FAIR Act

This bill would require every SNAP (food assistance) Electronic Benefit Transfer card to show a photo of the cardholder, taken within the past ten years, or within the past five years for a minor. Each person could use benefits only with a card bearing their own name and photo, and states could issue separate cards to each authorized household member. Stores accepting SNAP would have to inspect the card photo of every customer before a sale. The Secretary of Agriculture would set up procedures for caregivers to use benefits on behalf of minors, people with disabilities, and elderly recipients, and the changes would take effect 18 months after enactment.

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Sponsors

• Nancy Mace Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors