,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjbd,mrs4 ,hayes 7for herself1 ,ms4    
,norton1 ,ms4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,tokuda1     
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,carson1   
,ms4 ,adams1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 and ,mr4  
,soto7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh to   
increase the ,federal cost share for the
 supplemental nutrition assistance      
program administration to improve       
staffing and retention4  #a4 ,cost      
,share for ,,snap administration for    
staffing and retention ,section #af of  
the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh  
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjbe7 is amended-- 7#a7  
in subsection 7a7 by inserting 1 except 
as provided in subsection 7a-#a71 after 
costs the #ast place it appears1 and    
7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7a7  
the following3  7a-#a7 ,administrative  
cost-,sharing for staffing and retention

  7#a7 ,in ,general ,the ,secretary may 
pay to each ,state agency an amount     
equal to #ajj percent of all            
administrative personnel costs incurred 
by such agency to carry out the         
supplemental nutrition assistance       
program1 including-- 7,a7 all costs     
associated with processing1 hiring1 and 
training new employees employed under a 
merit system of personnel administration
 as required in section #aa7;e77#f77;,b7
 by such to carry out such program2 and 
7,b7 all costs associated with          
maintaining such personnel costs44  7#b7
 ,wage standards ,wages of such         
personnel shall be-- 7,a7 not less than 
the appropriate rate of pay that would  
be payable to ,federal employees under  
subchapter ,,iii of chapter #ec of      
subpart ,d of part ,,iii of title #e of 
the ,united ,states ,code2 and  7,b7    
updated annually to not less than any   
increase in such rate of pay1 including 
locality adjustments4  7#c7 ,approval of
 wage plans ,not less than #a year after

 the effective date of this subsection1 
the ,state agency shall submit to the   
,secretary for approval1 the personnel  
wage plans implemented by such agency to
 carry out paragraph 7#b71 including    
employees' position titles1 duties1     
wages1 and appropriate rates of pay     
applicable under this subsection4  4