,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aije  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1 #bjbe
 ,mr4 ,lujn introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,food and ,nutrition ,act 
of #bjjh to increase the ,federal cost  
share for supplemental nutrition        
assistance program administration to    
improve staffing and retention1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4  ,short title      
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,snap   
,administrator ,retention ,act of #bjbe4
  #b4  ,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 
7a71 in the matter preceding paragraph  
7#a71 by striking subsection 7k7 and    
inserting subsections 7k7 and 7m72 and  
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7l7 ,wage standards for ,state agency 

personnel ,not later than #a year after 
the date of enactment of the ,,snap     
,administrator ,retention ,act of #bjbe1
 wages of ,state agency personnel       
administering the supplemental nutrition
 assistance program 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 title #e1 ,united ,states
 ,code2 and  7#b7 updated annually by   
not less than any increase in that rate 
of pay1 including locality adjustments4 
7m7  ,administrative cost-,sharing for  
staffing and retention  7#a7  ,in       
,general  ,on approval of a wage plan   
submitted by a ,state agency under      
paragraph 7#b71 the ,secretary shall pay
 to each ,state agency an amount equal  
to #ajj percent of all administrative   
personnel costs incurred by the ,state  
agency in carrying out the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program1 including 
all costs associated with--  7,a7       
processing1 hiring1 and training new    

employees in accordance with the        
standards described in section          
#aa7;e77#f77;,b72  7,b7 maintaining     
those personnel costs2 and  7,c7        
complying with the wage standards       
described in subsection 7l74  7#b7      
,approval of wage plans  ,not later than
 #a year after the date of enactment of 
the ,,snap ,administrator ,retention    
,act of #bjbe1 a ,state agency shall    
submit to the ,secretary for approval   
the personnel wage plans implemented by 
the ,state agency to carry out          
subsection 7l71 including the position  
titles1 duties1 wages1 and appropriate  
rates of pay of employees4  7#c7        
,maintenance of effort  ,the ,secretary 
shall make payments to a ,state agency  
under paragraph 7#a7 only if the ,state 
agency uses the funds received--  7,a7  
to supplement1 not supplant1            
non-,federal funds used for existing    
administrative personnel costs under    
subsection 7a72 and  7,b7 for existing  
or additional full-time equivalent      

positions above the number of positions 
that were held in the ,state or         
sub-,state area in fiscal year #bjbd4  4