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H.R. 2709 (106th)

Electronic Benefit Transfer Interoperability and Portability Act of 1999

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

4 August 1999

Last action

7 March 2000 · Committee

Status

For Further Action See S.1733.

Sponsors

Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6], Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18], Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS], Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41], Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6], Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2], Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8], Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Rep. McIntosh, David M. [R-IN-2], Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1], Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8], Rep. Danner, Pat [D-MO-6], Rep. Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. [R-MD-2], Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7], Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4], Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3], Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50], Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41], Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK], Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20], Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7], Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC], Rep. Pickett, Owen B. [D-VA-2], Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42], Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19], Rep. Mascara, Frank [D-PA-20], Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12], Rep. Callahan, Sonny [R-AL-1], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2], Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8], Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15], Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-50], Rep. Phelps, David D. [D-IL-19], Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2], Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8], Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large], Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1], Rep. Kuykendall, Steven T. [R-CA-36], Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

20 August 2025

Agriculture

Summary

Electronic Benefit Transfer Interoperability and Portability Act of 1999 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for a national standard of interoperability and portability applicable to electronic food stamp benefit transactions. Requires systems that provide for the electronic issuance, use, and redemption of coupons in the form of electronic benefit transfer cards to be interoperable, and food stamp benefits to be made portable, among all States not later than October 1, 2002.

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Timeline

  1. 4 August 1999

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 4 August 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 4 August 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 5 August 1999

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

  5. 5 August 1999

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

    Source: Committee

  6. 5 August 1999

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1751-1752)

    Source: IntroReferral

  7. 20 August 1999

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

    Source: Committee

  8. 7 March 2000

    Committee

    For Further Action See S.1733.

    Source: Committee

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