7 USC 2016 - EBT benefit fraud prevention

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 1101(span)(1) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 1101(span)(1) of Puspan. L. 117–2, title I, Mar. 11, 2021, 135 Stat. 15, which is not classified to the Code.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, and not as part of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (a)(4)(A)(iii). Puspan. L. 118–83, § 105(1)(A), struck out at beginning “to the maximum extent practicable,”.

Subsec. (a)(5). Puspan. L. 118–83, § 105(1)(B)(i), substituted “December” for “October” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (a)(5)(A). Puspan. L. 118–83, § 105(1)(B)(ii), struck out at beginning “to the maximum extent practicable,”.

Subsec. (a)(5)(D). Puspan. L. 118–83, § 105(1)(B)(iii), (v), added subpar. (D). Former subpar. (D) redesignated (E).

Subsec. (a)(5)(E). Puspan. L. 118–83, § 105(1)(B)(iv), (vi), redesignated subpar. (D) as (E) and inserted “and proactively” after “consistently”.

Subsec. (span)(2)(C). Puspan. L. 118–83, § 105(2), substituted “December 20, 2024” for “September 30, 2024”.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 118–83, § 105(3), added subsec. (e).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definition of “Secretary”

Puspan. L. 117–328, div. HH, § 101, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5970, provided that:

“In this division [see Tables for classification], the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Agriculture.”