118 S3442 IS: Timely Review of SNAP Online Retailer Applications Act of 2023 U.S. Senate 2023-12-07 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.

II118th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 3442IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 7, 2023Mr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryA BILLTo amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make timely decisions on applications of retail food stores to accept benefits from recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance through on-line transactions, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Timely Review of SNAP Online Retailer Applications Act of 2023.

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Deadline for decisions on applications to accept benefits through on-line transactions

Section 7(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(k)) is amended by adding at the end the following:(5)

Timely review of applications

(A)

In general

In implementing paragraph (1), the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall make a determination of approval or non-approval of an application of a retail food store to accept benefits from recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance through on-line transactions not later than 180 days after the Secretary receives that application.(B)

Notification of Congress

If the Secretary is not able to make a determination described in subparagraph (A) by the deadline described in that subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a written notification that includes an explanation of the reasons why the Secretary was not able to make the determination by the applicable deadline..