SIMPLIFIED UTILITY ALLOWANCE.

SEC. 4104. SIMPLIFIED UTILITY ALLOWANCE. Section 5(e)(7)(C)(iii) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(7)(C)(iii)) is amended— (1) in subclause (I)(bb), by inserting “(without regard to subclause (III))” after “Secretary finds”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(III) Inapplicability of certain restrictions.—Clauses (ii)(II) and (ii)(III) shall not apply in the case of a State agency that has made the use of a standard utility allowance mandatory under subclause (I).”.