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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. EMER-
SON) 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhancing Nutrition 
Services to the Elderly and Disabled Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENHANCING SERVICES TO ELDERLY AND DISABLED 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION 
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM RECIPIENTS. 
Section 3(p) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2012(p)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end, 
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) a public or private nonprofit food pur-
chasing and delivery service that— 
‘‘(A) purchases food for, and delivers such 
food to, individuals who are— 
‘‘(i) unable to shop for food; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) not less than 60 years of age; 
or 
‘‘(II) physically or mentally handi-
capped or otherwise disabled; 
‘‘(B) clearly notifies the participating 
household at the time such household places a 
food order— 
‘‘(i) of any delivery fee associated with 
the food purchase and delivery provided to 
such household by such service; and 
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‘‘(ii) that a delivery fee cannot be paid 
with benefits provided under the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program; and 
‘‘(C) sells food purchased for such house-
hold at the price paid by such service for such 
food and without any additional cost markup.’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall issue regulations that— 
(1) establish criteria to identify a food pur-
chasing and delivery service referred to in section 
3(p)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and 
(2) establish procedures to ensure that such 
service— 
(A) does not charge more for a food item 
than the price paid by such service for such 
food item, 
(B) offers food delivery service at no or low 
cost to households under such Act, 
(C) ensures that benefits provided under 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
are used only to purchase food, as defined in 
section 3 of such Act, 
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(D) limits the purchase of food, and the 
delivery of such food, to households eligible to 
receive services described in section 3(p)(5) of 
this Act, 
(E) has established adequate safeguards 
against fraudulent activities, including unau-
thorized use of electronic benefit cards issued 
under such Act, and 
(F) such other requirements as the Sec-
retary deems to be appropriate. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Before the issuance of regulations 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may not 
approve more than 20 food purchasing and delivery serv-
ices referred to in section 3(p)(5) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 to participate as retail food stores under 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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