[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3598 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3598

  To prohibit fees with respect to electronic benefit transfer debit 
        cards used in connection with unemployment compensation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2011

    Ms. Clarke of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit fees with respect to electronic benefit transfer debit 
        cards used in connection with unemployment compensation.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CHARGING FEES IN CONNECTION WITH EBT DEBIT 
              CARDS IN CONNECTION WITH UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    (a) Approval of State Laws.--Paragraph (4) of section 3304(a) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence:
        ``For purposes of this paragraph, expenses of administration 
        includes any fee in connection with the use of electronic 
        benefit transfer debit cards for the payment of unemployment 
        compensation.''.
    (b) Unemployment Fund Definition.--Subsection (f) of section 3306 
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following flush 
sentence:
``For purposes of this subsection, expenses of administration includes 
any fee in connection with the use of electronic benefit transfer debit 
cards for the payment of unemployment compensation.''.
    (c) Certification.--Section 303(a)(5) of the Social Security Act is 
amended by striking ``and'' at the end and inserting the following: 
``Provided further, That, for purposes of this paragraph, expenses of 
administration includes any fee in connection with the use of 
electronic benefit transfer debit cards for the payment of unemployment 
compensation; and''.
    (d) Effective Date.--In the case of any State, the amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to compensation paid for weeks 
which begin after the end of the 1-month period beginning on the last 
day of the first session of the State legislature which begins after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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