[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1887 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1887

 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to identify and curtail fraud in 
            the food stamp program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1993

  Mr. Ewing (for himself, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Emerson) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to identify and curtail fraud in 
            the food stamp program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food Stamp Anti-Fraud Act of 1993''.

        TITLE I--RETAIL FOOD STORES AND WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS

SEC. 101. USE OF APPLICATION INFORMATION.

    Section 9(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2018(c)) is 
amended--
            (1) by designating the first sentence as paragraph (1);
            (2) by designating the second and third sentences as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (C), respectively, of paragraph (2); and
            (3) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by 
                inserting before the period at the end the following: 
                ``or officers or employees of Federal or State law 
                enforcement or investigative agencies for purposes of 
                administering or enforcing the provisions of this Act 
                or any other Federal or State law and the regulations 
                issued under this Act or such law'';
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) (as so 
                designated) the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) An officer or employee described in subparagraph (A) who 
publishes, divulges, discloses, or makes known in any manner or to any 
extent not authorized by law any information obtained under the 
authority granted by this subsection shall be subject to section 1905 
of title 18, United States Code.''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C) (as so designated), by 
                striking ``Such purposes'' and inserting ``The purposes 
                referred to in subparagraph (A)''.

SEC. 102. PENALTIES FOR TRAFFICKING IN FOOD STAMPS.

    Section 12(b)(3)(B) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
2021(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``(except that the amount of 
civil money penalties imposed during a two-year period may not exceed 
$40,000)''.

SEC. 103. PENALTIES FOR STORES FOR TRADING FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, 
              EXPLOSIVES, OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR FOOD STAMPS.

    Section 12(b)(3)(C) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
2021(b)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ``(except that the amount of 
civil money penalties imposed during a two-year period may not exceed 
$40,000)''.

                        TITLE II--MISCELLANEOUS

SEC. 201. PERMANENT DISQUALIFICATION OF RECIPIENTS FOR TRADING 
              FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, OR CONTROLLED 
              SUBSTANCES FOR FOOD STAMPS.

    Section 6(b)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(b)(1)) 
is amended by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following new 
clause:
                            ``(iii) permanently upon--
                                    ``(I) the third occasion of any 
                                such determination (except as provided 
                                in subclause (II)); or
                                    ``(II) the first occasion of a 
                                finding of the trading of firearms, 
                                ammunition, explosives, or controlled 
                                substances (as the term is defined in 
                                section 802 of title 21, United States 
                                Code) for coupons.''.

SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
amendments made by this Act shall become effective and implemented not 
later than one hundred and twenty days after the date of issuance of 
final regulations by the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the 
amendments.
    (b) Exceptions.--The amendments made by sections 102 and 103 shall 
become effective on the date of enactment of this Act.

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