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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 228
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 14, 2013
Mr. Graves of
Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on
Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prevent
the payment of cash to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance for the
return of empty bottles and cans used to contain food purchased with benefits
provided under such Act.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
SNAP Fraud Prevention Act of
2013.
2.
Amendments
Section 3(k)(1) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking
and hot foods and inserting hot foods, and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
and any
deposit fee in excess of amount of the State fee reimbursement (if any)
required to purchase any food or food product contained in a returnable bottle
or can, regardless of whether such fee is included in the shelf price posted
for such food or food
product,
.
3.
Effective
date
This Act and the
amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.