12 2 STA T . 1 865PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 4 6 —J U NE 18 , 2008 ‘ ‘ (C)BEN E FIT E XPU N G ING .—ASta t e a g e ncysh a l l e xpu nge b ene fi ts that ha v en o t been accesse d by a house - hold afte r a period of 12m onths. ‘‘( D ) NO TI C E.—A State agency shall— ‘‘(i) send notice to a household the benefits of w hich are stored under subparagraph (B)
and ‘‘(ii) not later than 48 hours after re q uest by the household , ma k e the stored benefits available to the household. ’ ’. SEC.41 1 5 . I SS UAN CE AN D USE OFPR O G RA MB ENEFI T S. (a) I N G ENE RAL .—Section 7 of the F ood and Nutrition Act of2 0 08 (7 U .S.C. 201 6 ) is amended— (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through ‘‘subsection ( j )) shall be’’ and inserting the following
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‘SEC. 7 . ISSUANCE AND USE OF PROGRAM BENEFITS. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— E xcept as provided in subsection (i), EB T cards shall be’’; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking ‘‘(b) Coupons’’ and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘(b) U S E.—Benefits’’; and (B) by striking the second proviso; ( 3 ) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking ‘‘(c) Coupons’’ and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘(c) DESIGN.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—EBT cards’’; (B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘and define their denomination’’; and (C) by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘(2) P RO H I B ITION.—The name of any public official shall not appear on any EBT card.’’; (4) by striking subsection (d); ( 5 ) in subsection (e)— (A) by striking ‘‘coupons’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘benefits’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘coupon issuers’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘benefit issuers’’; (6) in subsection (f)— (A) by striking ‘‘coupons’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘benefits’’; (B) by striking ‘‘coupon issuer’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit issuers’’; (C) by striking ‘‘including any losses’’ and all that follows through ‘‘section 11(e)(20),’’; and (D) by striking ‘‘and allotments’’; (7) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following: ‘‘(g) ALTERNATI V E BENEFIT DELIVER Y .— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines, in consulta- tion with the Inspector General of the Department of Agri- culture, that it would improve the integrity of the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the Secretary shall require a State agency to issue or deliver benefits using alternative methods.
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