Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1312

 95 STAT. 1286

PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981 SIXTY-DAY TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATION

7 USC 2020.

SEC. 1316. Section 11 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by striking out subsection (b). NOTICE OF VERIFICATION

SEC. 1317. Section ll(e)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after the second period the following new sentence: "Each application shall also contain in understandable terms and in prominent and boldface lettering a statement that the information provided by the applicant in connection with the application for a coupon allotment will be subject to verification by Federal, State, and local officials to determine if such information is factual and that if any material part of such information is incorrect, food stamps may be denied to the applicant, and that the applicant may be subjected to criminal prosecution for knowingly providing incorrect information.".

RECERTIFICATION NOTICE

S E C 1318. Section ll(e)(4) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by(1) striking out "immediately prior to or at" and inserting in lieu thereof "prior to"; and (2) striking out "it" after "advising" and inserting in lieu thereof "the household". DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO COMPTROLLER GENERAL, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
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SEC. 1319. Section ll(e)(8) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: ", except that (A) such safeguards shall not prevent the use or disclosure of such information to the Comptroller General of the United States for audit and examination authorized by any other provision of law, and (B) notwithstanding any other provision of law, all information obtained under this Act from an applicant household shall be made available, upon request, to local. State or Federal law enforcement officials for the purpose of investigating an alleged violation of this Act or any regulation issued under this Act". RESTORATION OF LOST BENEFITS

7 USC 2023.

SEC. 1320. (a) Section ll(e)(ll) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended to read as follows: "(11) upon receipt of a request from a household, for the prompt restoration in the form of coupons to a household of any allotment or portion thereof which has been wrongfully denied or terminated, except that allotments shall not be restored for any period of time more than one year prior to the date the State agency receives a request for such restoration from a household or the State agency is notified or otherwise discovers that a loss to a household has occurred;". (b) Section 14 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by CD inserting "(a)" immediately after the section designation; and (2) adding a new subsection as follows: "(b) In any judicial action arising under this Act, any food stamp allotments found to have been wrongfully withheld shall

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