EFFECTIVE DATES.

SEC. 1101. EFFECTIVE DATES. (a) In General.— Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Inclusion in Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.— The amendments made by the following provisions of this Act shall take effect as if included in the provision of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624) to which the amendment relates: (1) Section 201 (other than section 201(h)). (2) Section 307. (3) Subsections (a) through (c), (e), (h), and (i) of section 501. (4) Subsections (a), (b), (f) through (i), and (1) of section 502. (5) Section 602(c). (6) Section 701 (except as provided in subsection (c) of this section). (7) Section 702. (8) Section 703(c). (c) Miscellaneous Amendments to Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.— The amendments made by section 701(h) of this Act to any provision specified therein shall take effect as if such amendments had been included in the Act that added the provision so specified at the time such Act became law. (d) Food and Nutrition Programs.— (1) In general.— Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, title IX of this Act, and the amendments made by title IX of this Act, shall take effect and be implemented no later than February 1, 1992. (2) Pass accounts exclusion.— (A) In general.— The amendment made by section 903(3) of this Act shall take effect on the earlier of— (i) the date of enactment of this Act; (ii) October 1, 1990, for food stamp households for which the State agency knew, or had notice, that a member of the household had a plan for achieving self-support as provided under section 1612(b)(4)(B)(iv) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)(4)(B)(iv)); or (iii) beginning on the date that a fair hearing was requested under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) contesting the denial of an exclusion for food stamp purposes for amounts necessary for the fulfillment of such a plan for achieving self-support. 105 STAT. 1907 (B) Limitation on application of section.— Notwithstanding section 11(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (as redesignated by section 941(6) of this Act), no State agency shall be required to search its files for cases to which the amendment made by section 903(3) of this Act applies, except where the excludability of amounts described in section 5(d)(16) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (as added by section 903(3) of this Act) was raised with the State agency prior to the date of enactment of the Act. (3) Performance standards for employment and training programs.— The amendments made by section 908 of this Act shall take effect on September 30, 1991. (4) Recovery of claims caused by nonfraudulent household errors.— The amendment made by section 911 of this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. (5) Definition of retail food store.— The amendment made by section 913 of this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1990, and shall not apply with respect to any period occurring before such date.