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S 2449 118th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023

Introduced: July 20, 2023 Introduced by: Luján, Ben Ray Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jul 20, 2023
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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 20, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4103 Related bill Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 20, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2449: Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2449/
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"S. 2449: Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2449/.
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S. 2449, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2449/.
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