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 PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 110 STAT. 2317 "(cc) whether an individual is in compliance with a requirement under subparagraph (A). "(II) NOT LESS RESTRICTIVE. — A State agency may not use a meaning, procedure, or determination under subclause (I) that is less restrictive on individuals receiving benefits under this Act than a comparable meaning, procedure, or determination under a State program funded under part A of title rV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). " (iv) STRIKE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.—For the purpose of subparagraph (A)(v), an employee of the Federal Government, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, who is dismissed for participating in a strike against the FedergJ Government, the State, or the political subdivision of the State shall be considered to have voluntarily quit without good cause. "(v) SELECTING A HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD. — "(I) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this paragraph, the State agency shall allow the household to select any adult parent of a child in the household as the head of the household if all adult household members making application under the food stamp program agree to the selection. "(II) TIME FOR MAKING DESIGNATION. — A household may designate the head of the household under subclause (I) each time the household is certified for participation in the food stamp program, but may not change the designation during a certification period unless there is a change in the composition of the household, "(vi) CHANGE IN HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD. — If the head of a household leaves the household during a period in which the household is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program under subparagraph (B)— "(I) the household shall, if otherwise eligible, become eligible to participate in the food stamp program; and "(II) if the head of the household becomes the head of another household, the household that becomes headed by the individual shall become ineligible to participate in the food stamp program for the remaining period of ineligibility.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. — (1) The second sentence of section 17(b)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2026(b)(2)) is amended by striking " 6(d)(l)(i)" and inserting "6(d)(l)(A)(i)". (2) Section 20 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2029) is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following: "(f) DISQUALIFICATION.— An individual or a household may become ineligible under section 6(d)(1) to participate in the food stamp program for failing to comply with this section.".

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