No Photo for Food Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5701
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2023-09-26
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

Photography and imaging

Poverty and welfare assistance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No Photo for Food Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill revises provisions related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to prohibit a state from requiring a photograph&nbsp;of any household member on an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. Under current law, a state may require that an EBT card contain a photo of one or more members of a SNAP household.</p><p>As background, SNAP provides federally funded benefits (not the same as cash) on EBT cards to eligible households to purchase eligible food items from authorized retailers.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,eyJtY2UtY29udmVyc2F0aW9uXzU3NTY4MTI4MjE3MjkwMTc0ODk3ODciOnsidWlkIjoibWNlLWNvbnZlcnNhdGlvbl81NzU2ODEyODIxNzI5MDE3NDg5Nzg3IiwiY29tbWVudHMiOlt7InVpZCI6Im1jZS1jb252ZXJzYXRpb25fNTc1NjgxMjgyMTcyOTAxNzQ4OTc4NyIsImF1dGhvciI6Im5jaHVyY2hpbGxAbGliLmxvYy5nb3YiLCJhdXRob3JOYW1lIjoibmNodXJjaGlsbEBsaWIubG9jLmdvdiIsImNvbnRlbnQiOiJUYWtlbiBmcm9tIENSUyBJbkZvY3VzIChzZWUgUmVzZWFyY2gpLiIsImNyZWF0ZWRBdCI6IjIwMjQtMTAtMTVUMTg6Mzg6MDkuNzg3WiIsIm1vZGlmaWVkQXQiOiIyMDI0LTEwLTE1VDE4OjM4OjA5Ljc4N1oifV19fQ==-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5701 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2023 Mr. Casar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the placement of a photograph of any household member on an electronic benefit card used by such household to purchase food with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits provided under such Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Photo for Food Act of 2023 . 2. Amendments Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016(h) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(C)(i) by striking photographic identification on electronic benefit transfer cards, , and (2) by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows: (9) Limitation A State agency may not require that an electronic benefit card contain a photograph of any household member authorized to use such card to purchase food under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. . 3. Effective date; application of amendments (a) Effective date Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Application of amendments The amendments made by this Act shall not apply with respect to certification periods that begin before the effective date of this Act.