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Comment Request - Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief and Disaster SNAP Benefit Issuance Reports

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State distributing agencies may release commodity or donated foods procured by USDA to disaster organizations to provide nutritional assistance to disaster victims. Under the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 7 CFR 250.69(f), a state distributing agency, including an Indian Tribal Organization (ITO) administering FNS programs, must submit its final FNS-292A to FNS within 45 days of terminating disaster operations, and under 7 CFR 250.19 (a)(b), must maintain a record of this form for three years.

State agencies may operate a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), a separate program from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to address the temporary food needs of applicants in an affected area of a state that has received a Presidential declaration of Major Disaster with Individual Assistance. According to FNS's D-SNAP Guidance handbook, a state agency must submit its final FNS-292B to FNS within 45 days of terminating D-SNAP operations, and under 7 CFR 250.19 272.1(f), must maintain a record of this form for three years.

Comments

Comments regarding this information collection received by June 12, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain.

Page updated: May 13, 2024