S. 2449 · 118th Congress · Senate

Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced
Jul 20, 23
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

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. 

Action Timeline

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  1. JUL 20, 2023IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. JUL 20, 2023IntroReferral

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

Committees

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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

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Referred: Jul 20, 2023

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