[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 109 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4754]
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SA 3356. Mr. CASEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. Roberts (for himself and Ms.
Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and
continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of
Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 335, strike line 10 and insert the following:
``(C) Third-party applications.--Prior to the promulgation
of regulations or issuance of guidance by the Secretary under
subparagraph (B), State agencies and benefit issuers of State
agencies may allow third-party applications to access the
electronic benefit transfer system, with the consent of a
participating household member, to provide electronic benefit
transfer account information to the participating household,
if the third-party applications adequately protect the
privacy of data relating to participating households and
retail food stores, consistent with sections 9(c) and 11(e).
``(D) Report.--Not later than 2 years
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