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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.
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 ‘‘Food Stamp Anti-
Fraud Act of 1993’’.
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TITLE I—RETAIL FOOD STORES AND
WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS
SEC. 101. USE OF APPLICATION INFORMATION.
Section 9(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2018(c)) is amended—
(1) by designating the first sentence as para-
graph (1);
(2) by designating the second and third sen-
tences as subparagraphs (A) and (C), respectively,
of paragraph (2); and
(3) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A) (as so des-
ignated), by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ‘‘or officers or employees of
Federal or State law enforcement or investiga-
tive agencies for purposes of administering or
enforcing the provisions of this Act or any other
Federal or State law and the regulations issued
under this Act or such law’’;
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A)
(as so designated) the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(B) An officer or employee described in subpara-
graph (A) who publishes, divulges, discloses, or makes
known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by
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law any information obtained under the authority granted
by this subsection shall be subject to section 1905 of title
18, United States Code.’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (C) (as so des-
ignated), by striking ‘‘Such purposes’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The purposes referred to in subpara-
graph (A)’’.
SEC. 102. PENALTIES FOR TRAFFICKING IN FOOD STAMPS.
Section 12(b)(3)(B) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2021(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘(except
that the amount of civil money penalties imposed during
a two-year period may not exceed $40,000)’’.
SEC. 103. PENALTIES FOR STORES FOR TRADING FIRE-
ARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, OR CON-
TROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR FOOD STAMPS.
Section 12(b)(3)(C) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2021(b)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘(except
that the amount of civil money penalties imposed during
a two-year period may not exceed $40,000)’’.
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TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 201. PERMANENT DISQUALIFICATION OF RECIPIENTS
FOR TRADING FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EX-
PLOSIVES, OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
FOR FOOD STAMPS.
Section 6(b)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2015(b)(1)) is amended by striking clause (iii) and
inserting the following new clause:
‘‘(iii) permanently upon—
‘‘(I) the third occasion of any
such determination (except as pro-
vided in subclause (II)); or
‘‘(II) the first occasion of a find-
ing of the trading of firearms, ammu-
nition, explosives, or controlled sub-
stances (as the term is defined in sec-
tion 802 of title 21, United States
Code) for coupons.’’.
SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the amendments made by this Act shall become effec-
tive and implemented not later than one hundred and
twenty days after the date of issuance of final regulations
by the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the amend-
ments.