S 2445
101th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Food stamps
Forfeiture
Government paperwork
Grocery trade
Money laundering
Public assistance programs
Tax administration
Welfare fraud
Food Stamp Trafficking Prevention and Penalty Act of 1990
Introduced: April 5, 1990
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To President
Became law
Apr 5, 1990
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Apr 5, 1990
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Food Stamp Trafficking Prevention and Penalty Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require retail and wholesale food concerns participating in the food stamp program to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with their Internal Revenue Service taxpayer identifying numbers.
Makes it unlawful to launder funds obtained from food stamp coupon trafficking. Provides for civil and criminal forfeiture and property disposition for violating this Act.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1