Limitation on redemption of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by owners of approved retail food stores and wholesale food concerns

Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) Limitation on redemption of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by households that include members who are owners of approved retail food stores or wholesale food concerns (1) A household that includes a member who is an owner of an approved retail food store or wholesale food concern may not redeem supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits at such store or such concern. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a retail food store, or a wholesale food concern, that is owned by a publicly owned corporation or by a government..