Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4103
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2023-06-14
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Computers and information technology

Food assistance and relief

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill makes permanent the prohibition on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit transaction fees. The current prohibition expires at the end of FY2023.</p><p>The bill also specifies that the prohibition applies to states (and any agent, contractor, or subcontractor of a state who facilitates the provision of SNAP benefits) for costs for fraud prevention tools, coverage of infrastructure costs, and other costs associated with updating the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) processing infrastructure.&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,eyJtY2UtY29udmVyc2F0aW9uXzEwMDQyNzM3NjIxNzE1NjExNTIyMTI4Ijp7InVpZCI6Im1jZS1jb252ZXJzYXRpb25fMTAwNDI3Mzc2MjE3MTU2MTE1MjIxMjgiLCJjb21tZW50cyI6W3sidWlkIjoibWNlLWNvbnZlcnNhdGlvbl8xMDA0MjczNzYyMTcxNTYxMTUyMjEyOCIsImF1dGhvciI6ImNpc2VuYmVyZ0BsaWIubG9jLmdvdiIsImF1dGhvck5hbWUiOiJjaXNlbmJlcmdAbGliLmxvYy5nb3YiLCJjb250ZW50IjoiQWRkZWQgXCJBc3Npc3RhbmNlXCIgdG8gU05BUCBwcm9ncmFtIG5hbWUsICIsImNyZWF0ZWRBdCI6IjIwMjQtMDUtMTNUMTQ6NDU6MjIuMTI4WiIsIm1vZGlmaWVkQXQiOiIyMDI0LTA1LTEzVDE0OjQ1OjIyLjEyOFoifV19fQ==-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4103 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 14, 2023 Ms. Brown (for herself, Ms. Jacobs , and Mr. Blumenauer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make permanent the moratorium on SNAP benefit transaction fees, and other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023 . 2. Amendments Section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d) by inserting including completeness of fraud protection and prevention tools and coverage of infrastructure cost before the period at the end, (2) in subsection (f)(5)(B)(ii) by inserting and require State agencies to review existing technology and contract requirements during each contracting period to ensure the EBT technology reflects commercial standards to ensure security of benefits before the period at the end, and (3) in subsection (h)(13)(B)— (A) by striking Effective through fiscal year 2023, neither and inserting Neither , and (B) by inserting , for costs to implement subsections (d) and (f)(5)(B) of section 7, or for other costs associated with updating the EBT processing infrastructure before the period at the end. 3. Application of amendments The amendments made by section 2 shall be applied to supersede the provisions of title IV of division HH of the Consolidation Appropriations Act, 2023 or any agency action taken under the authority of such provisions. 4. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1, 2023.