Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1311

 PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981

95 STAT. 1285

WORK REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 1311. Section 6(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended 7 USC 2015. by(1) striking out ", unless the household was certified for benefits under this Act immediately prior to such unemployment" in clause (iii) of paragraph (1); (2) inserting "(including the lack of adequate child care for children above the age of five and under the age of twelve)" after "good cause" in clause (iv) of paragraph (1); (3) inserting before the semicolon at the end of clause (A) of paragraph (2) ", in which case, failure by such person to comply with any work requirement to which such person is subject that is comparable to a requirement of paragraph (1) shall be the same as failure to comply with that requirement of paragraph (l)";and (4) striking out "twelve" and inserting in lieu thereof "six" in paragraph (2)(B). STATE ISSUANCE LIABILITY

SEC. 1312. Section 7(f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended to 7 USC 2016. read as follows: "(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the State agency shall be strictly liable to the Secretary for any financial losses involved in the acceptance, storage and issuance of coupons, including any losses involving failure of a coupon issuer to comply with the requirements specified in section ll(e)(21), except that in the case of Post, p. 1287. losses resulting from the issuance and replacement of authorizations for coupons and allotments which are sent through the mail, the State agency shall be liable to the Secretary to the extent prescribed in the regulations promulgated by the Secretary.". ACCESS OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO INFORMATION

SEC. 1313. Section 9(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by 7 USC 2018. adding at the end thereof the following: "Such purx)oses shall not exclude the audit and examination of such information by the Comptroller General of the United States authorized by any other provision of law.". REPORTING OF ABUSES BY THE PUBLIC

SEC. 1314. Section 9 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: "(e) Approved retail food stores shall display a sign providing information on how persons may report abuses they have observed in the operation of the food stamp program.". RETAIL R E D E M P T I O N

SEC. 1315. Section 10 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by 7 USC 2019. striking out the term "banks" whenever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "financial institutions which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Feder£d Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation".

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