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 108 STAT. 106 PUBLIC LAW 103-225—MAR. 25, 1994 Mar. 25, 1994 [S. 1926] Food Stamp Program Improvements Act of 1994. Intergovernmental relations. 7 USC 2011 note. Public Law 103-225 103d Congress An Act To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify the requirements relating to monthly reporting and staggered issuance of coupons for households residing on Indian reservations, to ensure adequate access to retail food stores by food stamp households, and to maintain the integrity of the food stamp program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Food Stamp Program Improvements Act of 1994". TITLE I—REPORTING AND STAGGERED ISSUANCE FOR HOUSEHOLDS ON RES- ERVATIONS SEC. 101. BUDGETING AND MONTHLY REPORTING ON RESERVATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. — Section 6(c)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(c)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by striking clause (ii); and (B) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(C) A State agency may require periodic reporting on a monthly basis by households residing on a reservation only if— "(i) the State agency reinstates benefits, without requiring a new application, for any household residing on a reservation that submits a report not later than 1 month after the end of the month in which benefits would otherwise be provided; "(ii) the State agency does not delay, reduce, suspend, or terminate the allotment of a household that submits a report not later than 1 month after the end of the month in which the report is due; "(iii) on the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the State agency requires households residing on a reservation to file periodic reports on a monthly basis; and "(iv) the certification period for households residing on a reservation that are required to file periodic reports

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