,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bchd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ad1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,deutch 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 
,mr4 ,langevin1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4       
,lewis1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,gene      
,green of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,wilson of       
,florida1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of     
,illinois1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,ms4           
,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,clarke1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 
,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,lee of   
,california1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4     
,titus1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,mr4
 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1  
,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4 ,rush1 
,mr4 ,pocan1 and ,mr4 ,gallego7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh to   
require that supplemental nutrition     
assistance program benefits be          
calculated with reference to the cost of
 the low-cost food plan as determined by
 the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 and for

 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,food         
,security ,improvement ,act of #bjac4   
#b4 ,calculation of supplemental        
nutrition assistance program benefits   
using cost of low-cost food plan ,the   
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjaa et seq47 is amended--   
7#a7 in section #c 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjab7 
by inserting after subsection 7l7 the   
following3  7l-,a7 ,low-cost food plan  
means the cost of the diet determined by
 the ,secretary1 as described in ,the   
,low-,cost1 ,moderate-,cost1 and        
,liberal ,food ,plans1 #bjjg1 published 
by the ,center for ,nutrition ,policy   
and ,promotion 7,,cnpp-#bj1 ,november   
#bjjg7 of the ,department of            
,agriculture4 ,the cost of such diet    
shall be the basis for uniform          
allotments for all households regardless
 of their actual composition1 except    
that the ,secretary shall--  7#a7 make  
household-size adjustments 7based on the
 unrounded cost of such diet7 taking    

into account economies of scale2  7#b7  
make cost adjustments in the low-cost   
food plan for ,hawaii and the urban and 
rural parts of ,alaska to reflect the   
cost of food in ,hawaii and urban and   
rural ,alaska2  7#c7 make cost          
adjustments in the separate low-cost    
food plans for ,guam1 and the ,virgin   
,islands of the ,united ,states1 to     
reflect the cost of food in those       
,states1 but not to exceed the cost of  
food in the #ej ,states and the         
,district of ,columbia2 and  7#d7 on    
,october #a1 #bjae1 and each ,october #a
 thereafter1 adjust the cost of the diet
 to reflect the cost of the diet in the 
preceding ,june1 and round the result to
 the nearest lower dollar increment for 
each household size4  2  7#b7 in section
 #h7;a7 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjag7;a77 by     
striking thrifty food plan each place it
 appears1 and inserting low-cost food   
plan2  7#c7 in section #ah7;a77#a7 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjbg7;a77#a77 by striking    
#bjab and inserting #bjae2  7#d7 in     

section #ai7;a77#b77;,a7 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjbh7;a77#b77;,a77--  7,a7 in clause   
7i7 by striking and at the end2  7,b7 in
 clause 7ii7--  7i7 by striking each    
fiscal year thereafter and inserting    
each of fiscal years #bjjc through      
#bjad2 and  7ii7 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon2   
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7iii7 for fiscal year #bjae1
 #b1aia1jjj1jjj2 and  7iv7 subject to   
the availability of appropriations under
 section #ah7;a71 for fiscal year #bjaf 
and each fiscal year thereafter1 the    
amount determined under clause 7iii71 as
 adjusted by the percentage by which the
 low-cost food plan has been adjusted   
under section #c7l-,a77#d7 between ,june
 #cj1 #bjad1 and ,june #cj of the       
immediately preceding fiscal year4  2   
and  7#e7 in section #bg7;a7 7#g        
,u4,s4,c4 #bjcf7;a77 by striking #bjab  
each place it appears and inserting     
#bjae4