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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

96 STAT. 359

disability and blindness payments under titles I, II, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act, 100 per centum, and 42 USC 30i, 40i, "(2) for all other households, 130 per centum, ^^^i' ^^^^' ^^si of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget"; and (2) inserting "for purposes of determining eligibility and benefit levels for households described in subsection (c)(1) and determining benefit levels only for all other households after "household income in the first sentence of subsection (e). (b) Section 8(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by? use 2017. inserting "(d) and (e)" after "section 5" in the first sentence. ADJUSTMENTS OF DEDUCTIONS

SEC. 105. Section 5(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended 7 USC 2014. by(1) striking out in the first sentence everything that follows "the Secretary shall allow a standard deduction o f and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "$85 a month for each household, except that households in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States shall be allowed a standard deduction of $145, $120, $170, $50, and $75, respectively."; (2) striking out the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Such standard deductions shall be adjusted (1) on July 1, 1983, to the nearest $5 increment to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for items other than food and the homeownership component of shelter costs, as appropriately adjusted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics after consultation with the Secretary, for the fifteen months ending the preceding March 31, (2) on October 1, 1984, to the nearest $5 increment to reflect such changes for the fifteen months ending the preceding June 30, and (3) on October 1, 1985, and each October 1 thereafter, to the nearest $5 increment to reflect such changes for the twelve months ending the preceding June 30."; and (3) striking out the proviso in clause (2) of the fourth sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Provided, That the amount of such excess shelter expense deduction shall not exceed $115 a month in the forty-eight contiguous States and the District of Columbia, and shall not exceed, in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, $200, $165, $140, $40, and $85, respectively, ac^justed (i) on July 1, 1983, to the nearest $5 increment to reflect changes in the shelter (exclusive of homeownership costs), fuel, and utilities components of housing costs in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as appropriately adjusted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics s^er consultation with the Secretary, for the fifteen months ending the preceding March 31, (ii) on October 1, 1984, to the nearest $5 increment to reflect such changes for the fifteen months ending the preceding June 30, and (iii) on October 1, 1985, and each October 1 thereafter, to the nearest $5 increment to reflect such changes for the twelve months ending the preceding June 30,".

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