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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1887

To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to identify and curtail fraud in

the food stamp program, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 28, 1993

Mr. EWING (for himself, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. EMERSON)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to identify and

curtail fraud in the food stamp program, 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 Stamp Anti5 Fraud Act of 1993’’.
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1 TITLE I—RETAIL FOOD STORES AND

2 WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS

3 SEC. 101. USE OF APPLICATION INFORMATION.

4 Section 9(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7

5 U.S.C. 2018(c)) is amended—

6 (1) by designating the first sentence as para7 graph (1);

8 (2) by designating the second and third sen9 tences as subparagraphs (A) and (C), respectively,

10 of paragraph (2); and

11 (3) in paragraph (2)—

12 (A) in subparagraph (A) (as so des13 ignated), by inserting before the period at the

14 end the following: ‘‘or officers or employees of

15 Federal or State law enforcement or investiga16 tive agencies for purposes of administering or

17 enforcing the provisions of this Act or any other

18 Federal or State law and the regulations issued

19 under this Act or such law’’;

20 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A)

21 (as so designated) the following new subpara22 graph:

23 ‘‘(B) An officer or employee described in subpara24 graph (A) who publishes, divulges, discloses, or makes

25 known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by
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1 law any information obtained under the authority granted

2 by this subsection shall be subject to section 1905 of title

3 18, United States Code.’’; and

4 (C) in subparagraph (C) (as so des5 ignated), by striking ‘‘Such purposes’’ and in6 serting ‘‘The purposes referred to in subpara7 graph (A)’’.

8 SEC. 102. PENALTIES FOR TRAFFICKING IN FOOD STAMPS.

9 Section 12(b)(3)(B) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977

10 (7 U.S.C. 2021(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘(except

11 that the amount of civil money penalties imposed during

12 a two-year period may not exceed $40,000)’’.

13 SEC. 103. PENALTIES FOR STORES FOR TRADING FIRE14 ARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, OR CON15 TROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR FOOD STAMPS.

16 Section 12(b)(3)(C) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977

17 (7 U.S.C. 2021(b)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘(except

18 that the amount of civil money penalties imposed during

19 a two-year period may not exceed $40,000)’’.
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1 TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS

2 SEC. 201. PERMANENT DISQUALIFICATION OF RECIPIENTS

3 FOR TRADING FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EX4 PLOSIVES, OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

5 FOR FOOD STAMPS.

6 Section 6(b)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7

7 U.S.C. 2015(b)(1)) is amended by striking clause (iii) and

8 inserting the following new clause:

9 ‘‘(iii) permanently upon—

10 ‘‘(I) the third occasion of any

11 such determination (except as pro12 vided in subclause (II)); or

13 ‘‘(II) the first occasion of a find14 ing of the trading of firearms, ammu15 nition, explosives, or controlled sub16 stances (as the term is defined in sec17 tion 802 of title 21, United States

18 Code) for coupons.’’.

19 SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE DATES.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

21 (b), the amendments made by this Act shall become effec22 tive and implemented not later than one hundred and

23 twenty days after the date of issuance of final regulations

24 by the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the amend25 ments.
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The amendments made by sec2 tions 102 and 103 shall become effective on the date of

3 enactment of this Act.

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