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SNAP Rules (regulations) are published by the Federal Register in the Code of Federal Regulations, 7 C.F.R., Parts 271 through 283. The CFR is updated in January each year.
The Federal Register maintains rules published in between annual publication of the CFR on its web site.
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get access to the SNAP parts of the CFR. Those are from 7 CFR 271.1 through 7 CFR 283.32. We have also posted the following rules on
this site for your convenience.
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Interim rule: Privacy Protection of
Information from Applicant Households. (May 16, 2011)
Comments due on or before July 15, 2011. |
(PDF 52KB) |
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Interim Rule: Non-Discretionary Quality Control
Provisions. Effective 12/15/03. Comment period ended 1/14/04. |
(PDF
58KB) |
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Proposed Rule: Suspension of SNAP Benefit Payments to Retailers Published
02/22/2013. |
(PDF 245KB) |
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Proposed Rule: Farm
Bill of 2008 Retailer Sanctions Published 08/14/2012. |
(PDF 226KB) |
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Proposed Rule: SNAP Trafficking Controls and Fraud
Investigations (May 24, 2012) |
(PDF 60 KB) |
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Proposed Rule: Automated Data Processing and Information
Retrieval System Requirements (August 23, 2011). Comments
must be received on or before October 24, 2011. |
(PDF 227KB) |
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Proposed Rule: Clarification of Eligibility of Fleeing
Felons (August 19, 2011). Comments must be received on or before
October 18, 2011. |
(PDF 203KB) |
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Proposed Rule: Major System Failures (August 18, 2011).
Comments must be received on or before October 17, 2011. |
(PDF 211KB ) |
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Proposed Rule:
Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP): Eligibility, Certification, and
Employment and Training Provisions (May 4, 2011).
Comments must be received on or
before July 5, 2011. |
(PDF 348KB) |
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Proposed
Rule:
Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program: Review of Major Changes in Program
Design and Management Evaluation Systems (May 3, 2011). Comments
must be received on or before July 5, 2011 |
(PDF 90KB) |
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Proposed Rule: Food Stamp Program: Eligibility and
Certification Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002.
Comment period closed 6/15/04.
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(PDF 611KB) |
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Proposed Rule: Food Stamp Program: Employment and Training Program Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
Comment period closed 5/18/04.
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(PDF
83KB) |
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Proposed Rule: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Food Stamp Program:
High Performance Bonuses. Comment period ended 2/17/04. |
(PDF
63KB) |
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Proposed Rule: Food Stamp Program: Vehicle and Maximum Excess Shelter Expense Deduction Provisions of Public Law 106-387
(8/29/03). Comment period ended 10/28/03.
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(PDF
65KB) |
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Proposed Rule:
Work Provisions
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996. (12/23/99) |
(PDF
225KB) |
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Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Food Stamp Program: Federal Collection of State
Plan of Operations, Operating Guidelines and Forms
Published 03/26/07 |
(PDF 51KB) |
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Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Food Stamp Program Regulations,
Part 275— Quality Control
Published 03/23/07 |
(PDF 50KB) |
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Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed
Collection; Comment Request: Food Stamp Program Pre-Screening
Tool Survey
Published 04/01/05 |
(PDF
52KB) |
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Notice: Proposed Collection: Comment Request: FNS-583, Food Stamp
Program Employment and Training Program Activity Report
Published 11/12/04. Comment period closed 1/11/05. |
(PDF
52KB) |
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Notice: Request for Comment on Whether the Food Stamp
Program Should Be Renamed Comment period closed 8/23/04.
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(PDF
50KB) |
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Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Food Stamp Program Regulations, Part 275—Quality Control (60-day
Notice)
Comment period closed 5/10/04. |
(PDF
37KB) |
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Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities:
Proposed Collection Comment Request -- Food Stamp
Application for Meal Services and New Addendum for Corporations (Form FNS 252-C). Comment period closed 2/23/04. |
(PDF 40KB) |
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Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed
Collection: Comment Request -- Store Applications, Form FNS-252,
Food Stamp Applications for Stores. Comment period ended 11/21/03. |
(PDF 38KB) |
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Notice: Proposed Collection; Comment Request—FNS-380, Worksheet for Quality Control Reviews (6/13/03)
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(PDF 43KB) |
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Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request -- Form FNS 380-1, Food Stamp Program Quality Control Review Schedule
(03/11/03) |
(PDF
36KB) |
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Notice: Agency Information
Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request --
FNS-245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule; FNS-247,
Statistical Summary of Sample Disposition; and FNS-248Status of
Sample Selection and Completion (03/05/03) |
(PDF
36KB) |
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Correction: Recipient Claim
Establishment and Collection Standards. corrects the implementation date,
as well as other minor typographical errors. (08/2/00) |
(PDF
116KB)
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SNAP waives certain rules when State Agencies ask for waivers. These waivers should improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Program and are available at:
Waiver Database.
Last modified:
02/27/2013
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