No Photo for Food Act of 2023
This bill revises provisions related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to prohibit a state from requiring a photograph of any household member on an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. Under current law, a state may require that an EBT card contain a photo of one or more members of a SNAP household.
As background, SNAP provides federally funded benefits (not the same as cash) on EBT cards to eligible households to purchase eligible food items from authorized retailers.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5701 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5701
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the placement
of a photograph of any household member on an electronic benefit card
used by such household to purchase food with supplemental nutrition
assistance program benefits provided under such Act.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 26, 2023
Mr. Casar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the placement
of a photograph of any household member on an electronic benefit card
used by such household to purchase food with supplemental nutrition
assistance program benefits provided under such Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Photo for Food Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2016(h)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)(C)(i) by striking ``photographic
identification on electronic benefit transfer cards,'', and
(2) by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows:
``(9) Limitation.--A State agency may not require that an
electronic benefit card contain a photograph of any household
member authorized to use such card to purchase food under the
supplemental nutrition assistance program.''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this
Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act
shall not apply with respect to certification periods that begin before
the effective date of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
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