This part makes states pay part of the food aid bill. How much they pay turns on their error rate. A state with a low error rate pays nothing. A state with a high one pays 15 percent. It starts in fiscal year 2028.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Agriculture, StatesHow: statuteSec. 10105 in the PDF
What the document says
“Subject to clause (iii), beginning in fiscal year 2028, if the payment error rate of a State as determined under clause (ii) is--”
The section adds a State quality control incentive to section 4(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(a)). Beginning in fiscal year 2028, a State with a payment error rate under 6 percent has a federal share of 100 percent and a State share of zero; at 6 percent or more but under 8 percent the federal share is 95 percent and the State share 5 percent; at 8 percent or more but under 10 percent the federal share is 90 percent and the State share 10 percent; and at 10 percent or more the federal share is 85 percent and the State share 15 percent.
What the document actually says
“Subject to clause (iii), beginning in fiscal year 2028, if the payment error rate of a State as determined under clause (ii) is--”
That sentence, in plain words
From fiscal year 2028 a state pays a share. How big a share turns on its error rate.
What this is about
A rate under 6 percent means the state pays nothing. A rate of 10 percent or more means it pays 15 percent. Two steps sit in between.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Agriculture, StatesHow: statuteSec. 10105 in the PDF
What the document says
“For fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year thereafter, to calculate the applicable State share under clause (i), the Secretary shall use the payment error rate of the State for the third fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the State share is being calculated.”
The section provides that for fiscal year 2028 a State may elect to use its payment error rate from fiscal year 2025 or 2026, and that from fiscal year 2029 on the Secretary uses the State's payment error rate for the third fiscal year before the year being calculated.
What the document actually says
“For fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year thereafter, to calculate the applicable State share under clause (i), the Secretary shall use the payment error rate of the State for the third fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the State share is being calculated.”
That sentence, in plain words
From fiscal year 2029 on, the rate used is an older one. It is the rate from three years back.
What this is about
For the first year, 2028, a state gets a choice. It may use its 2025 rate or its 2026 rate. It picks the one it wants.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Agriculture, StatesHow: statuteSec. 10105 in the PDF
What the document says
“If, for fiscal year 2025, the payment error rate of a State multiplied by 1.5 is equal to or above 20 percent, the implementation date under clause (i) for that State shall be fiscal year 2029.”
The section provides that a State whose fiscal year 2025 payment error rate multiplied by 1.5 is at or above 20 percent does not start paying a share until fiscal year 2029, and a State whose fiscal year 2026 payment error rate multiplied by 1.5 is at or above 20 percent does not start until fiscal year 2030.
What the document actually says
“If, for fiscal year 2025, the payment error rate of a State multiplied by 1.5 is equal to or above 20 percent, the implementation date under clause (i) for that State shall be fiscal year 2029.”
That sentence, in plain words
Take the state's 2025 error rate and multiply it by 1.5. If that is 20 percent or more, the state starts in 2029.
What this is about
The same test is run on the 2026 rate. A state that fails that one starts in 2030. Other states start in 2028.
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The document says “may not”Who acts: Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 10105 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary may not pay towards the cost of an allotment described in paragraph (1) an amount that is greater than the applicable Federal share under paragraph (2).”
The section bars the Secretary from paying toward the cost of an allotment more than the applicable federal share worked out under the new State quality control incentive. It also amends section 13(a)(1) of the same Act (7 U.S.C. 2022(a)(1)) to insert a reference to the payment or disposition of a State share under section 4(a)(2).
What the document actually says
“The Secretary may not pay towards the cost of an allotment described in paragraph (1) an amount that is greater than the applicable Federal share under paragraph (2).”
That sentence, in plain words
The Secretary may not pay more than the federal share. That share is set by the rule above.
What this is about
The rest falls to the state. The cap means the federal side cannot make up a state's part. What the state owes is fixed by its error rate.
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Each distinct thing the section does: the four-step State cost share tied to the payment error rate, which year's error rate is used, the later start date for States with very high error rates, and the cap on what the Secretary may pay.
The change to section 13(a)(1) of the same Act, which inserts a reference to the payment or disposition of a State share, is described in the coverage note rather than recorded as its own proposal.
The section works by amending section 4(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, which is not indexed here. The term payment error rate takes its meaning from section 16(c)(2) of that Act, which is also not indexed here.
