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“THE FOOD STAMP INTEGRITY ACT OF 1995” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E480 on March 1, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
THE FOOD STAMP INTEGRITY ACT OF 1995
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HON. E de la GARZA
of texas
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, March 1, 1995
Mr. de la GARZA. Mr. Speaker, I am today introducing the Food Stamp Program Integrity Act of 1995. This bill is a comprehensive package of reforms, developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, targeting fraud and abuse in the Food Stamp Program. It will allow USDA to focus its resources on the small number of retailers who abuse their privilege of participating in the Food Stamp Program. It will expand the current authority of USDA to screen retailers when they apply to participate in the Food Stamp Program, and enhance penalties when retailers defraud the program. It will expand forfeiture authority to allow the seizure of retailer property used or derived from illegal food stamp trafficking. It will increase access to retailer documents to verify the legitimacy of the stores applying to participate in the program.
I believe that this bill can be a vehicle to fashion a program integrity title to food stamp welfare reform, which will be marked up at the Agriculture Committee next week.
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