PART 271—GENERAL INFORMATION AND DEFINITIONS Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2011-2036. Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 271 appear at 78 FR 11972, Feb. 21, 2013. § 271.1 General purpose and scope. (a) Purpose of SNAP. (b) Scope of the regulations. [Amdt. 132, 43 FR 47882, Oct. 17, 1982, as amended by Amdt. 216, 47 FR 23461, May 28, 1982; Amdt. 248, 48 FR 16832, Apr. 19, 1983; Amdt. 356, 59 FR 29713, June 9, 1994; 85 FR 52031, Aug. 24, 2020; 89 FR 102362, Dec. 17, 2024] § 271.2 Definitions. Access device Accessory food Active case Active case error rate Adequate notice Alien Status Verification Index (ASVI) Allotment Application form (2) For households consisting solely of public assistance or general assistance recipients, it may also mean the application form used to apply for public assistance or general assistance, including attachments approved by FNS, which is completed by a household member or authorized representative. Assessment Authorization document Beginning month(s) Benefit Benefit issuer Budget month Communal dining facility Completion of participation in E&T Coupon Deficiency Department Drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program et seq. Elderly or disabled member (2) Receives supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act or disability or blindness payments under titles I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act; (3) Receives federally or State-administered supplemental benefits under section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act provided that the eligibility to receive the benefits is based upon the disability or blindness criteria used under title XVI of the Social Security Act; (4) Receives federally or State-administered supplemental benefits under section 212(a) of Pub. L. 93-66; (5) Receives disability retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under section 221(i) of the Social Security Act. (6) Is a veteran with a service-connected or non-service-connected disability rated by the Veteran's Administration (VA) as total or paid as total by the VA under title 38 of the United States Code; (7) Is a veteran considered by the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound under title 38 of the United States Code; (8) Is a surviving spouse of a veteran and considered by the VA to be in need of regular aid and attendance or permanently housebound or a surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be permanently incapable of self-support under title 38 of the United States Code; (9) Is a surviving spouse or surviving child of a veteran and considered by the VA to be entitled to compensation for a service-connected death or pension benefits for a nonservice-connected death under title 38 of the United States Code and (10) Receives an annuity payment under: section 2(a)(1)(iv) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and (11) Is a recipient of interim assistance benefits pending the receipt of Supplemented Security Income, a recipient of disability related medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act, or a recipient of disability-based State general assistance benefits provided Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) account Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) contractor or vendor Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) system Eligible foods (1) Any food or food product intended for human consumption except alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and hot foods and hot food products prepared for immediate consumption and any deposit fee in excess of the amount of the State fee reimbursement (if any) required to purchase any food or food product contained in a returnable bottle, can, or other container, regardless of whether the fee is included in the shelf price posted for the food or food product; (2) Seeds and plants to grow foods for the personal consumption of eligible households; (3) Meals prepared and delivered by an authorized meal delivery service to households eligible to use SNAP benefits to purchase delivered meals; or meals served by an authorized communal dining facility for the elderly, for SSI households or both, to households eligible to use SNAP benefits for communal dining; (4) Meals prepared and served by a drug addict or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation center to narcotic addicts or alcoholics and their children who live with them; (5) Meals prepared and served by a group living arrangement facility to residents who are blind or disabled as defined in paragraphs (2) through (11) of the definition of “Elderly or disabled member” contained in this section; (6) Meals prepared by and served by a shelter for battered women and children to its eligible residents; (7) In the case of certain eligible households living in areas of Alaska where access to food stores is extremely difficult and the households rely on hunting and fishing for