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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4333 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit providers of 

eligible food purchasing and delivery services to be approved as retail 

food stores that accept and redeem supplemental nutrition assistance 

benefits. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2012 

Mr. PAULSEN (for himself, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mrs. EMERSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit 

providers of eligible food purchasing and delivery services 

to be approved as retail food stores that accept and 

redeem supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhancing Nutrition 

5 Services to the Elderly and Disabled Act of 2012’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENHANCING SERVICES TO ELDERLY AND DISABLED 

2 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 

3 PROGRAM RECIPIENTS. 

4 Section 3(p) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

5 (7 U.S.C. 2012(p)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end, 

8 (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(5) a public or private nonprofit food pur13 chasing and delivery service that— 

14 ‘‘(A) purchases food for, and delivers such 

15 food to, individuals who are— 

16 ‘‘(i) unable to shop for food; and 

17 ‘‘(ii)(I) not less than 60 years of age; 

18 or 

19 ‘‘(II) physically or mentally handi20 capped or otherwise disabled; 

21 ‘‘(B) clearly notifies the participating 

22 household at the time such household places a 

23 food order— 

24 ‘‘(i) of any delivery fee associated with 

25 the food purchase and delivery provided to 

26 such household by such service; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) that a delivery fee cannot be paid 

2 with benefits provided under the supple3 mental nutrition assistance program; and 

4 ‘‘(C) sells food purchased for such house5 hold at the price paid by such service for such 

6 food and without any additional cost markup.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION. 

8 (a) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 

9 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

10 of Agriculture shall issue regulations that— 

11 (1) establish criteria to identify a food pur12 chasing and delivery service referred to in section 

13 3(p)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and 

14 (2) establish procedures to ensure that such 

15 service— 

16 (A) does not charge more for a food item 

17 than the price paid by such service for such 

18 food item, 

19 (B) offers food delivery service at no or low 

20 cost to households under such Act, 

21 (C) ensures that benefits provided under 

22 the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

23 are used only to purchase food, as defined in 

24 section 3 of such Act, 


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1 (D) limits the purchase of food, and the 

2 delivery of such food, to households eligible to 

3 receive services described in section 3(p)(5) of 

4 this Act, 

5 (E) has established adequate safeguards 

6 against fraudulent activities, including unau7 thorized use of electronic benefit cards issued 

8 under such Act, and 

9 (F) such other requirements as the Sec10 retary deems to be appropriate. 

11 (b) LIMITATION.—Before the issuance of regulations 

12 under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may not 

13 approve more than 20 food purchasing and delivery serv14 ices referred to in section 3(p)(5) of the Food and Nutri15 tion Act of 2008 to participate as retail food stores under 

16 the supplemental nutrition assistance program. 

17 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

18 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

19 take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 

20 Act. 

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