Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/388

 95 STAT. 362

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

"(c) The value of the allotment issued to any eligible household for the initial month or other initial period for which an allotment is issued shall have a value which bears the same ratio to the value of the allotment for a full month or other initial period for which the allotment is issued as the number of days (from the date of application) remaining in the month or other initial period for which the allotment is issued bears to the total number of days in the month or "Initial month." other initio period for which the allotment is issued. As used in this subsection, the term 'initial month* means (1) the first month for wMch an allotment is issued to a household, and (2) the first month for which an allotment is issued to a household following any period of more than thirty days which such household was not participating in the food stamp program under this Act after previous participation in such program.. OUTREACH

7 USC 2020.

7 USC 2025.

SEC. 111. (a) Section IKeXD of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended by striking out clauses (A) and (B) and redesignating existing clause (C) as (B) and inserting the following new clause (A): (A) not conduct food stamp outreach activities with funds provided under this Act;". (b) Section 16(a) of that Act is amended by— (1) striking out clause (1); and (2) redesignating clauses (2), (3), (4), and (5) as clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively. DISQUALIFICATION PENALTIES FOR FRAUD AND MISREPRESENTATION

7 USC 2015.

SEC. 112. Section 6(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is amended to read as follows: "(b)(1) Any person who has been found by any State or Federal court or administrative agency to have intentionally (A) made a false or misleading statement, or misrepresented, concealed or withheld facts, or (B) committed any act that constitutes a violation of this Act, the regulations issued thereunder, or any State statute, for the purpose of using, presenting, transferring, acquiring, receiving, or possessing coupons or authorization cards shall, immediately upon the rendering of such determination, become ineligible for mrther participation in the program— (i) for a period of six months upon the first occasion of any such determination; "(ii) for a period of one year upon the second occasion of any such determination; and "(iii) permanently upon the third occasion of any such determination. During the period of such ineligibility, no household shall receive increased benefits under this Act as the result of a member of such household having been disqualified under this subsection. "(2) Each State agency shall proceed against an individual alleged to have engaged in such activity eitiier by way of administrative hearings, a£ter notice and an opportunity for a hearing at the State level, or by referring such matters to appropriate authorities for civil or criminal action in a court of law. "(3) Such periods of ineligibili^ as are provided for in par^raph (1) of this subsection shall remain in enect, without possibility of administrative stay, unless and until the finding upon which the ineligibility is based is subsequently reversed by a court of appropri-

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