2014 Farm Bill Implementation | Food and Nutrition Service

Resource type

Training and Outreach

On Feb. 7, 2014, President Obama signed the 2014 Farm Bill into law. It is also known as the Agricultural Act of 2014 (PL 113-79). The legislation made many changes to SNAP. FNS has begun to implement them.

Implementation Memorandums

On March 21, 2014, FNS released an Implementation Memorandum to States explaining the major SNAP related provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill
On March 5, 2014, FNS released an Implementation Memorandum to States on the elimination of standard utility allowances in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for LIHEAP payments less than $20

Other Guidance

On Feb. 14, 2017, FNS published SNAP EBT Third Party Processor List
On Sept. 23, 2014, FNS published Questions and Answers Concerning Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Retailer, Issuance and Electronic Benefits Transfer Provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014
On Sept. 11, 2014, FNS published SNAP – Section 4021 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 – High Performance Bonuses
On Sept. 10, 2014, FNS published Important Reminder – Retailer Notice on Agricultural Act of 2014 Provisions
On Sept. 5, 2014 FNS published Questions and Answers Concerning Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Retailer, Issuance and Electronic Benefits Transfer Provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014
On July 30, 2014, FNS published Questions and Answers Concerning Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Retailer, Issuance and Electronic Benefits Transfer Provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014
On July 14, 2014, FNS published Information about the SNAP Employment and Training Pilots (Section 4022)
On June 6, 2014, FNS published Questions and Answers Concerning the Agricultural Act of 2014 Section 4013 – National Directory of New Hires
On May 20, 2014, FNS published Questions and Answers on the Retailer, Issuance and Electronic Benefits Transfer provisions of the Agricultural Act
On May 8, 2014, FNS published additional Questions and Answers on the Quality Control related provisions of the Agricultural Act
On May 5, 2014, FNS released Questions & Answers Concerning Section 4018 of the Agricultural Act of 2014: Prohibiting Government-Sponsored Recruitment Activities
On April 15, 2014, FNS released a Retailer Notice of Agricultural Act of 2014 Provisions
On April 7, 2014, FNS released a LIHEAP and SNAP Question and Answer Memorandum to States responding to common questions
On March 27, 2014, FNS released a Quality Control Question and Answer Memorandum to States responding to common questions