SNAP Verify Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-733
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-04
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

Photography and imaging

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>SNAP Verify Act of 2015 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require households to present photographic identification when using an electronic benefit card for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) transactions. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 733 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2015 Mr. Salmon (for himself, Mr. Gosar , Mr. Bridenstine , Mr. Long , Mr. DeSantis , Mr. Schweikert , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Franks of Arizona , and Mr. Poe of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require households that receive supplemental nutrition assistance benefits to present photographic verification at the time food is purchased with such benefits.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SNAP Verify Act of 2015 . 2. Photographic verification for SNAP transactions Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2020 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (w) Photographic verification for SNAP transactions Not later than 3 years after the effective date of this subsection, the State agency shall require any member of a household, or any representative of the household, authorized to use an electronic benefit card to present photographic identification at the time such member or such representative presents the electronic benefit card to perform a transaction. . 3. Effective date; application of amendment (a) Effective date This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st month that begins not less than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Application of amendment The amendment made by this Act shall not apply with respect to certification periods that begin before the effective date of this Act.