118 HR 4103 IH: Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2023-06-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 118th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 4103 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 14, 2023 Ms. Brown (for herself, Ms. Jacobs, and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make permanent the moratorium on SNAP benefit transaction fees, and other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023.

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Amendments

Section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended— (1)in subsection (d) by inserting including completeness of fraud protection and prevention tools and coverage of infrastructure cost before the period at the end, (2)in subsection (f)(5)(B)(ii) by inserting and require State agencies to review existing technology and contract requirements during each contracting period to ensure the EBT technology reflects commercial standards to ensure security of benefits before the period at the end, and (3)in subsection (h)(13)(B)— (A)by striking Effective through fiscal year 2023, neither and inserting Neither, and (B) by inserting , for costs to implement subsections (d) and (f)(5)(B) of section 7, or for other costs associated with updating the EBT processing infrastructure before the period at the end.

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Application of amendments

The amendments made by section 2 shall be applied to supersede the provisions of title IV of division HH of the Consolidation Appropriations Act, 2023 or any agency action taken under the authority of such provisions.

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Effective date

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1, 2023.