INCOME, ELIGIBILITY, AND IMMIGRATION STATUS VERIFICATION SYSTEMS.

SEC. 840. INCOME, ELIGIBILITY, AND IMMIGRATION STATUS VERIFICATION SYSTEMS. Section 11 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)(18), as redesignated by section 835(1)(D)— (A) by striking “that information is” and inserting “at the option of the State agency, that information may be”; and (B) by striking “shall be requested” and inserting “may be requested”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(p) State Verification Option.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in carrying out the food stamp program, a State agency shall not be required to use an income and eligibility or an immigration status verification system established under section 1137 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–7).” .