Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Student Eligibility, Convicted Felons, Lottery and Gambling, and State Verification Provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014; Correction

Published date21 June 2019
Citation84 FR 29029
Record Number2019-12910
SectionRules and Regulations
CourtFood And Nutrition Service
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 120 (Friday, June 21, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2019)]
                [Rules and Regulations]
                [Pages 29029-29030]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-12910]
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                DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                Food and Nutrition Service
                7 CFR Parts 271, 272 and 273
                [FNS-2015-0038]
                RIN 0584-AE41
                Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Student Eligibility,
                Convicted Felons, Lottery and Gambling, and State Verification
                Provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014; Correction
                AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
                ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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                SUMMARY: This document contains technical corrections to the Paperwork
                Reduction Act section of final rule entitled ``Supplemental Nutrition
                Assistance Program: Student Eligibility, Convicted Felons, Lottery and
                Gambling, and State Verification Provisions of the Agricultural Act of
                2014,'' published in the Federal Register on April 15, 2019.
                DATES:
                 Effective date: This document is effective June 21, 2019.
                 Compliance date: Compliance with the final rule published on April
                15, 2019 (84 FR 15083), and effective on June 14, 2019, is as noted in
                the specific regulatory provisions.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sasha Gersten-Paal, Branch Chief,
                Certification Policy Branch, Program Development Division, Food and
                Nutrition Service (FNS), 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 810, Alexandria,
                Virginia 22302, (703) 305-2507, [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Food and Nutrition Service published a
                final rule on April 15, 2019, (84 FR 15083), that implements four
                sections of the Agricultural Act of 2014 affecting eligibility,
                benefits, and program administration requirements for the Supplemental
                Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This document makes a technical
                correction to add the burden on SNAP individuals/households to report
                lottery or gambling winnings to State SNAP agencies to the burden
                details below based on a prior estimate in IC 0584-0064. It is
                estimated that a total of 27,500 participants, or 550 SNAP participants
                per State, will spend a total of 4,593 hours at a rate of .167 hours
                per response to report their substantial winnings to the State SNAP
                agency at a rate of $7.25 per hour for a total estimated cost of
                $33,296 for all respondents annually. FNS utilized the estimate of .167
                hours to report a change based on a prior estimate in IC 0584-0064 on
                how long it takes a household to complete a simplified periodic report.
                FNS is not including the burden on SNAP individuals/households to
                reapply for benefits should they become eligible again. Since
                individuals/households applying for SNAP benefits are already required
                to report income and assets, the impact of this decision is negligible.
                Need for Correction
                 As published, the text in the Paperwork Reduction Act section of
                the final rule does not include the burden on SNAP individuals/
                households to report lottery or gambling winnings to State SNAP
                agencies and requires a technical correction to the affected public,
                respondent type, number of responses, annual burden hours, and
                estimated cost to respondents.
                Correction
                 In final rule FR Doc. 2019-07194, beginning on page 15083 in the
                issue of April 15, 2019, make the following correction, in the
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section:
                 1. On page 15091 in the first column, revise the 13 lines of text
                before the heading ``Description of Costs and Assumptions'' to read as
                follows:
                 Affected public: State agencies, State gambling entities, gaming
                entities, households.
                 Regulation Section: 7 CFR 272.17.
                 Respondent Type: State agencies, gaming entities, households.
                 Estimated number of respondents: 27,750.
                 Total annual responses: First year 1,584,650; Ongoing 1,584,100.
                 Estimated annual burden hours: First year 560,814 hrs; Ongoing
                192,814 hrs.
                 Estimated cost to respondents: First year $23,228,636; Ongoing
                $3,785,436.
                 2. On page 15092, add a table before the heading ``E-Government Act
                Compliance'' to read as follows:
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                 Annual Number of Estimated
                 Estimated report or Total burden total Hourly wage Estimate
                 Reg. section Respondent type Description of activity number of record annual hours per burden rate * cost to
                 respondents filed responses response hours respondents
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                7 CFR 273.11(r).......................... SNAP Individuals/Households. Report lottery r gambling 27,500 1 27,500 0.167 4,593 $7.25 $33,296
                 winnings to state SNAP
                 Agency.
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                 SNAP Individual/Household Subtotal Reporting..................................................... 27,500 1 27,500 ........... 4,593 ........... 33,296
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                7 CFR 272.17............................. State SNAP Agency Managers.. Establish cooperative 50 5 250 320 80,000 59.35 4,748,000
                 agreements with State
                 public agency and gaming
                 entities **.
                7 CFR 272.17............................. State Public Agency Gaming Establish cooperative 50 1 50 320 16,000 $59.35 949,600
                 Entity Managers. agreements with State SNAP
                 agency **.
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                7 CFR 272.17............................. State SNAP IT Staff......... Create a data matching 50 1 50 4,160 208,000 53.74 11,177,920
                 system with State public
                 agency and gaming entities
                 **.
                272.17 and 273.11(r)..................... State SNAP Agency Eligibility worker follow- 50 260 13,000 0.667 8,671 21.45 185,993
                 Eligibility Worker. up--misidentified winners.
                7 CFR 272.17 and 7 CFR 273.11(r)......... State SNAP Agency Eligibility worker follow- 50 460 23,000 1 23,000 21.45 493,350
                 Eligibility Worker. up--true winners.
                7 CFR 272.17 and 7 CFR 273.11(r)......... State SNAP Agency Eligibility worker work new 50 411 20,550 1 20,550 21.45 440,798
                 Eligibility Worker. applications (churn).
                7 CFR 272.17............................. State Public Agency Gaming Input data into data 50 6,000 300,000 0.08 24,000 19.56 469,440
                 Entity Staff Member. matching system for use by
                 State SNAP agency.
                7 CFR 272.17............................. State SNAP IT Staff......... Maintain a data matching 50 1 50 320 16,000 53.74 859,840
                 system with State public
                 agency and gaming entities.
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                State Agency Subtotal Reporting...................................................................... 50 7,139 356,950 ........... 396,221 ........... 19,324,940
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                7 CFR 272.17............................. Gaming Entity Managers...... ** Establish cooperative 200 1 200 320 64,000 40.12 2,567,680
                 agreements with State SNAP
                 agency.
                7 CFR 272.17............................. Gaming Entity Staff Member.. Input data into data 200 6000 1,200,000 0.08 96,000 13.57 1,302,720
                 matching system for use by
                 State SNAP agency.
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                 Business Subtotal Reporting...................................................................... 200 6,001 1,200,200 ........... 160,000 ........... 3,870,400
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                 Individual, States and Business Reporting Grand Total Burden Estimates....................... 27,750 13,141 1,584,650 ........... 560,814 ........... 23,228,636
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                * Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2017 Occupational and Wage Statistics. The salaries of State SNAP agency managers and public gaming entity managers are considered to be ``General
                 and Operations Managers (11-1021).'' The salaries of gaming entity managers are considered to be ``Gaming Managers (11-9071).'' The salaries of State SNAP IT Staff are considered to be
                 ``Software Developers, Systems Software (15-1133).'' The salaries of the eligibility workers are considered to be ``Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs (43-4061).'' The salaries of
                 public gaming entity staff member are considered to be ``Information and Record Clerks, All Other (43-4199).'' The salaries of gaming entity staff member are considered to be ``Gaming Cage
                 Workers (43-3041).'' (http://www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm).
                ** These are only first year costs and are next expected to re-occur annually.
                 Dated: June 5, 2019.
                Brandon Lipps,
                Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
                [FR Doc. 2019-12910 Filed 6-20-19; 8:45 am]
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