Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 2.djvu/826

 101 STAT. 1330-32

Termination date.

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

"(A) the anticipated aggregate value of the coupons that would have been distributed under the food stamp program if the individuals who participate in the Project had participated instead in the food stamp program; and "(B) the portion of the administrative costs for which the State would have received reimbursement under— "(i) subsections (a) and (g) of section 16 (without regard to the first proviso to such subsection (g)) if the individuals who participated in the Project had participated instead in the food stamp program; and "(ii) section 16(h) if the individuals who participated in the Project had participated in an employment and training program under section 6(d)(4); except that this paragraph shall not be construed to prevent the State from claiming payments for additional households that would qualify for benefits under the food stamp program in the absence of a cash out of such benefits as a result of changes in economic, demographic, and other conditions in the State or a subsequent change in the benefit levels approved by the State legislature. "(5) An assurance that the State will continue to carry out the food stamp program while the State carries out the Project. "(6) If there is a change in existing State law that would eliminate guaranteed benefits or reduce the rights of applicants or participants under this section during, or as a result of participation in, the Project, the Project shall be terminated. "(7) An assurance that the Project shall include procedures and due process guarantees no less beneficial than those which are available under Federal law and under State law to participants in the food stamp program. "(8)(A) An assurance that, except as provided in subparagraph (B), the State will carry out the Project during a 5-year period beginning on the date the first individual is approved for participation in the Project. "(B) The Project may be terminated 180 days after— "(i) the State gives notice to the Secretary that it intends to terminate the Project; or "(ii) the Secretary, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, determines that the State materially failed to comply with this section. "(c) FUNDING.—If an application submitted under subsection (a) by the State complies with the requirements specified in subsection (b), then the Secretary shall— "(1) approve such application; and "(2) from funds appropriated under this Act, pay the State for— "(A) the actual cost of the food assistance provided under the Project; and "(B) the percentage of the administrative costs incurred by the State to provide food assistance under the Project that is equal to the percentage of the State's aggregate administrative costs incurred in operating the food stamp program in the most recent fiscal year for which data are available, that was paid under subsections (a), (g), and (h) of section 16 of this Act.

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