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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance to Veterans’
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 to 5 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
 
Food Supplement Administration Z019
 
Initiative: Provides appropriations and allocations for required technology changes to the Automated Client Eligibility System.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$45,501	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$45,501	$0	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$45,501	$0	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$45,501	$0	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, removes the sections of the bill related to the Bridging Rental Assistance Program and retains only the section related to the eligibility of veterans for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This amendment also provides funding to the Department of Health and Human Services for technology changes necessary to implement the bill.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)