,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bi1       
#bjbe,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself1 ,mrs4    
,britt1 and ,mr4 ,grassley7 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 improve the 
calculation and reduce the taxpayer cost
 of payment errors under the            
supplemental nutrition assistance       
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,snap ,back ,inaccurate ,,snap      
,payments ,act4  #b4 ,quality control   
system tolerance level for excluding    
small errors ,section #af7;c7 of the    
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjbe7;c77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph
 7,a77ii7-- 7i7 in subclause 7,i71 by   
striking and at the end2  7ii7 in       
subclause 7,,ii7-- 7,i7 by inserting    

through fiscal year #bjbd after         
thereafter2 and  7,,ii7 by striking the 
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7iii7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7,,iii7 for fiscal year     
#bjbe and each fiscal year thereafter1  
#j4  2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,c7-- 7i7 
in the matter preceding clause 7i71 by  
striking may and inserting shall2  7ii7 
in clause 7ii77,i71 by inserting 1 as   
adjusted under subparagraph 7,h71 if    
applicable after agency2 and  7iii7 in  
clause 7iii71 by striking #aj and       
inserting #be2 and  7,c7 by adding at   
the end the following3  7,h7 ,reduction 
of payment error rate based on          
percentage of overpayments recouped ,in 
determining the liability amount of a   
,state agency under subparagraph 7,c7   
for fiscal year #bjbe and each fiscal   
year thereafter1 the payment error rate 
described in clause 7ii77,i7 of that    
subparagraph shall be equal to the      
product obtained by multiplying-- 7i7   
the payment error rate of the ,state    

agency for that fiscal year2 and  7ii7  
the percentage of the total amount of   
overpayments of benefits made by the    
,state agency that are not recouped by  
the ,state agency under paragraph 7#i7  
for that fiscal year4  2  7#b7 by       
redesignating paragraph 7#i7 as         
paragraph 7#aj72 and  7#c7 by inserting 
after paragraph 7#h7 the following3     
7#i7 ,recoupment of overpayments ,each  
,state agency shall seek to recoup any  
overpayments of benefits made to benefit
 recipients4  4