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[Provision] Pro-rating food stamp benefits for most households after brief gaps in participation [Effective Date] Date of enactment, to be implemented by Sept. 22, 1996. [Enforcement Mechanism] Enforced under current food stamp rules*** [Comments] 
States must implement pro-rating of food stamp benefits for households reapplying after having been off of the program for periods of less than one month.
Time Line For Implementing The New Welfare Law - Revised 12/5/96
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