# Clarification of Eligibility of Fleeing Felons
> **Food and Nutrition Service** · Final rule. · Published 2015-09-10 · Effective 2015-11-09 · 80 FR 54410
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-22763
- **Category:** food-assistance
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Nutrition Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 54410
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 272
- **Publication date:** 2015-09-10
- **Effective date:** 2015-11-09
## Abstract

This rule implements Section 4112 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. Section 4112 amended Section 6(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to define the terms "fleeing" and "actively seeking" to ensure that State agencies use consistent procedures regarding the disqualification of a fleeing felon from eligibility for SNAP benefits when the individual is fleeing to avoid prosecution, custody or confinement after conviction for committing a crime or attempting to commit a crime that is a felony under the law of the place from which the individual is fleeing (or a high misdemeanor in New Jersey) or is violating a condition of probation or parole under Federal or State law.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/09/10/2015-22763/clarification-of-eligibility-of-fleeing-felons)
---
*AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*