[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR253.9]



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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 253_ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FOR HOUSEHOLDS 

ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 253.9  Claims against households.



    (a) What are the procedures for establishing a claim against a 

household for an overissuance? (1) The State agency must establish a 

claim against any household that has received more Food Distribution 

Program commodities than it was entitled to receive.

    (2) The procedures for establishing and collecting claims against 

households are specified in FNS Handbook 501, The Food Distribution 

Program on Indian Reservations.

    (b) Who is responsible for repaying a household overissuance claim? 

(1) All adult household members are jointly and separately liable for 

the repayment of the value of any overissuance of Food Distribution 

Program benefits to the household.

    (2) Responsibility for repayment continues even in instances where 

the household becomes ineligible or is not participating in the program.



[64 FR 73385, Dec. 30, 1999]