subsistence, equipment for the purpose of procuring food for eligible households, including nets, lines, hooks, fishing rods, harpoons, knives, and other equipment necessary for subsistence hunting and fishing but not equipment for the purpose of transportation, clothing or shelter, nor firearms, ammunition or other explosives; (8) In the case of homeless SNAP households, meals prepared for and served by an authorized public or private nonprofit establishment (e.g. soup kitchen, temporary shelter), approved by an appropriate State or local agency, that feeds homeless persons; and (9) In the case of homeless SNAP households, meals prepared by a restaurant which contracts with an appropriate State agency to serve meals to homeless persons at concessional (low or reduced) prices. Employment and Training (E&T) component Employment and Training (E&T) mandatory participant Employment and Training (E&T) participant Employment and Training (E&T) program Employment and Training (E&T) voluntary participant Error Exempted Exercises governmental jurisdiction Federal fiscal year Firm. Firm (i) A retail food store that is authorized to accept or redeem SNAP benefits; (ii) A retail food store that is not authorized to accept or redeem SNAP benefits; or (iii) An entity that does not meet the definition of a retail food store. (2) For purposes of the regulations in this subchapter and SNAP policies, the terms firm, entity, retailer, and store are used interchangeably. Firm's practice FNS Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 Former E&T participant General assistance (GA) Group living arrangement Homeless individual (1) An individual who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence, including, but not limited to, an individual who will imminently lose their nighttime residence; or (2) An individual whose primary nighttime residence is: (i) A supervised shelter designed to provide temporary accommodations (such as a welfare hotel or congregate shelter); (ii) A halfway house or similar institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; (iii) A temporary accommodation for not more than 90 days in the residence of another individual; or (iv) A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used, as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (a hallway, a bus station, a lobby, or similar places). Homeless meal provider (1) A public or private nonprofit establishment (e.g., soup kitchens, temporary shelters) that feeds homeless persons; or (2) A restaurant which contracts with an appropriate State agency to offer meals at concessional (low or reduced) prices to homeless persons. House-to-house trade route Identification (ID) card Indian tribe Indian tribal organization (ITO) Insured financial institution Interoperability Issuance month Large project area Low-income household Management Evaluation (ME) reviews Management unit Manual transaction Manual voucher Master issuance file Meal delivery service Medicaid Medium project area Minimum benefit National performance measure Negative case Negative case error rate Newly work registered Nonprofit cooperative food purchasing venture Offset year Overissuance Overpayment error rate (2) Overissued to eligible households. Payment error rate Personal identification number (PIN) Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal Prepared food Primary account number (PAN) Project area Prospective budgeting Public assistance (PA) Quality control review Record-for-issuance file Regulations Reservation Retail food store (1) An establishment or house-to-house trade route that sells food for home preparation and consumption and meets the criteria as set forth in § 278.1(b) of this chapter. (2) Public or private communal dining facilities and meal delivery services; private nonprofit drug addict or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation programs; publicly operated community mental health centers which conduct residential programs for drug addicts and/or alcoholics; public or private nonprofit group living arrangements; public or private nonprofit shelters for battered women and children; public or private nonprofit establishments, approved by an appropriate State or local agency, that feed homeless persons; or a restaurant that contracts with an appropriate State agency to provide meals at concessional (low or reduced) prices to homeless SNAP households; (3) Any stores selling equipment for procuring food by hunting and fishing to eligible households in Alaska, as specified in the definition of eligible foods; (4) Any private nonprofit cooperative food purchasing venture, including those whose members pay for food prior to receipt of the food; and (5) A farmers' market. Retailer EBT Data Exchange (REDE) system Retrospective budgeting Review date Review period Sample frame Sample month Screening Secretary Shelter for battered women and children Small project area SSA processed/demonstration case Staple food (1) Protein, including