Amendment sought to require a 10% reduction in the Thrifty Food Plan calculation in any year that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is not authorized.

1. Adds SEC. 4033. REDUCTION IN BENEFITS PAID WITH UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS at the end of subtitle A of title IV

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. 4033. REDUCTION IN BENEFITS PAID WITH UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.

   Inserted: Section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017(a)) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by striking "(a) The" and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the"; and

   Inserted: (2) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(2) For any fiscal year for which funds are not authorized under section 18(a)(1), the thrifty food plan shall be reduced by 10 percent only for the purpose of determining the value of allotments under paragraph (1) for such fiscal year.".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following:

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