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‘‘(2) DEVALUATION
AND
TERMINATION
OF 
ISSUANCE OF PAPER COUPONS.— 
‘‘(A) COUPON
ISSUANCE.—Beginning on 
the effective date of this subsection, no State 
shall issue any coupon, stamp, certificate, or 
authorization card to a household that receives 
benefits under this Act. 
‘‘(B) EBT CARDS.—Beginning 1 year after 
the effective date of this subsection, only an 
EBT card issued under subsection (i) shall be 
eligible for exchange at any retail food store. 
‘‘(C) DE-OBLIGATION OF COUPONS.—Cou-
pons not redeemed in the 1-year period begin-
ning on the effective date of this subsection will 
no longer be an obligation of the Federal Gov-
ernment and shall not be redeemable.’’. 
(8) in subsection (h)(1) by striking ‘‘coupons’’ 
and inserting ‘‘benefits’’; 
(9) in subsection (j)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) by striking 
‘‘printing, shipping, and redeeming coupons’’ 
and inserting ‘‘issuing and redeeming benefits’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘coupon’’ 
and inserting ‘‘benefit’’; and
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(10) in subsection (k)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘coupons in the form of’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘benefits in 
the form of’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a coupon issued in the 
form of’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘benefits in the form of’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘coupons’’ 
and inserting ‘‘benefits’’; 
(B) by amending subsection (b) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) ‘Benefit’ means the value of assistance provided 
under this Act to a household by means of an electronic 
benefit transfer under section 7(i), or other means of pro-
viding assistance, as determined by the Secretary.’’; 
(C) in the 1st sentence of subsection (c) by 
striking ‘‘authorization cards’’ and inserting 
‘‘benefits’’; 
(D) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘or ac-
cess device’’ and all that follows through ‘‘num-
ber’’; 
(E) in subsection (e)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘coupon issuer’’ and in-
serting ‘‘benefit issuer’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘coupons’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘benefits’’; 
(F) by inserting after subsection (f) the 
following: 
‘‘(f–1) EBT CARD.—The term ‘EBT card’ means an 
electronic benefit transfer card issued under section 7(i).’’; 
(G) in subsection (i)(5)(D) by striking 
‘‘coupons’’ and inserting ‘‘benefits’’; and 
(H) in subsection (t) by inserting ‘‘includ-
ing point of sale devices,’’ after ‘‘other means of 
access’’. 
(2) Section 4(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(a)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘coupons’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘benefits’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘coupons issued’’ and in-
serting ‘‘benefits issued’’. 
(3) Section 5(i)(2)(E) of the Food Stamp Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(i)(2)(E)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘, as defined in section 3(i) of this Act,’’. 
(4) Section 6(b)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(b)(1)) is amended—
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(A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘cou-
pons or authorization cards’’ and inserting 
‘‘benefits’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘coupons’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘benefits’’. 
(5) Section 7(j)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘cou-
pon’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit’’. 
(6) Section 8(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2017(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘, 
whether through coupons, access devices, or other-
wise’’. 
(7) Section 9 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 2018) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘coupons’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘benefits’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘cou-
pon’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘cou-
pons, or to redeem’’. 
(8) Section 10 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 2019) is amended— 
(A) by striking the section designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘Regula-
tions’’ and inserting the following: