; and (D) on October 1, 2018, and each October 1 thereafter— (i) adjust the cost of the diet to reflect the cost of the diet in the preceding June; and (ii) round the cost determined under clause (i) to the nearest lower dollar increment. . (b) Value of allotment Section 8 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2017 ) is amended— (1) by striking the section heading and all that follows through (a) The value and inserting the following: 8. Value of allotment (a) In general (1) Determination of allotment Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the value ; and (2) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking dollar: Provided, That for households and inserting the following: “dollar. (2) Minimum allotment (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B), for a household ; (B) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by adding at the end the following: (B) Small households including children For a household of 1 or 2 persons, not fewer than one of which is a child not less than 5 and not greater than 17 years old (as determined on the first day of each month), the minimum allotment shall be 8 percent of the cost of the low-cost food plan for a household containing 1 member, as determined by the Secretary under section 3, rounded to the nearest whole dollar increment.