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7 U.S.C. 2024: Violations and enforcement
Created in 1964 by Public Law 88-525. Changed by 11 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 2015, 7 U.S.C. 2021.
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2018
- Pub. L. 115–334 substituted "exchange for benefits, or anything" for "exchange for coupons, authorization cards or access devices, or anything". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
2014
- Pub. L. 113–79 substituted "a benefit" for "an benefit" in two places. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (b)
2008
- Pub. L. 110–246, §4115(b)(10)(A), substituted "benefits" for "coupons". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 110–246, §4115(b)(10)(B), substituted "possesses benefits" for "possesses coupons, authorization cards, or access devices", "such benefits are of a value of $5,000" for "such coupons, authorization cards, or access devices are of a value of $5,000", "such benefits are of a v… (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 110–246, §4001(b), substituted "supplemental nutrition assistance program" for "food stamp program". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 110–246, §4115(b)(10)(C), substituted "benefits" for "coupons" in two places. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 110–246, §4001(b), substituted "supplemental nutrition assistance program" for "food stamp program". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 110–246, §4115(b)(10)(D), substituted "Benefits" for "Coupons". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 110–246, §4115(b)(10)(G), which directed amendment of subsec. (e) by substituting "benefits" for "coupon, authorization cards or access devices", could not be executed because the phrase "coupon, authorization cards or access devices" did not appear. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (e)
- Pub. L. 110–246, §4115(b)(10)(E), (F), redesignated subsec. (g) as (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which read as follows: "Any coupon issuer or any officer, employee, or agent thereof convicted of failing to provide the report required under section 2016(d) of this title or of violating the r… (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (e)
- Pub. L. 110–246, §4115(b)(10)(E), (F), redesignated subsecs. (g) and (h) as (e) and (f), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (f) which read as follows: "Any coupon issuer or any officer, employee, or agent thereof convicted of knowingly providing false information in th… (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (f), (g), (h)
1996
- Pub. L. 104–193, §846(a), struck out "or intended to be furnished" after "that are furnished". (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996) Law text · (g)
- Pub. L. 104–193, §846(b), added subsec. (h). (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996) Law text · (h)
1990
- Pub. L. 101–624, §1748, inserted "if such coupons, authorization cards, or access devices are of a value of $5,000 or more, be guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned for not more than twenty years, or both, and shall," after "chapter shall", and i… · (b)
- Pub. L. 101–624, §1747(a), substituted ", authorization cards, or access devices in any manner contrary to" for "or authorization cards in any manner not authorized by", and inserted "or if the item used, transferred, acquired, altered, or possessed is an access device that has a value of $100 or m… · (b)
- Pub. L. 101–624, §1749, substituted "$20,000" for "$10,000" in two places. · (c)
- Pub. L. 101–624, §1747(c), substituted ", authorization cards or access devices, or anything of value obtained by use of an access device, in any manner contrary to" for "or authorization cards in any manner not authorized by". · (g)
1981
- Pub. L. 97–98 designated existing provision as par. (1), inserted provisions specifying the minimum and maximum sentences for the second and any subsequent convictions for felonies and misdemeanors and provision authorizing the court to suspend a person convicted of a felony or misdeme… · (b)
- Pub. L. 97–98 inserted provisions specifying the minimum and maximum sentences for the second and any subsequent convictions for felonies and misdemeanors and provision authorizing the court to suspend a person convicted of a felony or misdemeanor under this subsection from participati… · (c)
1980
- Pub. L. 96–249 added subsec. (g). · (g)
1977
- Pub. L. 95–113 substituted revised provisions relating to violations and enforcement for provisions relating to the State financing of administrative costs which are now covered by section 2025 of this title.
1974
- Pub. L. 93–347 authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to pay each State agency 50 percent of all the State agency's costs in administering the Food Stamp Program and required that each State make reports from time to time at the request of the Secretary of Agriculture on the effectiveness of the a…
1971
- Pub. L. 91–671 struck out "cooperate with State agencies in the certification of households which are not receiving any type of public assistance so as to insure the effective certification of such households in accordance with the eligibility standards approved under the provisions of… · (b)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.