119-HR762

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House Senate President

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 762

1. Short title
2. Quality control system tolerance level for excluding small errors

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act".

2. Quality control system tolerance level for excluding small errors

Section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)) is amended—

(1) Reduction of payment error rate based on percentage of overpayments recouped - in paragraph (1)—

(A) - in subparagraph (A)(ii)—

(i) - in subclause (I), by striking "and" at the end;

(ii) - in subclause (II)—

(I) - by inserting "through fiscal year 2024" after "thereafter"; and

(II) - by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and

(iii) - by adding at the end the following:

(III) - for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, $0.

(B) - in subparagraph (C)—

(i) - in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking "may" and inserting "shall";

(ii) - in clause (ii)(I), by inserting ", as adjusted under subparagraph (H), if applicable" after "agency"; and

(iii) - in clause (iii), by striking "10" and inserting "25"; and

(C) Reduction of payment error rate based on percentage of overpayments recouped - by adding at the end the following:

(H) Reduction of payment error rate based on percentage of overpayments recouped - In determining the liability amount of a State agency under subparagraph (C) for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the payment error rate described in clause (ii)(I) of that subparagraph shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—

(i) - the payment error rate of the State agency for that fiscal year; and

(ii) - the percentage of the total amount of overpayments of benefits made by the State agency that are not recouped by the State agency under paragraph (9) for that fiscal year.

(2) - by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and

(3) Recoupment of overpayments - by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:

(9) Recoupment of overpayments - Each State agency shall seek to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to benefit recipients.