,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ba1      
#bjbc,ms4 ,kuster 7for herself and ,mr4 
,mc,govern7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend the ,food and ,nutrition ,act 
of #bjjh to permit ,states to record in 
writing that applicants for supplemental
 nutrition assistance benefits have     
signed an application through a recorded
 verbal assent over the telephone4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,streamlining ,nutrition ,paperwork 
,act of #bjbc or the ,,snp ,act of      
#bjbc4  #b4 ,amendments ,section        
#aa7;e77#b77;,c7 of the ,food and       
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjbj7;e77#b77;,c77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 clause 7ii7-- 7,a7 in the heading1 by  
inserting or video1 after telephonic1   
and  7,b7 by inserting or by gesture    
over a video phone for hearing impaired 
applicants before the period at the end1

 and  7#b7 in clause 7iii77,i7 by       
inserting as audio or in writing after  
record4  #c4 ,effective date2           
application of amendments  7a7          
,effective date ,this ,act1 and the     
amendments made by this ,act1 shall take
 effect on ,january #a1 #bjbd4  7b7     
,application of amendments ,the         
amendments made by section #b shall     
apply with respect to applications made 
after the effective date of this ,act4