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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 734 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect to the issuance |
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| 6 | 6 | | of quality control guidance issued by the Secretary of Agriculture. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY24, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | OOREof Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 11 | 11 | | the Committee on Agriculture |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect |
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| 14 | 14 | | to the issuance of quality control guidance issued by |
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| 15 | 15 | | the Secretary of Agriculture. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. PUBLIC COMMENT ON QUALITY CONTROL 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | GUIDANCE. 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | following: 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ‘‘(10) P |
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| 24 | 24 | | UBLIC COMMENT ON QUALITY CONTROL 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | GUIDANCE.— 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 734 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | provide notice and make available for public 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | comment for a period of not fewer than 60 days 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | any new or updated guidance proposing sub-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | stantive changes for conducting quality control 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | reviews prior to any such guidance being final-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ized. 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 37 | 37 | | COPE.—The requirement in (A) 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | shall be applicable to any proposed guidance 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | reasonably expected to require state agencies to 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | make changes to systems, procedures, or staff-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ing pertaining to quality control reviews or that 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | impact verification requirements for supple-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | mental nutrition assistance program recipients. 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(C) E |
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| 45 | 45 | | XCEPTION.—In the case of an ur-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | gent and immediate need, the Secretary may 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | issue interim final guidance simultaneous with 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | the notice and comment requirements required 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | in (A).’’. 19 |
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