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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3824 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to establish online and 

delivery standards, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2024 

Mr. FETTERMAN (for himself and Mr. BROWN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to establish 

online and delivery standards, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Food and Nutrition 

5 Delivery Safety Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ONLINE AND DELIVERY STANDARDS. 

7 Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

8 U.S.C. 2018) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(k) ONLINE AND DELIVERY STANDARDS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

2 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

3 Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service, in 

4 consultation with the Administrator of the Food 

5 Safety and Inspection Service, the Commissioner of 

6 Food and Drugs, the Director of the Office of 

7 Science and Technology Policy, and relevant stake8 holders, shall establish— 

9 ‘‘(A) for any retail food store or wholesale 

10 food concern authorized to accept and redeem 

11 benefits under the supplemental nutrition as12 sistance program that accepts benefits through 

13 an online or mobile platform, standards for the 

14 safe and secure online use of the online or mo15 bile platforms by participants in the supple16 mental nutrition assistance program and retail 

17 participants, including with respect to digital 

18 privacy and cybersecurity of the user; and 

19 ‘‘(B) for any retail food store or wholesale 

20 food concern authorized to accept and redeem 

21 benefits under the supplemental nutrition as22 sistance program that provides delivery services 

23 for foods purchased using those benefits, deliv24 ery standards that aim— 


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1 ‘‘(i) to promote fair and safe working 

2 conditions for the employees of that deliv3 ery service, including paying prevailing 

4 wages; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) to keep food safe and secure dur6 ing delivery. 

7 ‘‘(2) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

8 18 months after the date on which the Adminis9 trator of the Food and Nutrition Service establishes 

10 standards under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

11 promulgate regulations that require a retail food 

12 store or wholesale food concern seeking authoriza13 tion under this section to accept and redeem benefits 

14 under the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

15 to submit to the Secretary a report describing com16 pliance with the standards established under para17 graph (1). 

18 ‘‘(3) EFFECTS OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If a retail 

19 food store or wholesale food concern does not comply 

20 with the standards established under paragraph (1), 

21 that retail food store or wholesale food concern— 

22 ‘‘(A) shall lose authorization to participate 

23 in the supplemental nutrition assistance pro24 gram; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) may reapply for that authorization 

2 upon demonstrating that the retail food store or 

3 wholesale food concern, as applicable, is in com4 pliance with those standards.’’. 

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