3.0.0 2449 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z Senate S S 2023-07-20 118 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-07-20T19:49:38Z 118 4103 HR 2023-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture. Related bill CRS 2023-07-20 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. N W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2023-07-20 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2023-07-27 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2023-08-31T16:00:32Z

00 2023-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2024-05-13T16:14:35Z <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,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-->

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