118th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 4103: Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Earl Blumenauer D-OROriginal
- Sara Jacobs D-CAOriginal
- Donald Payne D-NJ
- Jill Tokuda D-HI
- Jonathan Jackson D-IL
- David Valadao R-CA
- David Rouzer R-NC
Who scored on this bill
- 1Shontel Brown SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Shontel Brown.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.