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 124 STAT. 3257 PUBLIC LAW 111–296—DEC. 13, 2010 ‘‘(iv) STATEWIDE OPERATIONS.—After completion of statewide expansion of a system for transaction of elec- tronic benefit transfers— ‘‘(I) a State agency may not be required to incur ongoing maintenance costs for vendors using multifunction systems and equipment to support electronic benefit transfers; and ‘‘(II) any retail store in the State that applies for authorization to become a program vendor shall be required to demonstrate the capability to accept program benefits electronically prior to authoriza- tion, unless the State agency determines that the vendor is necessary for participant access. ‘‘(F) MINIMUM LANE COVERAGE.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish minimum lane coverage guidelines for vendor equip- ment and systems used to support electronic benefit transfers. ‘‘(ii) PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT.—If a vendor does not elect to accept electronic benefit transfers using its own multifunction equipment, the State agency shall provide such equipment as is necessary to solely support the program to meet the established minimum lane coverage guidelines. ‘‘(G) TECHNICAL STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall— ‘‘(i) establish technical standards and operating rules for electronic benefit transfer systems; and ‘‘(ii) require each State agency, contractor, and authorized vendor participating in the program to dem- onstrate compliance with the technical standards and operating rules.’’. (e) UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODES DATABASE.—Section 17(h) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (13) and inserting the following: ‘‘(13) UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODES DATABASE.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, the Secretary shall establish a national universal product code database to be used by all State agencies in carrying out the requirements of paragraph (12). ‘‘(B) FUNDING.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2010, and on each October 1 thereafter, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. ‘‘(ii) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this paragraph the funds transferred under clause (i), without further appropriation. ‘‘(iii) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall use the funds provided under clause (i) for development, hosting, hardware and software configuration, and sup- port of the database required under subparagraph (A).’’. Effective dates. Deadline. Guidelines.