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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1427 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit the use of business 

integrity and reputation factors when determining the eligibility of a 

retail food store or a wholesale food concern to be approved to redeem 

supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2023 

Mr. TRONE (for himself, Mr. CORREA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN, and Mr. SMITH of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit 

the use of business integrity and reputation factors when 

determining the eligibility of a retail food store or a 

wholesale food concern to be approved to redeem supplemental nutrition assistance program 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 ‘‘SNAP Second Chance 

5 Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 

2 Section 9(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

3 (7 U.S.C. 2018(a)) is amended by adding at end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(5) BUSINESS INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) TREATMENT OF CRIMINAL VIOLA7 TIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(i) No retail food store or wholesale 

9 food concern may be denied authorization 

10 to redeem supplemental nutrition assist11 ance program benefits solely based on a 

12 criminal conviction. 

13 ‘‘(ii) For the purpose of approving an 

14 application for authorization to redeem 

15 supplemental nutrition assistance program 

16 benefits, the Secretary may only consider a 

17 criminal offense that occurs in the 5-year 

18 period ending on the date of such applica19 tion. 

20 ‘‘(iii) An applicant that is convicted of 

21 a criminal offense shall not be denied au22 thorization to redeem supplemental nutri23 tion assistance program benefits on the 

24 basis of business integrity and reputation 

25 of the if the applicant shows sufficient 


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1 mitigation or rehabilitation as determined 

2 under subparagraph (B). 

3 ‘‘(B) SUFFICIENT MITIGATION OR REHA4 BILITATION.—An applicant with a criminal con5 viction shall not be denied authorization to re6 deem supplemental nutrition assistance pro7 gram benefits on the basis business integrity 

8 and reputation factors if the applicant estab9 lishes sufficient mitigation or rehabilitation by 

10 providing any of the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) Evidence that a period of 5 years 

12 elapsed beginning on the date of a felony 

13 conviction, the release from any correc14 tional institution for financial fraud or de15 ception under Federal, State, or Tribal 

16 law, and compliance with all applicable 

17 terms and conditions of probation or pa18 role. 

19 ‘‘(ii) Evidence that a period of 3 years 

20 elapsed beginning on the date of a felony 

21 conviction, the release from any correc22 tional institution without subsequent con23 viction of a crime, and compliance with all 

24 terms and conditions of probation or pa25 role. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Any other evidence of mitigation 

2 or rehabilitation and of present fitness pro3 vided, including— 

4 ‘‘(I) circumstances relative to the 

5 offense, including mitigating cir6 cumstances or social conditions sur7 rounding the commission of the of8 fense; 

9 ‘‘(II) age of the person at the 

10 time the offense was committed; 

11 ‘‘(III) the length of time since 

12 the offense was committed; and 

13 ‘‘(IV) whether elements of the of14 fense are directly related to the re15 sponsibilities and requirements for the 

16 redemption of the supplemental nutri17 tion assistance program benefits.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 

19 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

20 of this Act, the Secretary shall issue rules to carry out 

21 the amendment made under this Act. 

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