plant-based sources; (2) Grains; (3) Vegetables or fruits; and (4) Dairy, including plant-based alternatives. State State agency State Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) State Wage Information Collection Agency (SWICA) Sub-units Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or Program) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Thrifty food plan Trafficking (1) The buying, selling, stealing, or otherwise effecting an exchange of SNAP benefits issued and accessed via Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, card numbers and personal identification numbers (PINs), or by manual voucher and signature, for cash or consideration other than eligible food, either directly, indirectly, in complicity or collusion with others, or acting alone; (2) The exchange of firearms, ammunition, explosives, or controlled substances, as defined in section 802 of title 21, United States Code, for SNAP benefits; (3) Purchasing a product with SNAP benefits that has a container requiring a return deposit with the intent of obtaining cash by discarding the product and returning the container for the deposit amount, intentionally discarding the product, and intentionally returning the container for the deposit amount; (4) Purchasing a product with SNAP benefits with the intent of obtaining cash or consideration other than eligible food by reselling the product, and subsequently intentionally reselling the product purchased with SNAP benefits in exchange for cash or consideration other than eligible food; or (5) Intentionally purchasing products originally purchased with SNAP benefits in exchange for cash or consideration other than eligible food. (6) Attempting to buy, sell, steal, or otherwise affect an exchange of SNAP benefits issued and accessed via Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, card numbers and personal identification numbers (PINs), or by manual voucher and signatures, for cash or consideration other than eligible food, either directly, indirectly, in complicity or collusion with others, or acting alone. Underissuance Underissuance error rate. Underpayment error rate. Underpayment error rate United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Universe Variance Wholesale food concern [Amdt. 132, 43 FR 47882, Oct. 17, 1978] Editorial Note: For Federal Register www.govinfo.gov. § 271.3 Delegations to FNS for administration. (a) Delegation. (b) Claims settlement. (c) Demonstration authority. [Amdt. 132, 43 FR 47882, Oct. 17, 1982] § 271.4 Delegations to State agencies for administration. (a) General delegation. (1) Certification of applicant households; (2) Issuance, control, and accountability of SNAP benefits and EBT cards; (3) Developing and maintaining complaint procedures; (4) Developing, conducting, and evaluating training; (5) Conducting performance reporting reviews; (6) Keeping records necessary to determine whether the program is being conducted in compliance with these regulations; and (7) Submitting accurate and timely financial and program reports. (b) Claims delegation. [Amdt. 132, 43 FR 47882, Oct. 17, 1978, as amended by Amdt. 207, 47 FR 52333, Nov. 19, 1982; 85 FR 52032, Aug. 24, 2020] § 271.5 Benefits as obligations of the United States, crimes and offenses. (a) Benefits as obligations. (b) Penalties. (c) Security for benefits and EBT cards. (d) Benefit issuers. (2) Any benefit issuer or any officer, employee or agent, thereof convicted of knowingly providing false information in the reports required under § 274.5 shall be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (e) Forfeiture and denial of property rights General. (ii) These forfeiture and denial of property rights provisions shall apply to property exchanged or offered in exchange during investigations conducted by the Inspector General, USDA, and by other authorized Federal law enforcement agencies. (iii) These forfeiture and denial of property rights provisions shall not apply to property exchanged or intended to be exchanged during the course of internal investigations by retail firms, during investigations conducted solely by State and local law enforcement agencies and without the participation of an authorized Federal law enforcement agency, or during compliance investigations conducted by the Food and Nutrition Service. (2) Custodians and their responsibilities. (ii) Upon receiving property subject to forfeiture the custodian shall: (A) Place the property in an appropriate location for storage and safekeeping, or (B) Request that the General Services Administration (GSA) take possession of the property and remove it to an appropriate location for storage and safekeeping. (iii) The custodian shall store property received at a location in the judicial district where the property was acquired unless good cause exists to store the property elsewhere. (iv) Custodians shall not dispose of property prior to the fulfillment of the notice requirements set out in paragraph 3, or