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Electronic Benefit Transfer Interoperability and Portability Act of 1999

Introduced: August 4, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 7, 2000
For Further Action See S.1733.
Aug 20, 1999
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Aug 5, 1999
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Aug 5, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1751-1752)
Aug 4, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 4, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Electronic Benefit Transfer Interoperability and Portability Act of 1999 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for a national standard of interoperability and portability applicable to electronic food stamp benefit transactions. Requires systems that provide for the electronic issuance, use, and redemption of coupons in the form of electronic benefit transfer cards to be interoperable, and food stamp benefits to be made portable, among all States not later than October 1, 2002.
What's happening now March 7, 2000

For Further Action See S.1733.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1733 Procedurally related Electronic Benefit Transfer Interoperability and Portability Act of 2000
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 3
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Nov 17, 1999
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Nov 17, 1999
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Aug 4, 1999
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Aug 4, 1999
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Aug 4, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2709: Electronic Benefit Transfer Interoperability and Portability Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2709/
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"H.R. 2709: Electronic Benefit Transfer Interoperability and Portability Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2709/.
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H.R. 2709, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2709/.
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