7 C.F.R. 271.2 - Definitions

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  • Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service,
    • United States
    • Federal Register January 17, 2001
    • January 17, 2001
    ...authorized by Federal, State, or local law; (2) that a Federal means-tested program includes public and general assistance as defined in 7 CFR 271.2; (3) the provision may be applied selectively to programs since it is an optional provision; (4) the provision only applies if the person is d......
  • Food stamp program: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcilation Act; implementation— Personal responsibility provisions,
    • United States
    • Federal Register December 17, 1999
    • December 17, 1999
    ...aged, blind, or disabled under Titles I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act, and State and local general assistance as defined in 7 CFR 271.2. Title XIX was not included because Medicaid benefits are not counted as income for food stamp purposes. The Department also proposes that ``r......
  • Part II
    • United States
    • Federal Register January 29, 2010
    • January 29, 2010
    ...to households which contain a disabled member or members. (The food stamp definition of an elderly or disabled member is reflected at 7 CFR 271.2). A State agency that selects the option to use its TANF cash assistance or Medicaid resource rules in lieu of food stamp resource rules may not ......
  • Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
    • United States
    • Federal Register December 15, 2015
    • December 15, 2015
    ...Enhancing Retailer Eligibility Standards in SNAP Priority: Other Significant. Legal Authority: 3 U.S.C. 2012; 9 U.S.C. 2018 CFR Citation: 7 CFR 271.2; 7 CFR Legal Deadline: None. Abstract: This rulemaking will address the criteria used to authorize redemption of SNAP benefits (especially by......
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  • Bon Supermarket & Deli v. U.S., No. 4:99CV71.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. United States District Court (Eastern District of Virginia)
    • March 6, 2000
    ...Trafficking in food stamps is defined as the "buying or selling" of coupons "for cash consideration other than eligible food." 7 C.F.R. § 271.2. Eligible food is any food "or food product intended for human consumption except alcoholic beverages." 7 C.F.R. § 271.2 (emphasis added). As a mat......
  • Quick Korner Mkt. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., Case No. 15-cv-1364-BAS-JMA
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Southern District of California)
    • May 4, 2016
    ...“[t]he buying, selling, or otherwise effecting an exchange of SNAP benefits ... for cash or consideration other than eligible food.” 7 C.F.R. § 271.2. The penalty for trafficking is severe: the Act provides that a store's first-time trafficking offense results in permanent disqualification ......
  • Huggins v. United States, Civil Action No. 1:10–CV–00274–GHD–DAS.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 5th Circuit. United States District Courts. 5th Circuit. Northern District of Mississippi
    • March 14, 2012
    ...as “the buying or selling of coupons, ATP cards[,] or other benefit instruments for cash or consideration other than eligible food....” 7 C.F.R. § 271.2. Food stamp trafficking unquestionably undermines the goals of the food stamp program. See H.R. REP. NO. 271, 99th Cong. (1st Sess.), repr......
  • 7-Eleven #22360 v. United States, Civil Action No. ELH-21-0057
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. United States District Court (Maryland)
    • July 1, 2021
    ...like a debit card. But, it may only be used to buy designated food items from authorized SNAP retailers. Id. § 2013(a); see also 7 C.F.R. § 271.2 (defining "eligible foods" as, in pertinent part, "[a]ny food or food product intended for human consumption except alcoholic beverages, tobacco,......
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