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 110 STAT. 2320 PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 ing program shall receive not less than $50,000 for each fiscal year. ". (c) ADDITIONAL MATCHING FUNDS. —Section 16(h)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(2)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", including the costs for case management and casework to facilitate the transition from economic dependency to self-sufficiency through work". (d) REPORTS.—Section 16(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5)— (A) by striking "(5)(A) The Secretary and inserting "(5) The Secretary"; and (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and (2) by striking paragraph (6). SEC. 818. FOOD STAMP ELIGIBILnY. The third sentence of section 6(f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(f)) is amended by inserting ", at State option," after "less". SEC. 819. COMPARABLE TREATMENT FOR DISQUALIFICATION. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 6 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding at the end the following: " (i) COMPARABLE TREATMENT FOR DISQUALIFICATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— If a disqualification is imposed on a member of a household for a failure of the member to perform an action required under a Federal, State, or local law relating to a means-tested public assistance program, the State agency may impose the same disqualification on the member of the household under the food stamp progrsim. "(2) RULES AND PROCEDURES. — If a disqualification is imposed under paragraph (1) for a failure of an individual to perform an action required under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the State agency may use the rules and procedures that apply under part A of title IV of the Act to impose the same disqualification under the food stamp program. "(3) APPLICATION AFTER DISQUALIFICATION PERIOD.— A member of a household disqualified under paragraph (1) may, after the disqualification period has expired, apply for benefits under this Act and shall be treated as a new applicant, except that a prior disqualification under subsection (d) shall be considered in determining eligibility. ". (b) STATE PLAN PROVISIONS.— Section 11(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (24), by striking "and" at the end; (2) in paragraph (25), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(26) the guidelines the State agency uses in carrying out section 6(i); and". (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 6(d)(2)(A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(2)(A)) is amended by striking "that is comparable to a requirement of paragraph (1)".

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