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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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make permanent the moratorium on SNAP benefit transaction fees, and other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses. The main policy domain is Agriculture, Technology, Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HFFD359F2A545468EA3BA4C6DB8ADCA89: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023.
- Section H97EF0945033F4FECBA4F71213531A6C4: 2. Amendments Section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended— in subsection (d) by inserting including completeness of...
- Section H276B20023A634A1E834EA931335C6D75: 3. 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...
- Section H2808899EFDAD4BD09C0CC66AE2B8BC3C: 4. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1, 2023.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make permanent the moratorium on SNAP benefit transaction fees, and other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Technology, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make permanent the moratorium on SNAP benefit transaction fees, and other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Brown (for herself, Ms. Jacobs, and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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