S.Amdt. 3332

SA 3332. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. Burr) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. Roberts
(for himself and Ms. Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the
reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the
Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 4104, add at the end the following:
(e) Mobile Technologies.--Section 7(h)(14) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(14)) is amended--
(1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
Secretary shall authorize the use of mobile technologies for
the purpose of accessing supplemental nutrition assistance
program benefits.'';
(2) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by striking the heading and inserting ``Demonstration
projects on access of benefits through mobile technologies'';
(B) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:
``(i) Demonstration projects.--Before authorizing the
implementation of subparagraph (A) in all States, the
Secretary shall approve not more than 5 demonstration project
proposals submitted by State agencies that will pilot the use
of mobile technologies for supplemental nutrition assistance
program benefits access.'';
(C) in clause (ii)--
(i) in the heading, by striking ``Demonstration projects''
and inserting ``Project requirements'';
(ii) in the matter preceding subclause (I)--

(I) by striking ``retail food store'' the first place it
appears and inserting ``State agency''; and
(II) by striking ``that includes--'' and inserting ``that--
''; and

(iii) by striking subclauses (I), (II), (III), and (IV),
and inserting the following:

``(I) provides recipients protections with respect to
privacy, ease of use, household access to benefits, and
support similar to the protections provided under existing
methods;
``(II) ensures that all recipients, including recipients
without access to mobile payment technology and recipients
who shop across State borders, have a means of benefit
access;
``(III) requires retail food stores, unless exempt under
subsection (f)(2)(B), to bear the costs of acquiring and
arranging for the implementation of point-of-sale equipment
and supplies for the redemption of benefits that are accessed
through mobile technologies;
``(IV) requires that foods purchased with benefits issued
under this section through mobile technologies are purchased
at a price not higher than the price of the same food
purchased by other methods used by the retail food store, as
determined by the Secretary;
``(V) ensures adequate documentation for each authorized
transaction, adequate security measures to deter fraud, and
adequate access to retail food stores that accept benefits
accessed through mobile technologies, as determined by the
Secretary;
``(VI) provides for an evaluation of the demonstration
project, including an evaluation of household access to
benefits;
``(VII) requires that the demonstration project is
voluntary for all retail food stores and that all recipients
are able to use benefits in nonparticipating retail food
stores; and
``(VIII) meets other criteria as established by the
Secretary.'';

(D) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following:
``(iv) Date of project approval.--The Secretary shall
solicit and approve the qualifying demonstration projects
required under subparagraph (B)(i) not later than January 1,
2020.''; and
(E) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
``(iii) Priority.--The Secretary may prioritize
demonstration project proposals that would--

``(I) reduce fraud;
``(II) encourage positive nutritional outcomes; and
``(III) meet such other criteria as determined by the
Secretary.''; and

(3) in subparagraph (C)(i)--
(A) by striking ``2017'' and inserting ``2022''; and
(B) by inserting ``requires further study by way of an
extended pilot period or'' after ``States'' the second place
it appears.
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