Sec. 2. Calculation of program benefits using low-cost food plan

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Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 ) is amended— by striking subsection (u); by redesignating subsections

(n)through

(t)as subsections

(o)through (u), respectively; and by inserting after subsection

(m)the following: The term low-cost food plan means the diet, determined in accordance with the calculations of the Secretary, required to feed a 4-person family that consists of— a man and a woman who are each between 19 and 50 years of age; a child who is between 6 and 8 years of age; and a child who is between 9 and 11 years of age. Not later than January 1, 2027, and at 5-year intervals thereafter, the Secretary shall re-evaluate and publish the market baskets of the low-cost food plan based on current food prices, food composition data, consumption patterns, and dietary guidance. For purposes of paragraph (1), the cost of the diet described in that paragraph shall be the basis for uniform allotments for all households regardless of the actual composition of the household, except that the Secretary shall— make household-size adjustments (based on the unrounded cost of that diet) taking into account economies of scale; make cost adjustments in the low-cost food plan for the State of Hawaii and the urban and rural parts of the State of Alaska to reflect the cost of food in Hawaii and urban and rural Alaska, respectively; make cost adjustments in the separate low-cost food plans for Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands, to reflect the cost of food in those territories, but not to exceed the cost of food in the 50 States and the District of Columbia; and on October 1, 2021, and each October 1 thereafter, adjust the cost of the diet to reflect the cost of the diet in the immediately preceding June, and round the result to the nearest lower-dollar increment for each household size. . Section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2017(a) ) is amended— by striking thrifty food plan each place it appears and inserting low-cost food plan ; and in the proviso, by striking 8 percent and inserting 10 percent . Section 16(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(1)(A)(ii) ) is amended— in subclause (I)— by striking 2014, at an amount not greater than $37 and inserting 2021, at an amount equal to not more than $50 ; and by striking and at the end; in subclause (II)— by striking

(II)and inserting

(III); by striking thrifty food plan is adjusted under section 3(u)(4) and inserting low-cost food plan is adjusted under section 3(n)(2)(D) ; and by striking 2013 and inserting 2022 ; and by inserting after subclause

(I)the following: for fiscal year 2022, the amount specified in subclause

(I)shall be adjusted by the difference between the thrifty food plan and the low-cost food plan; and . Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2019 ) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking 3(o)(4) and inserting 3(p)(4) . Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2020 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(2), by striking 3(s)(1) and inserting 3(t)(1) ; in subsection (d)— by striking 3(s)(1) each place it appears and inserting 3(t)(1) ; by striking 3(s)(2) each place it appears and inserting 3(t)(2) ; and by striking Act ( and inserting 25 U.S.C. 450 ) and Education Assistance Act ( ; and 25 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ) in subsection (e)(17), by striking 3(s)(1) and inserting 3(t)(1) . Section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(A)(ii) ) is amended by striking thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) and inserting low-cost food plan has been adjusted under section 3(n)(2)(D) . Section 27(a)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(2) ) is amended— in subparagraph

(C)by striking 2023 and inserting 2020 ; in subparagraph (D)— by striking through 2023 and inserting through 2020 ; in clause

(vi)by adding and at the end; in clause(vii) by adding and at the end; and by striking clauses

(viii)and (ix); in subparagraph (E)— by striking 2024 and each subsequent fiscal year and inserting 2020 ; by striking 2023 and inserting 2019 ; and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: for fiscal year 2021, the dollar amount of commodities specified in subparagraph

(B)shall be adjusted by the difference between the cost of the thrifty food plan and the cost of low-cost food plan; and for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2023, the dollar amount of commodities specified in subparagraph

(B)shall be adjusted by the percentage by which the low-cost food plan has been adjusted under 3(n)(2)(D) between June 30, 2021, and June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year; . Section 408(a)(12)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 608(a)(12)(B)(i) ) is amended by striking

(r)each place it appears.

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