3.0.0 1593 2023-01-11T13:22:16Z 2023-01-11T13:22:16Z Senate S S 2011-09-21 112 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-09-21T21:19:59Z 2011-09-21 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2011-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-10-18 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2011-11-15 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-12-06 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Food assistance and relief Fruit and vegetables Public contracts and procurement Retail and wholesale trades State and local government operations Telephone and wireless communication Agriculture and Food 00 2011-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-19T14:28:46Z Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to require state electronic benefit transfer contracts to treat wireless program retail food stores in the same manner as wired program retail food stores for purposes of supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly food stamp) benefits.

Defines "wireless retailer" to include: (1) a farmers market, (2) a farm stand, (3) a green cart, (4) a route vendor, (5) an entity operating a community-supported agriculture program, and (6) an individual farmer affiliated with such entities.

]]> A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require State electronic benefit transfer contracts to treat wireless program retail food stores in the same manner as wired program retail food stores. Display Title A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require State electronic benefit transfer contracts to treat wireless program retail food stores in the same manner as wired program retail food stores. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require State electronic benefit transfer contracts to treat wireless program retail food stores in the same manner as wired program retail food stores. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2011-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1593is/xml/BILLS-112s1593is.xml 2011-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.