,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cjbe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #g1      
#bjah,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,food and      
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh to prevent the 
illegal trafficking of supplemental     
nutrition assistance program benefits by
 requiring all program beneficiaries to 
show valid photo identification when    
purchasing items with program benefits4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,fraud ,reduction ,through      
,photographic ,identification ,act of   
#bjah4  #b4 ,identification for card use
 ,section #g7;h77#i7 of the ,food and   
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjaf7;h77#i77 is amended--  7#a7 in the
 paragraph heading1 by striking         
,optional photographic identification   
and inserting ,identification for card  
use2  7#b7 by redesignating             

subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 as clauses  
7i7 and 7ii71 respectively1 and         
indenting appropriately2  7#c7 by       
inserting before clause 7i7 7as so      
redesignated7 the following3  7,a7      
,listed beneficiaries ,a ,state agency  
shall require that an electronic benefit
 card lists the names of--  7i7 the head
 of the household2  7ii7 each adult     
member of the household2 and  7iii7 each
 adult that is not a member of the      
household that is authorized to use that
 card4  7,b7 ,photographic              
identification required  7i7 ,in general
 ,except as provided under clause 7ii71 
any individual listed on an electronic  
benefit card under subparagraph 7,a7    
shall be required to show photographic  
identification at the point of sale when
 using the card4  7ii7 ,head of         
household ,a head of a household is not 
required to show photographic           
identification under clause 7i7 if the  
electronic benefit card contains a      
photograph of that individual under     

subparagraph 7,c77i74  7,c7 ,optional   
photographic identification  2  7#d7 in 
subparagraph 7,c7 7as so designated7--  
7,a7 in clause 7i7 7as so redesignated71
 by striking #a or more members of a and
 inserting the head of the2 and  7,b7 in
 clause 7ii7 7as so redesignated7-- 7i7 
by striking subparagraph 7,a7 and       
inserting clause 7i72 and  7ii7 by      
inserting subject to subparagraph       
7,b77i7 after the card2 and  7#e7 by    
adding at the end the following3  7,d7  
,visual verification ,any individual    
that is shown photographic              
identification or an electronic benefit 
card containing a photograph1 as        
applicable1 under subparagraph 7,b7     
shall visually confirm that the         
photograph on the identification or the 
electronic benefit card1 as applicable1 
is a clear and accurate likeness of the 
individual using the electronic benefit 
card4  4