STATEMENT OF REQUIRED VERIFICATION.

SEC. 311. STATEMENT OF REQUIRED VERIFICATION. Section 11(e)(3) (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(3)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: “, and that the State agency shall— “(A) provide each applicant household, at the time of application, a clear written statement explaining what acts the household must perform to cooperate in obtaining verification and otherwise completing the application process; “(B) assist each applicant household in obtaining appropriate verification and completing the application process; “(C) not require any household to submit additional proof of a matter on which the State agency already has current verification as determined under regulations issued by the Secretary, unless the State agency has reason to believe that the information possessed by the agency is inaccurate, incomplete, or inconsistent; “(D) subject to subparagraph (E), not deny any application for participation under this program solely because of the failure of a person outside the household to cooperate (other than an individual failing to cooperate who would otherwise be a household member but for the operation of any of the individual disqualification provisions of subsections (b), (d), (e), (0, and (g) of section 6; and “(E) process applications if a household complies with the requirements of the first sentence of section 6(c), by taking appropriate steps to verify information otherwise required to be verified under this Act”.