[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6432 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6432
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit the use of
business integrity and reputation factors in determining the
eligibility of a retail food store or wholesale food concern to be
approved to accept and redeem supplemental nutrition assistance program
benefits.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 19, 2022
Mr. Trone (for himself, Mr. Katko, Mr. Correa, and Mr. Meijer)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit the use of
business integrity and reputation factors in determining the
eligibility of a retail food store or wholesale food concern to be
approved to accept and redeem supplemental nutrition assistance program
benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``SNAP Second Chance Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. BUSINESS INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 9(a)(1)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2018(a)(1)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (v), by inserting ``, in accordance with
clause (ii)'' before the period at the end;
(2) by redesignating clauses (i) through (v) as subclauses
(I) through (V), respectively, and indenting appropriately;
(3) in the matter preceding subclause (I) (as so
redesignated), by striking ``In determining'' and inserting the
following:
``(i) In general.--In determining''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) Treatment of criminal convictions
under business integrity and reputation.--
``(I) Definition of crime of
financial fraud or deception.--In this
clause, the term `crime of financial
fraud or deception' means a crime
involving--
``(aa) fraud;
``(bb) bribery;
``(cc) embezzlement; or
``(dd) a false statement
in--
``(AA) a private
loan application; or
``(BB) an
application for a
Federal loan or other
Federal financial
assistance.
``(II) Treatment.--In considering
the business integrity and reputation
of the applicant under clause (i)(V), a
conviction of an applicant shall be
taken into account only if the
conviction is for--
``(aa) a crime of financial
fraud or deception under
Federal, State, or Tribal law,
that occurred during the 5-year
period preceding the date of
application, or
``(bb) a crime under
section 15 of this Act.''.
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out the amendments
made by section 2.
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