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 96 STAT. 782

PUBLIC LAW 97-253—SEPT. 8, 1982 "(B) State agencies may collect any claim against a household arising from the overissuance of coupons, other than claims collected pursuant to paragraph (1) or subparagraph (A), by using other means of collection.". CLAIMS COLLECTION PROCEDURE

SEC. 178. The second sentence of section 13(b)(1)(A) (as amended by section 177(a) of this Act) is amended by inserting "within thirty days of a demand for an election" after "election". COST-SHARING FOR COLLECTION OF OVERISSUANCES

95 Stat. 362, 363.

SEC. 179. The first sentence of section 16(a) (7 U.S.C. 2025(a)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", except the value of funds or allotments recovered or collected pursuant to section 13(b)(2) which arise from an error of a State agency". ERROR RATE REDUCTION STJSTEM

SEC. 180. (a) Section 16 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended by— (1) amending subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) The Secretary is authorized to adjust a State agency's federally funded share of administrative costs pursuant to subsection (a), other than the costs already shared in excess of 50 per centum under the proviso in the first sentence of subsection (a) or under subsection (g), by increasing such share to 60 per centum of all such administrative costs in the case of a State agency which has— "(1) a payment error rate as defined in subsection (d)(1) which, when added to the total percentage of all allotments underissued to eligible households by the State agency, is less than 5 per centum; and "(2) a rate of invalid decisions in denying eligibility which is less than a nationwide percentage which the Secretary determines to be reasonable,"; (2) striking out subsections (d), (e), and (g) and redesignating subsections (f), (h), and (i) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and (3) inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: "(d)(1) As used in this subsection, the term 'payment error rate' means the total percentage of all allotments issued in a fiscal year by a State agency which are either— "(A) issued to households which fail to meet basic program eligibility requirements; or "(B) overissued to eligible households. "(2)(A) The Secretary shall institute an error rate reduction program under which, if a State agency's payment error rate exceeds— "(i) 9 per centum for fiscal year 1983, "(ii) 7 per centum for fiscal year 1984, or "(iii) 5 per centum for fiscal year 1985 or any fiscal year thereafter, then the Secretary shall, other than for good cause shown or as provided in subparagraph (B), reduce the State agency's federally funded share of administrative costs provided pursuant to subsection (a), other than the costs already shared in excess of 50 per

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