The Trump administration on Tuesday will propose a rule change that could cut about 3.1 million people from the food-stamp program, CNBC reports. U.S. Department of Agriculture officials said the proposal seeks to require people who receive benefits from another federal program known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to pass an income and asset review to determine whether they also qualify for food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Currently, 43 states automatically consider TANF beneficiaries eligible for food stamps. The change would save the government about $2.5 billion a year. "Some states are taking advantage of loopholes that allow people to receive the SNAP benefits who would otherwise not qualify and for which they are not entitled," USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue said Monday.
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