and (3) inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: "(4) Any household that fails to submit periodic reports required by paragraph (1) shall not receive an allotment for the payment period to which the unsubmitted report applies until such report is submitted.". (c) Effective October 1, 1983, section 6(c)(l) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is further amended by— (1) striking out in the first sentence "that elect to use a system of retrospective accounting in accordance with section 5(f) of this Act"; and (2) striking out the second sentence.

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ELIGIBILITY OF STRIKERS

SEC. 109. (a) Section 6(d)(4) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by— (1) inserting before the colon at the end of the first proviso the following: ", however, such household shall not receive an increased allotment as the result of a decrease in the income of the striking member or members of the household"; (2) inserting a period in lieu of the colon at the end of the second proviso; and (3) striking out the third proviso. (b) Section 6(i) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is repealed. PRORATING FIRST MONTH BENEFITS

SBC. 110. Section 8 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by 7 USC 2017. adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: