SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Hunger Prevention Act of 1988”. (b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I— EMERGENCY HUNGER PREVENTION Subtitle A— Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program Sec. 101. Domestic use as a higher priority than foreign sales. Sec. 102. Supplementation of commodities. Sec. 103. Extension of TEFAP. Sec. 104. Additional commodities program. Sec. 105. Distribution costs and regulations. Sec. 106. Extension of dairy export incentive program. Sec. 107. Extension of export sales of dairy products. Subtitle B— Soup Kitchens and Other Emergency Food Aid Sec. 110. Soup kitchens and food banks. Sec. 111. Gleaning technical assistance. Subtitle C— Basic Food Stamp Benefit Levels Sec. 120. Thrifty food plan. Subtitle D— Commodity Supplemental Food Program Sec. 130. Continuation of provision of cheese supplies. TITLE II– NUTRITION IMPROVEMENTS Subtitle A— Food Stamp Act of 1977 Sec. 201. Categorical eligibility. Sec. 202. Reporting requirements and calculation of household income. Sec. 203. Benefits for households subject to prorating. Sec. 204. Optional food stamp information activities. Sec. 205. Extension of homeless amendments. Subtitle B— Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and National School Lunch Act Sec. 210. Improvement of school breakfast program. Sec. 211. Addition of one snack or one meal to the Child Care Food Program. Sec. 212. Access of homeless women, infants, and children to the special supplemental food program. Sec. 213. Summer feeding program. Sec. 214. Department of Defense child care feeding program. Subtitle C— Food Processing and Distribution Sec. 220. Encouragement of food processing and distribution by eligible recipient agencies. 102 STAT. 1646 TITLE III– ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENTS AND SIMPLIFICATION Sec. 301. References to the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Subtitle A— Reducing Unnecessary Paperwork Sec. 310. Simplified application forms. Sec. 311. Statement of required verification. Subtitle B— Assuring Accurate Issuance of Benefits Sec. 320. Correcting improper denials and underissuances. Sec. 321. Special training of State personnel involved in certifying farm households. Sec. 322. Training of certification workers and community resources. Sec. 323. Preventing incorrect issuances. Subtitle C— Reducing Barriers in Rural America Sec. 330. Transportation difficulties in rural areas. Subtitle D— Eliminating inequities for Farmers and Others Sec. 340. Continuation of food stamps to participants in cash-outs of other benefit programs. Sec. 341. Annualizing self-employment income and expenses from farming. Sec. 342. Households in transition. Sec. 343. Technical correction to exclusion of energy assistance from food stamp income. Sec. 344. Civil money penalties and disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns. Subtitle E— Reducing Barriers for the Elderly and Disabled Sec. 350. Disabled persons receiving benefits under standards at least as stringent as those in the Social Security Act. Sec. 351. Simplified procedure for claiming excess medical deduction. Sec. 352. Coordinated application. TITLE IV— FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY Sec. 401. References to the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Sec. 402. Exclusion for advance payment of earned income credit. Sec. 403. Deduction for dependent care. Sec. 404. Employment and training. TITLE V— DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS Sec. 501. Farmers’ market coupons demonstration project. Sec. 502. Food bank demonstration project Sec. 503. Family or group day care home demonstration project. Sec. 504. Demonstration projects for development and use of intelligent computer benefit cards to pay food stamp benefits. Sec. 505. Study of the effectiveness of the food stamp employment and training program. TITLE VI— IMPROVING PAYMENT ACCURACY Sec. 601 , Review of State program investment when settling claims. Sec. 602. Interest on claims against State agencies. Sec. 603. Administrative and judicial review. Sec. 604. Payment accuracy improvement system. TITLE VII— IMPLEMENTATION Sec. 701. Effective dates.