I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6432 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit the use of business 
integrity and reputation factors in determining the eligibility of a retail 
food store or wholesale food concern to be approved to accept and 
redeem supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2022 
Mr. TRONE (for himself, Mr. KATKO, Mr. CORREA, and Mr. MEIJER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit 
the use of business integrity and reputation factors in 
determining the eligibility of a retail food store or whole-
sale food concern to be approved to accept and redeem 
supplemental nutrition assistance program 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 ‘‘SNAP Second Chance 
Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. BUSINESS INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION UNDER 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION 
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 9(a)(1)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘, in accordance 
with clause (ii)’’ before the period at the end; 
(2) by redesignating clauses (i) through (v) as 
subclauses (I) through (V), respectively, and indent-
ing appropriately; 
(3) in the matter preceding subclause (I) (as so 
redesignated), by striking ‘‘In determining’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In determining’’; 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) TREATMENT OF CRIMINAL CON-
VICTIONS
UNDER
BUSINESS
INTEGRITY 
AND REPUTATION.— 
‘‘(I) DEFINITION
OF
CRIME
OF 
FINANCIAL FRAUD OR DECEPTION.— 
In this clause, the term ‘crime of fi-
nancial fraud or deception’ means a 
crime involving— 
‘‘(aa) fraud; 
‘‘(bb) bribery; 
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‘‘(cc) embezzlement; or 
‘‘(dd) a false statement in— 
‘‘(AA) a private loan 
application; or 
‘‘(BB) an application 
for a Federal loan or other 
Federal financial assistance. 
‘‘(II) TREATMENT.—In consid-
ering the business integrity and rep-
utation of the applicant under clause 
(i)(V), a conviction of an applicant 
shall be taken into account only if the 
conviction is for— 
‘‘(aa) a crime of financial 
fraud or deception under Fed-
eral, State, or Tribal law, that 
occurred during the 5-year period 
preceding the date of application, 
or 
‘‘(bb) a crime under section 
15 of this Act.’’. 
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SEC. 3. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to 
carry out the amendments made by section 2. 
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