# Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Extension of Effective Dates and Comment Period
> **Food and Nutrition Service** · Final rule and interim final rule; delay of effective dates and extension of comment period. · Published 2017-02-21 · Effective 2017-01-06 · 82 FR 11131
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-03337
- **Category:** food-assistance
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Nutrition Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 11131
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 271
- **Publication date:** 2017-02-21
- **Effective date:** 2017-01-06
- **USDA docket:** FNS 2011-0008
## Abstract

Consistent with the memorandum of January 20, 2017, to the heads of executive departments and agencies from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review", the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is extending the effective dates and comment period for this rule, which was published January 6, 2017 and implements provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA) affecting the eligibility, benefits, certification, and employment and training (E&T) requirements for applicant or participant households in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/02/21/2017-03337/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap-eligibility-certification-and-employment-and-training)
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