[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4764 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4764

 To provide for the payment of aid to families with dependent children 
                    through the use of debit cards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 1994

  Mr. Franks of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the payment of aid to families with dependent children 
                    through the use of debit cards.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF AFDC BENEFITS THROUGH THE USE OF DEBIT CARDS.

    Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (44);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (45) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (45) the following:
            ``(46) provide that--
                    ``(A) the State shall--
                            ``(i) for each recipient of aid under the 
                        State plan, establish an account into which the 
                        State will deposit the amounts of aid payable 
                        to the recipient under the State plan, and the 
                        amounts in which are accessible to the 
                        recipient only through the use of a debit card 
                        issued pursuant to clause (ii); and
                            ``(ii) issue to each recipient of aid under 
                        the State plan a debit card that--
                                    ``(I) contains a unique 
                                identification number, a photograph of 
                                the recipient, and the signature of the 
                                recipient;
                                    ``(II) is indistinguishable from 
                                other kinds of debit cards; and
                                    ``(III) may be used by the 
                                recipient only to obligate amounts in 
                                the account for the purchase of goods 
                                and services, for not more than the 
                                price thereof, through an electronic 
                                funds transfer network and point-of-
                                sale technology; and
                    ``(B) the State shall comply with subparagraph 
                (A)--
                            ``(i) not later than January 1, 1996, with 
                        respect to each recipient of such aid whose 
                        application for such aid is approved on or 
                        after such date; and
                            ``(ii) not later than January 1, 1998, with 
                        respect to each recipient of such aid.''.
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