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HOUSE 4103118th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023

Last Action
7/28/2023

Actions

  • 2023-07-28Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
  • 2023-06-14Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • 2023-06-14Introduced in House
  • 2023-06-14Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2023-06-14 (00)

Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023

This bill makes permanent the prohibition on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit transaction fees. The current prohibition expires at the end of FY2023.

The bill also specifies that the prohibition applies to states (and any agent, contractor, or subcontractor of a state who facilitates the provision of SNAP benefits) for costs for fraud prevention tools, coverage of infrastructure costs, and other costs associated with updating the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) processing infrastructure. 

Cosponsors (7)

  • Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
  • EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
  • Donald Payne (D-NJ)
  • Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
  • Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
  • David Valadao (R-CA)
  • David Rouzer (R-NC)

Subjects

  • Computers and information technology
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
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