---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2036b"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2036b"
heading: "Retail food store and recipient trafficking"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2036b"
units:
  - "Chapter 51 — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program"
---

# §2036b. Retail food store and recipient trafficking

- (a) **Purpose—** The purpose of this section is to provide the Department of Agriculture with additional resources to prevent trafficking in violation of this chapter by strengthening recipient and [retail food store](/usc/7/2012.md?p=o) program integrity.
- (b) **Use of funds—**
  - (1) **In general—** Additional funds are provided under this section to supplement the [retail food store](/usc/7/2012.md?p=o) and recipient integrity activities of the Department.
  - (2) **Information technologies—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/2012.md?p=p) shall use an appropriate amount of the funds provided under this section to [employ](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-10) information technologies known as data mining and data warehousing and other available information technologies to administer the [supplemental nutrition assistance program](/usc/7/2012.md?p=t) and enforce regulations promulgated under [section 2013(c) of this title](/usc/7/2013.md?p=c).
- (c) **Funding—**
  - (1) **Authorization of appropriations—** There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
  - (2) **Mandatory funding—**
    - (A) **In general—** Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the [Secretary](/usc/7/2012.md?p=p) of the Treasury shall transfer to the [Secretary](/usc/7/2012.md?p=p) to carry out this section not less than $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, to remain available until expended.
    - (B) **Receipt and acceptance—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/2012.md?p=p) shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this section the funds transferred under [subparagraph (A)](#c-2-A), without further appropriation.
    - (C) **Maintenance of funding—** The funding provided under [subparagraph (A)](#c-2-A) shall supplement (and not supplant) other Federal funding for programs carried out under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–525, § 29, as added Pub. L. 113–79, title IV, § 4029, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 813; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title IV, § 4020, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4652.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”.