prior to the conclusion of any related administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding, without reasonable cause. Reasonable cause to dispense with notice requirements might exist, for example, where explosive materials are being stored which may present a danger to persons or property. (v) Custodians may dispose of any property in accordance with applicable statutes or regulations relative to disposition. The custodian may: (A) Retain the property for official use; (B) Donate the property to Federal, State, or local government facilities such as hospitals or to any nonprofit charitable organizations recognized as such under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (C) Request that GSA take custody of the property and remove it for disposition or sale. (vi) Proceeds from the sale of forfeited property and any moneys forfeited shall be used to pay all proper expenses of the proceedings for forfeiture and sale including expenses of seizure, maintenance of custody, transportation costs, and any recording fees. Moneys remaining after payment of such expenses shall be deposited into the general fund of the United States Treasury. (3) Notice requirements. (ii) The notice shall: (A) Include a brief description of the property; (B) Inform the actual or apparent owner(s) of or person(s) with possessory interests in the property subject to forfeiture of the opportunity to request an administrative review of the forfeiture; (C) Inform the actual or apparent owner(s) of or person(s) with possessory interests in the property subject to forfeiture of the requirements for requesting administrative review of the forfeiture; and (D) State the title and address of the official to whom a request for administrative review of the forfeiture may be addressed. (iii) Except as provided in paragraphs (e)(3) (iv) and (v) of this section, notice shall be given within 45 days from the date the United States convicts, acquits, or declines to act against the person who exchanged the property. (iv) Notice may be delayed if it is determined that such action is likely to endanger the safety of a law enforcement official or compromise another ongoing criminal investigation conducted by OIG, the United States Secret Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, or other authorized Federal law enforcement agency. (v) Notice need not be given to the general public. (4) Administrative review. (ii) The request shall be made in writing to the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, Office of Inspector General, USDA, or to his/her designee, hereinafter referred to as the reviewing official. (iii) A request for an administrative review of the forfeiture of property shall include the following: (A) A complete description of the property, including serial numbers, if any; (B) Proof of the person's property interest in the property; and, (C) The reason(s) the property should not be forfeited. (iv) The requestor may, at the time of his/her written request for administrative review, also request an oral hearing of the reasons the property should not be forfeited. (v) The burden of proof will rest upon the requestor, who shall be required to demonstrate, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the property should not be forfeited. (vi) Should the administrative determination be in their favor, the actual or apparent owner(s) of or person(s) with possessory interests in the property subject to forfeiture may request that forfeited items be returned or that compensation be made if the custodian has already disposed of the property. (vii) The reviewing official shall not remit or mitigate a forfeiture unless the requestor: (A) Establishes a valid, good faith property interest in the property as owner or otherwise; and (B) Establishes that the requestor at no time had any knowledge or reason to believe that the property was being or would be used in violation of the law; and (C) Establishes that the requestor at no time had any knowledge or reason to believe that the owner had any record or reputation for violating laws of the United States or of any State for related crimes. (viii) The reviewing official may postpone any decision until the conclusion of any related administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding. (ix) The decision of the reviewing official as to the disposition of the property shall be the final agency determination for purposes of judicial review. [Amdt. 132, 43 FR 47882, Oct. 17, 1978, as amended by Amdt. 221, 47 FR 35168, Aug. 13, 1982; Amdt. 269, 51 FR 10782, Mar. 28, 1986; Amdt. 334, 57 FR 3911, Feb. 3, 1992; 59 FR 51354, Oct. 11, 1994; 85 FR 52032, Aug. 24, 2020] § 271.6 Complaint procedure. (a) State agency responsibility General scope. (2) Minimum requirements. (3) Complaint analysis. (4) Monitoring. (b) Regional office responsibility. (i) For Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virginia, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and