Food Stamp Accountability Act of 1980

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Food Stamp Accountability Act of 1980 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the costs of the thrifty food plan and the amount of the standard deduction annually rather than semiannually. Disqualifies from the food stamp program any individual enrolled in an institution of higher education. Requires that each State agency determine the eligibility of each applicant household by verifying specified income in part through the use of information obtained from other government agencies' records. Permits the State agency to verify prior to certification the size of any applicant household and any factors of eligibility involving households which fall within such agency's error-prone household profiles. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the Commissioner of Social Security to disclose to the Department of Agriculture and to a State food stamp agency information from individual income tax returns with respect to net earnings from self-employment and payments of retirement income which have been disclosed to the Social Security Administration, but only to the extent necessary to determine an individual's eligibility for food stamp benef…