Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Timely Review of SNAP Online Retailer Applications Act of 2023”.
Timely Review of SNAP Online Retailer Applications Act of 2023
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make timely decisions on applications of retail food stores to accept benefits from recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance through on-line transactions, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Deadline for decisions on applications to accept benefits through on-line transactions
Section 7(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(k)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(5) Timely review of applications
“(A) In general—In implementing paragraph (1), the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall make a determination of approval or non-approval of an application of a retail food store to accept benefits from recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance through on-line transactions not later than 180 days after the Secretary receives that application.
“(B) Notification of Congress—If the Secretary is not able to make a determination described in subparagraph (A) by the deadline described in that subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a written notification that includes an explanation of the reasons why the Secretary was not able to make the determination by the applicable deadline.”