[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4027 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4027

To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to forbid recipients of food stamp 
  benefits to resell, or to barter, food acquired with such benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 5, 1996

   Mr. Franks of New Jersey 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 forbid recipients of food stamp 
  benefits to resell, or to barter, food acquired with such benefits.

    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 Conversion and 
Profiteering Prohibition Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 6(b)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(b)(1)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or (B)'' and inserting ``(B)'', and
            (2) by inserting ``, or (C) using food acquired with 
        coupons to acquire anything other than food,'' after ``cards''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
the first day of the first month beginning more than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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