S.Amdt. 5438

SA 5438. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In subtitle A of title II, add at the end the following:

SEC. 20002. UNUSED ELECTRONIC BENEFITS.

Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2016(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (12) and
inserting the following:
``(12) Unused electronic benefits.--
``(A) In general.--If a household has not accessed
electronic benefits from the account of the household for a
period of not less than 3 months, a State agency shall--
``(i) revoke access to the account;
``(ii) store the account off-line; and
``(iii) revert any amount of electronic benefits remaining
in the account to the Department of the Treasury.
``(B) Notice.--A State agency shall provide notice of
revocation under subparagraph (A)(i) not later than 2 days
before the date on which access to the account is revoked.
``(C) Reinstatement.--If the access of a household has been
revoked under clause (i) of subparagraph (A) and the account
stored off-line under clause (ii) of that subparagraph, the
household shall be required to reapply to the State agency
for restoration of the account and benefits thereunder.''.
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