Enhancing Law Enforcement Resources Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5740
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2018-05-09
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Food assistance and relief

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Enhancing Law Enforcement Resources Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow state agencies administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to disclose a household member's address, Social Security number, and photograph to a law enforcement officer who provides the member's household electronic benefit transfer card number to locate or apprehend the member for specified law enforcement purposes and as an official duty. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5740 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 9, 2018 Mr. Joyce of Ohio 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 the State agency to disclose personal identifying information of a household member to a law enforcement officer who provides such member’s household electronic benefit transfer card number for the purpose of apprehending such member who is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, for a crime.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enhancing Law Enforcement Resources Act of 2018 . 2. Amendment Section 11(e)(8)(E) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(8)(E) ) is amended by inserting (or the number of the member’s household electronic benefit transfer card) after the member the first place it appears.