Regulations issued pursuant to this chapter shall provide for the redemption of benefits accepted by retail food stores through approved wholesale food concerns or through financial institutions which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or which are insured under the Federal Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.] and have retail food stores or wholesale food concerns in their field of membership, with the cooperation of the Treasury Department, except that retail food stores defined in section 2012(o)(4) of this title shall be authorized to redeem their members’ food benefits prior to receipt by the members of the food so purchased, retail food stores authorized to accept and redeem benefits through on-line transactions shall be authorized to accept benefits prior to the delivery of food if the delivery occurs within a reasonable time of the purchase, as determined by the Secretary, and publicly operated community mental health centers or private nonprofit organizations or institutions which serve meals to narcotics addicts or alcoholics in drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation programs, public and private nonprofit shelters that prepare and serve meals for battered women and children, and public or private nonprofit group living arrangements that serve meals to disabled or blind residents, shall not be authorized to redeem benefits through financial institutions which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Credit Union Act. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a center, organization, institution, shelter, group living arrangement, or establishment described in that sentence may be authorized to redeem benefits through a financial institution described in that sentence if the center, organization, institution, shelter, group living arrangement, or establishment is equipped with 1 or more point-of-sale devices and is operating in an area in which an electronic benefit transfer system described in section 2016(h) of this title has been implemented. No financial institution may impose on or collect from a retail food store a fee or other charge for the redemption of benefits that are submitted to the financial institution in a manner consistent with the requirements, other than any requirements relating to cancellation of benefits, for the presentation of benefits by financial institutions to the Federal Reserve banks.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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2 in the last 5 years), 1971–2025 · leading case:
Atkins v. Parker, 472 U.S. 115 (1985).
Atkins v. Parker, 472 U.S. 115 (1985).
· cites it 2× “285-286 (1977); 7 U. S. C. § 2019 (e)(8) (1976 ed.) (state agency must provide "for the granting of a fair hearing and a prompt determination thereafter to any household aggrieved by the action of a State agency").”
Tyson v. Norton, 390 F. Supp. 545 (D. Conn. 1975).
· cites it 14× “But once the decision to participate is made, a state is bound to follow the requirements of 7 U.S.C. § 2019 (1970) which provides, inter alia, that the state is charged with the responsibility of certifying eligible households.”
Dupler v. City of Portland, 421 F. Supp. 1314 (D. Me. 1976).
· cites it 4× “These are class actions seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the reduction of general assistance benefits as a consequence of the receipt of federal food stamps, alleged to be in violation of Section 2019(d) of the Federal Food Stamp Act, 7 U.S.C. § 2019 (d)…”
Bennett v. Butz, 386 F. Supp. 1059 (D. Minnesota 1974).
· cites it 7× “First, they claim that the Secretary failed to implement the outreach requirements of the Food Stamp Act set forth in 7 U.S.C. § 2019 (e)(5). This section mandates the Secretary to require, of each state participating in the Food Stamp Program, a plan for effective action to…”
Bermudez v. United States Dep't of Agric., 490 F.2d 718 (D.C. Cir. 1973).
· cites it 4× “The district court in its order filed on October 27, 1972, ordered: “federally-reimburseable retroactive food stamp benefits, through forward adjustments, to all persons who have been wrongfully denied food stamp entitlements and have asked for a fair hearing after the filing of…”
Argus Leader Media v. United States Dep't of Agric., 740 F.3d 1172 (8th Cir. 2014).
· cites it 2× “Second, the statutory history reveals that redemptions were historically governed not by § 2018(c), but by an entirely different section: 7 U.S.C. § 2019 . See Food Stamp Act of 1977, Pub.”
Moore v. Ganim, 660 A.2d 742 (Conn. 1995).
“7 U.S.C. § 2019 . The program is implemented by the states; see General Statutes (Rev.”
Carter v. Butz, 479 F.2d 1084 (3rd Cir. 1973).
· cites it 6× “7 U.S.C. § 2019 (b); 7 C.F.R. § 270.3 (b).”
LaRue v. Swoap, 51 Cal. App. 3d 543 (Cal. Ct. App. 1975).
· cites it 4× “) States desiring to participate in the program must submit a plan of operation specifying the manner in which the program will be conducted within the state ( 7 U.S.C.A. § 2019 (e)), and no plan of operation submitted by a state agency shall be approved unless the standards of…”
— 7 U.S.C. § 2019(a) — 1 case
— 7 U.S.C. § 2019(c) — 1 case
Tyson v. Norton, 390 F. Supp. 545 (D. Conn. 1975).
“But once the decision to participate is made, a state is bound to follow the requirements of 7 U.S.C. § 2019 (1970) which provides, inter alia, that the state is charged with the responsibility of certifying eligible households.”
— 7 U.S.C. § 2019(e)(5) — 1 case
Tyson v. Norton, 390 F. Supp. 545 (D. Conn. 1975).
“But once the decision to participate is made, a state is bound to follow the requirements of 7 U.S.C. § 2019 (1970) which provides, inter alia, that the state is charged with the responsibility of certifying eligible households.”
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