Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/470

 99 STAT. 1580

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

purposes of administering the provisions of that Act and the regulations issued under that Act". CREDIT UNIONS

Ante, p. 1566. 12 USC 1751.

SEC. 1522. Section 10 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2019), as amended by section 1501, is amended by— (1) inserting ", or which are insured under the Federal Credit Union Act and have retail food stores or wholesale food concerns in their field of membership" after "Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation" the first place it appears; and (2) inserting "or the Federal Credit Union Act" after "Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation" the second place it appears. CHARGES FOR REDEMPTION OF COUPONS

Prohibition. Ante, p. 1566; supra.

Regulations.

SEC. 1523, (a) Section 10 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2019), as amended by sections 1501 and 1522, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "No financial institution may impose on or collect from a retail food store a fee or other charge for the redemption of coupons that are submitted to the financial institution in a manner consistent with the requirements, other than any requirements relating to cancellation of coupons, for the presentation of coupons by financial institutions to the Federal Reserve banks.". Q3) The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, shall issue regulations implementing the amendment made by subsection (a). HOURS OF OPERATION

Ante. p. 1577.

SEC. 1524. Section 16(b)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(b)(l)) is amended by inserting ", including standards for the periodic review of the hours that food stamp offices are open during the day, week, or month to ensure that employed individuals are adequately served by the food stamp program," after "States". CERTIFICATION OF INFORMATION

Ante, p. 1566; infra.

SEC. 1525. Section ll(e)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(2)) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "One adult member of a household that is applying for a coupon allotment shall be required to certify in writing, under penalty of perjury, the truth of the information contained in the application for the allotment;". FRAUD D E T E C T I O N

Supra.

SEC. 1526. Section 11(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)), as amended by sections 1517 and 1525, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(23) in a project area in which 5,000 or more households participate in the food stamp program, for the establishment and operation of a unit for the detection of fraud in the food stamp program, including the investigation, and assistance in the prosecution, of such fraud; and"..,„.,,..,,.a«».4;...^...^

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