In the November 17, 2016, Federal Register, USDA's FNS proposed to update civil rights assurance language contained in SNAP regulations on the Federal-State Agreement ("FSA"). The FSA is the legal agreement between the Department of Agriculture and the state agency through which the state elects to operate SNAP and to administer the program in accordance with the Act, SNAP regulations, and the state plan. The rule does not contain any new requirements and would codify protections already required by federal law and existing policy. Comments are due January 17, 2017.
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