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Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023

Introduced: June 14, 2023 Introduced by: Brown, Shontel M. Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jul 28, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Jun 14, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jun 14, 2023
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023

This bill makes permanent the prohibition on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit transaction fees. The current prohibition expires at the end of FY2023.

The bill also specifies that the prohibition applies to states (and any agent, contractor, or subcontractor of a state who facilitates the provision of SNAP benefits) for costs for fraud prevention tools, coverage of infrastructure costs, and other costs associated with updating the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) processing infrastructure. 

What's happening now July 28, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

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