[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4343]
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  SA 5438. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        In subtitle A of title II, add at the end the following:

     SEC. 20002. UNUSED ELECTRONIC BENEFITS.

       Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2016(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (12) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(12) Unused electronic benefits.--
       ``(A) In general.--If a household has not accessed 
     electronic benefits from the account of the household for a 
     period of not less than 3 months, a State agency shall--
       ``(i) revoke access to the account;
       ``(ii) store the account off-line; and
       ``(iii) revert any amount of electronic benefits remaining 
     in the account to the Department of the Treasury.
       ``(B) Notice.--A State agency shall provide notice of 
     revocation under subparagraph (A)(i) not later than 2 days 
     before the date on which access to the account is revoked.
       ``(C) Reinstatement.--If the access of a household has been 
     revoked under clause (i) of subparagraph (A) and the account 
     stored off-line under clause (ii) of that subparagraph, the 
     household shall be required to reapply to the State agency 
     for restoration of the account and benefits thereunder.''.
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