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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1398 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to limit the conditions |
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| 6 | 6 | | applicable to the use of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to pur- |
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| 7 | 7 | | chase food, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY18, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. R |
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| 11 | 11 | | OUZER(for himself, Mr. BACON, Mr. AUSTINSCOTTof Georgia, and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. A |
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| 13 | 13 | | LFORD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on Agriculture |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to |
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| 17 | 17 | | limit the conditions applicable to the use of electronic |
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| 18 | 18 | | benefit transfer (EBT) cards to purchase food, and for |
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| 19 | 19 | | other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Strictly 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 1398 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ACT, 2023. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 501 of title IV of division HH of the Consoli-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | dated Appropriations Act, 2023, is amended by adding at 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the end the following: 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(f) E |
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| 34 | 34 | | XCLUSIVELYOUT-OF-STATEPURCHASES.— 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | The State agency shall suspend the accounts of households 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | for which EBT card transactions are made exclusively out- 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of-State for a period longer than 60 days, until— 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(1) the household affirmatively provides sub-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | stantiating evidence that the members of the house-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | hold who are program participants still reside in the 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | state from which they receive benefits; or 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(2) an investigation is conducted and conclu-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | sively determines that the members of the household 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | who are program participants still reside in the state 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | from which they receive benefits.’’. 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON REDEMPTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | BY OWNERS OF APPROVED RETAIL FOOD 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | STORES AND WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS. 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | U.S.C. 2020) is amended by adding at the end the fol-23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | lowing: 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(k) L |
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| 54 | 54 | | IMITATION ON REDEMPTION OF SUPPLE-25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | MENTALNUTRITIONASSISTANCEPROGRAMBENEFITS BY 26 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •HR 1398 IH |
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| 59 | 59 | | HOUSEHOLDSTHATINCLUDEMEMBERSWHOAREOWN-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ERS OFAPPROVEDRETAILFOODSTORES ORWHOLE-2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | SALEFOODCONCERNS.— 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(1) A household that includes a member who 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | is an owner of an approved retail food store or 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | wholesale food concern may not redeem supple-6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | mental nutrition assistance program benefits at such 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | store or such concern. 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | to a retail food store, or a wholesale food concern, 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | that is owned by a publicly owned corporation or by 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | a government.’’. 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Act. 16 |
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