Agriculture Department, Food and Nutrition Service
This final rule implements three provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) of 2023, affecting the program purpose and individuals subject to the able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) time limit for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These changes do the following: add language about assisting low-income adults in obtaining employment and increasing their earnings to the program purpose; update and define exceptions from the ABAWD time limit; and adjust the number of discretionary exemptions available to State agencies each year. This rule also clarifies procedures for when State agencies must screen for exceptions to the time limit and verification requirements for exceptions.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service 7 CFR Part 271 and 273 [FNS 2023-0058] RIN 0584-AF01 ( printed page 102342) AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule implements three provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) of 2023, affecting the program purpose and individuals subject to the able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) time limit for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These changes do the following: add language about assisting low-income adults in obtaining employment and increasing their earnings to the program purpose; update and define exceptions from the ABAWD time limit; and adjust the number of discretionary exemptions available to State agencies each year. This rule also clarifies procedures for when State agencies must screen for exceptions to the time limit and verification requirements for exceptions. DATES: This final rule is effective January 16, 2025. ADDRESSES: SNAP Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catrina Kamau, Certification Policy Branch, Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Email: SNAPCPBRules@usda.gov . Phone: (703) 305-2022. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Acronyms or Abbreviations Able-bodied adults without dependents, ABAWDs or time-limited participants Code of Federal Regulati…
Other Federal Register documents from the same docket.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Program Purpose and Work Requirement Provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Program Purpose and Work Requirement Provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Citation: 89 FR 102342
