[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8300 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8300

  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to establish online and 
              delivery standards, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2024

  Ms. Craig (for herself and Ms. Budzinski) 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 establish online and 
              delivery standards, and for other purposes.

    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 and Nutrition Delivery Safety 
Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. ONLINE AND DELIVERY STANDARDS.

    Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Online and Delivery Standards.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date 
        of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator of the Food 
        and Nutrition Service, in consultation with the Administrator 
        of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Commissioner of 
        Food and Drugs, the Director of the Office of Science and 
        Technology Policy, and relevant stakeholders, shall establish--
                    ``(A) for any retail food store or wholesale food 
                concern authorized to accept and redeem benefits under 
                the supplemental nutrition assistance program that 
                accepts benefits through an online or mobile platform, 
                standards for the safe and secure online use of the 
                online or mobile platforms by participants in the 
                supplemental nutrition assistance program and retail 
                participants, including with respect to digital privacy 
                and cybersecurity of the user; and
                    ``(B) for any retail food store or wholesale food 
                concern authorized to accept and redeem benefits under 
                the supplemental nutrition assistance program that 
                provides delivery services for foods purchased using 
                those benefits, delivery standards that aim--
                            ``(i) to promote fair and safe working 
                        conditions for the employees of that delivery 
                        service, including paying prevailing wages; and
                            ``(ii) to keep food safe and secure during 
                        delivery.
            ``(2) Report requirement.--Not later than 18 months after 
        the date on which the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition 
        Service establishes standards under paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall promulgate regulations that require a retail 
        food store or wholesale food concern seeking authorization 
        under this section to accept and redeem benefits under the 
        supplemental nutrition assistance program to submit to the 
        Secretary a report describing compliance with the standards 
        established under paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Effects of noncompliance.--If a retail food store or 
        wholesale food concern does not comply with the standards 
        established under paragraph (1), that retail food store or 
        wholesale food concern--
                    ``(A) shall lose authorization to participate in 
                the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and
                    ``(B) may reapply for that authorization upon 
                demonstrating that the retail food store or wholesale 
                food concern, as applicable, is in compliance with 
                those standards.''.
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