West Virginia: Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, CN 02150, Trenton, NJ 08650. (ii) For Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee: Southeast Regional Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 77 Forsyth Street SW., suite 112, Atlanta, GA 30303-3427. (iii) For Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin: Midwest Regional Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 20th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604-3507. (iv) For Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas: Southwest Regional Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 1100 Commerce Street, suite 5-C-30, Dallas, TX 75242. (v) For Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington: Western Regional Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 550 Kearny Street, room 400, San Francisco, CA 94108. (vi) For Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont: Northeast Regional Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 10 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222-1069. (vii) For Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming: Mountain Plains Regional Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 1244 Speer Blvd., suite 903, Denver, CO 80204-3581. (2) Complainants shall be advised of the appropriate State complaint handling and fair hearing procedures. Upon household request, other complaints shall be pursued by the Department rather than the State agency, unless the complaint is one upon which the complainant wishes to request a fair hearing. [Amdt. 132, 43 FR 47882, Oct. 17, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 71350, Oct. 28, 1980; Amdt. 187, 45 FR 85699, Dec. 30, 1980; Amdt. 211, 47 FR 53315, Nov. 26, 1982; Amdt. 237, 47 FR 57668, Dec. 28, 1982; Amdt. 250, 48 FR 22130, May 17, 1983; Amdt. 269, 51 FR 10782, Mar. 28, 1986; Amdt. 356, 59 FR 29713, June 9, 1994; 76 FR 27606, May 12, 2011] § 271.7 Allotment reduction procedures. (a) General purpose. (b) Nature of reduction action. (c) Reduction method. (d) Implementation of allotment reductions Reductions. (ii) Upon receiving notification that a reduction is to be made in an upcoming month's allotment, State agencies shall act immediately to implement the reduction. Such action could differ from State to State depending on the nature of the issuance system in use. Where there are computerized issuance systems, the program used for calculating allotments shall be altered to reflect the appropriate percentage reduction in the maximum SNAP allotments for each household size and the computer program shall be adjusted to allow for the minimum benefit for one- and two-person households. The computer program shall also be adjusted to provide for the rounding of benefit levels of $1, $3 and $5 to $2, $4 and $6, respectively. FNS will provide State agencies with revised issuance tables reflecting the percentage reductions to be made in the maximum SNAP allotments amounts and reduce maximum SNAP allotments levels. In States where manual issuance is used, State agencies shall reproduce the issuance tables provided by FNS and distribute them to issuance personnel. State agencies shall ensure that the revised issuance tables are distributed to issuance agents and personnel in time to allow benefit reductions during the month ordered by FNS. In an HIR card system State agencies have the option of enacting the reduction in benefits either by changing all HIR cards before issuance activity for the affected month begins or by adjusting allotments at the point of issuance as each household appears at the issuance office. (2) Suspensions and cancellations. (ii) Upon being notified by FNS that a suspension of benefits is over, State agencies shall act immediately to resume issuing benefits to certified households and shall resume benefit issuance as soon as practicable. (3) Affected allotments. (4) Notification of eligible households. (5) Restoration of benefits. entitled (e) Effects of reductions, suspensions and cancellations on the certification of eligible households. (2) Expedited service. (A) Those households that receive expedited service in months in which reductions are in effect and that are determined to be eligible shall be issued allotments that are reduced in accordance with the reduction in effect. These reduced allotments shall be made available to the households within the benefit delivery timeframe specified in § 273.2(i). (B) Those households that receive expedited service in months in which suspensions are in effect and that are determined to be eligible shall have benefits issued to them within the timeframe specified in § 273.2(i). However, if the suspension is still in effect at the time issuance is to be made, the issuance shall be suspended until the suspension is ended. (ii) Households eligible to receive expedited processing who apply for Program benefits during months in which cancellations are in effect shall