HR 5701 · 118th Congress · Agriculture and Food
No Photo for Food Act of 2023
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.(2024-01-11)
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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.…
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