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USDA, Food and Nutrition Service: Food Stamp Program: Personal Responsibility Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

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GAO reviewed the Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS) new rule on the Food Stamp Program. GAO noted that (1) the rule would implement 13 provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which include numerous restrictions on eligibility for the Food Stamp Program, and (2) FNS complied with applicable requirement in promulgating the rule.

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