To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to include a photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.

Bill: 116-hr-5235
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2019-11-21
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

Photography and imaging

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill revises provisions related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to require states to include a photograph of one or more members of a household on electronic benefit cards that are issued to provide program benefits.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5235 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2019 Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Norman , and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina ) 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 States to include a photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.

1. Amendments Section 7(h)(9) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(9) ) is amended— (1) in the heading by striking Optional and inserting Mandatory ; (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking may and inserting shall ; and (3) in subparagraph (B) by striking If and all that follows through (A), the and inserting The . 2. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.