[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5235 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5235

   To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to 
  include a photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide 
          supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2019

    Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Wilson of South 
  Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to 
  include a photograph on electronic benefit cards issued to provide 
          supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 7(h)(9) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2016(h)(9)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading by striking ``Optional'' and inserting 
        ``Mandatory'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``may'' and inserting 
        ``shall''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``If'' and all that 
        follows through ``(A), the'' and inserting ``The''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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