Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2024
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (7 Mar 2024): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
What this bill does
S. 3893, the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2024, would amend federal food-assistance law to strengthen security for Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards used in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). It would direct the Department of Agriculture to issue regulations requiring chip-enabled EBT cards, phasing out magnetic-stripe cards, and requiring states to offer secure digital and non-digital account-management tools, transaction notifications, fraud-reporting options, and the ability to freeze cards or use virtual card numbers for online purchases. States would be reimbursed for costs of upgrading cards. The bill also sets a three-business-day deadline for replacing lost, damaged, or fraud-affected cards, bars certain replacement fees, and requires retailers to eventually use chip-enabled payment terminals to stay authorized for SNAP.
The bill primarily affects state SNAP agencies, retailers that accept SNAP benefits, and SNAP recipients who use EBT cards. States would face new compliance deadlines and reporting duties; USDA would gain rulemaking, grant-making, and reporting responsibilities, including a grant program to help small or rural retailers upgrade payment terminals and a specific report on EBT card security in Puerto Rico. Recipients would gain new consumer protections, such as faster card replacement and fee exemptions.
The bill was introduced in the Senate on March 7, 2024, by Senator Ron Wyden, with Senators Fetterman and Cassidy as cosponsors, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. It has not received a committee vote or further action, and its future consideration would depend on committee action in a subsequent Congress, since it did not advance before the end of the 118th Congress.
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Timeline
7 Mar 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Common questions
- What does S. 3893 do?
- S. 3893, the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act of 2024, would amend federal food-assistance law to strengthen security for Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards used in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). It would direct the Department of Agriculture to issue regulations requiring chip-enabled EBT cards, phasing out magnetic-stripe cards, and requiring states to offer secure digital and non-digital account-management tools, transaction notifications, fraud-reporting options, and the ability to freeze cards or use virtual card numbers for online purchases. States would be reimbursed for costs of upgrading cards. The bill also sets a three-business-day deadline for replacing lost, damaged, or fraud-affected cards, bars certain replacement fees, and requires retailers to eventually use chip-enabled payment terminals to stay authorized for SNAP. The bill primarily affects state SNAP agencies, retailers that accept SNAP benefits, and SNAP recipients who use EBT cards. States would face new compliance deadlines and reporting duties; USDA would gain rulemaking, grant-making, and reporting responsibilities, including a grant program to help small or rural retailers upgrade payment terminals and a specific report on EBT card security in Puerto Rico. Recipients would gain new consumer protections, such as faster card replacement and fee exemptions. The bill was introduced in the Senate on March 7, 2024, by Senator Ron Wyden, with Senators Fetterman and Cassidy as cosponsors, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. It has not received a committee vote or further action, and its future consideration would depend on committee action in a subsequent Congress, since it did not advance before the end of the 118th Congress.
- Has S. 3893 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 3893. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 3893?
- S. 3893 was sponsored by Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), with 2 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on S. 3893?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (7 Mar 2024).
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