# Food Stamp Program: Certification Provisions of the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act
> **US Department of Agriculture** · Final rule. · Published 1996-10-17 · Effective 1996-12-16 · 61 FR 54270
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-26072
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Agriculture
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 54270
- **Publication date:** 1996-10-17
- **Effective date:** 1996-12-16
- **USDA docket:** Amendment No. 375
## Abstract

This rule amends Food Stamp Program regulations to implement nine provisions of the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act, finalizing a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on August 30, 1994. This rule will: (1) simplify the household definition; (2) establish eligibility for children who live with their food stamp eligible parents in a drug or alcohol rehabilitation center; (3) exclude from resources the value of vehicles used to transport fuel or water; (4) increase the fair market value exclusion of vehicles for determining a household's resource limit; (5) exclude certain General Assistance (GA) vendor payments; (6) exclude the earnings of elementary and secondary students under age 22 who live with their parents; (7) increase the maximum amount of the dependent care deduction; (8) eliminate the current federally-imposed limit and (9) require State agencies to establish a Statewide limit on the dependent care reimbursement paid to participants in the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program (E&T); and require proration of food stamp benefits only after a break of more than one month in certification.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/10/17/96-26072/food-stamp-program-certification-provisions-of-the-mickey-leland-childhood-hunger-relief-act)
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