receive expedited service. However, the deadline for completing the processing of such cases shall be five calendar days or the end of the month of application, whichever date is later. All other rules pertaining to expedited service, contained in § 273.2(i), shall be applicable to these cases. (3) The reduction, suspension or cancellation of allotments in a given month shall have no effect on the certification periods assigned to households. Those participating households whose certification periods expire during a month in which allotments have been reduced, suspended or cancelled shall be recertified according to the provisions of § 273.14. Households found eligible to participate during a month in which allotments have been reduced, suspended or cancelled shall have certification periods assigned in accordance with the provisions of § 273.10. (f) Fair hearings. (g) Issuance services. (h) Penalties. (1) If FNS ascertains that a State agency does not plan to comply with a directive to reduce, suspend or cancel allotments for a particular month, a warning will be issued advising the State agency that if it does not comply, FNS may cancel 100 percent of the Federal share of the State agency's administrative costs for the affected month(s). If, after receiving such a warning, a State agency does not comply with a directive to reduce, suspend or cancel allotments, FNS may cancel 100 percent of the Federal share of the State agency's administrative costs for the affected month(s). (2) If FNS ascertains after warning a State agency as provided in paragraph (h)(1) of this section, that the State agency does not plan to comply with a directive to reduce, suspend or cancel allotments, a court injunction may be sought to compel compliance. (3) If a State agency fails to reduce, suspend or cancel allotments as directed, FNS will bill the State agency for all over issuances that result. If a State agency fails to remit the billed amount to FNS within a prescribed period of time the funds will be recovered through offsets against the Federal share of the State agency's administrative costs, or any other means available under law. [Amdt. 146, 46 FR 1426, Jan. 6, 1981, as amended by Amdt. 207, 47 FR 52333, Nov. 19, 1982; Amdt. 211, 47 FR 53315, Nov. 26, 1982; Amdt. 233, 47 FR 53830, Nov. 30, 1982; Amdt. 269, 51 FR 10782, Mar. 28, 1986; 54 FR 24154, June 6, 1989; 56 FR 63596, Dec. 4, 1991; Amdt. 356, 59 FR 29713, June 9, 1994; 78 FR 11972, Feb. 21, 2013] § 271.8 Information collection/recordkeeping—OMB assigned control numbers. 7 CFR section where requirements are described Current OMB control No. 272.1(f) 0584-0010 0584-0025 0584-0034 0584-0037 0584-0064 0584-0069 0584-0074 0584-0080 0584-0081 0584-0083 0584-0299 0584-0303 0584-0336 0584-0339 272.2(d) 0584-0064 272.2(a), (c), (d), (e), (f) 0584-0083 272.5(c) 0584-0083 272.3(a), (b), (c) 0584-0083 272.6(g), (h) 0584-0025 273.2(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (h) 0584-0064 273.5(b) 0584-0064 273.7(a), (d), (e) 0584-0339 273.7(c) 0584-0083 0584-0339 273.7(c)(17) 0584-0614 273.8(b), (e ) 0584-0064 273.9(d) 0584-0496 273.9(d) (c) 0584-0064 273.10(e), (g)(1) 0584-0064 273.11(b) 0584-0496 273.11(i)(1)-(4) 0584-0080 0584-0081 273.11(i)(5) 0584-0081 273.11(i)(6) 0584-0080 0584-0081 273.12(a), (b), (c), (d) 0584-0064 273.13(a), (b) 0584-0064 273.14(b) 0584-0064 273.16(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) 0584-0064 273.18(h) 0584-0069 273.21(h) 0584-0064 273.24(f) 0584-0479 274.3(d) 0584-0069 0584-0080 274.4(a) 0584-0080 274.4(b) 0584-0080 0584-0081 274.6(a), (b) and (e) 0584-0080 0584-0081 275.2(a) 0584-0010 0584-0303 275.4(a) 0584-0010 0584-0303 275.4(b) 0584-0010 275.4(c) 0584-0034 0584-0074 0584-0299 275.5(a), (b) 0584-0010 275.6(b) 0584-0010 275.8(a) 0584-0010 275.9(b), (g) 0584-0010 275.10(a) 0584-0074 0584-0299 0584-0303 275.11(a) 0584-0303 275.12(b), (c), (d), (e) 0584-0074 275.12(f), (g) 0584-0299 275.13(b), (d), (e) 0584-0034 275.14(c), (d) 0584-0034 0584-0074 0584-0299 275.16(b), (c), (d) 0584-0010 275.17(a), (b) 0584-0010 275.18(a), (b) 0584-0010 275.19(a), (b), (c) 0584-0010 275.20(a) 0584-0010 275.21(b) 0584-0034 0584-0074 0584-0299 275.21(c), (d), (e) 0584-0034 275.22(a), (b) 0584-0010 275.23 0584-0010 0584-0034 0584-0074 0584-0299 277.18(a), (c), (d), (f), (i) 0584-0083 278.1(a), (b), (l) 0584-0008 278.5(c), (d), (f) 0584-0008 278.6(b) 0584-0008 278.7(b), (c) 0584-0008 278.8(a) 0584-0008 280.7(c), (d), (g) 0584-0336 280.9(b) 0584-0037 280.10(a) 0584-0336 [82 FR 2034, Jan. 6, 2017, as amended at 89 FR 90568, Nov. 18, 2024] § 271.9 Promotional activities. No funds authorized to be appropriated under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, shall be used for recruitment or promotion activities as described in § 277.4(b)(5). No entity receiving funds under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, shall be permitted to perform activities described in § 277.4(b)(6) of this chapter. [81 FR 92556, Dec. 20, 2016]