This part rewrites who may get food aid. A person must live in the United States. A person must also fit one of four groups. What a barred member earns still counts for the rest of the home.
The document says “shall not”Who acts: State agencies, Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 10108 in the PDF
What the document says
“No individual who is a member of a household otherwise eligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program under this section shall be eligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a member of that or any other household unless he or she is--”
The section rewrites section 6(f) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(f)). A person who is a member of an otherwise eligible household may not take part, as a member of that household or of any other, unless the person is a resident of the United States and also holds one of four listed statuses.
What the document actually says
“No individual who is a member of a household otherwise eligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program under this section shall be eligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a member of that or any other household unless he or she is--”
That sentence, in plain words
A person may not join the food aid program unless two things are true. The list that follows says what they are.
What this is about
The bar holds even if the rest of the home qualifies. It also holds if the person moves to a different home. Both tests must be met.
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“an alien who has been granted the status of Cuban and Haitian entrant, as defined in section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422); or”
The four statuses are a citizen or national of the United States; an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence as an immigrant as defined by sections 101(a)(15) and 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which the section states excludes among others alien visitors, tourists, diplomats and students who enter temporarily with no intention of abandoning a residence in a foreign country; an alien granted the status of Cuban and Haitian entrant as defined in section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; and an individual lawfully residing in the United States under a Compact of Free Association referred to in section 402(b)(2)(G) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
What the document actually says
“an alien who has been granted the status of Cuban and Haitian entrant, as defined in section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422); or”
That sentence, in plain words
One of the four is a Cuban or Haitian entrant. An older law from 1980 says what that means.
What this is about
The other three cover citizens. They cover people with a green card. They cover some people here under a pact with the U.S. Visitors and students do not count.
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“The income (less, at State option, a pro rata share) and financial resources of the individual rendered ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program under this subsection shall be considered in determining the eligibility and the value of the allotment of the household”
The section provides that the income and financial resources of a person barred by the subsection are still counted in working out the eligibility and the allotment of the household the person belongs to, with the State free to subtract a pro rata share of that income first.
What the document actually says
“The income (less, at State option, a pro rata share) and financial resources of the individual rendered ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program under this subsection shall be considered in determining the eligibility and the value of the allotment of the household”
That sentence, in plain words
What the barred person earns and owns still counts. It is used to work out what the home gets. A state may take out a share first.
What this is about
The person cannot get aid. The rest of the home still can. But the home is judged on the money the whole home has.
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Each distinct thing the section does: the bar on taking part unless a person meets both tests, the four statuses that satisfy the second test, and the rule that a barred member's income and resources still count toward the household.
Nothing in the section is left out. The section replaces one subsection in full and each of its parts is recorded.
The section works by rewriting section 6(f) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, which is not indexed here. The statuses it names are defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 and the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, none of which are indexed here.
