PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3791 the month shall receive, in lieu of its initial allotment and its regular allotment for the following month, an allotment that is the aggregate of the initial allotment and the first regular allotment, which shall be provided in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (9) of section 11(e).". SEC. 1733. PERIODIC REAUTHORIZATION OF RETAIL FOOD STORES AND WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS. Section 9(a) (7 U.S.C. 2018(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after the subsection designation; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2) The Secretary is authorized to issue regulations providing for a periodic reauthorization of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns.". SEC. 1734. AUTHORIZATION OF WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS. Section 9(b)(l) (7 U.S.C. 2018(b)(l)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: "No co-located wholesale-retail food concern may be authorized to accept and redeem coupons as a retail food store, unless (A) the concern does a substantisd level of retail food business, or (B) the Secretary determines that failure to authorize such a food concern as a retail food store would cause hardship to food stamp households.". SEC. 1735. REQUIRED SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN IDENTIFYING INFORMA- TION BY RETAIL FOOD STORES AND WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) is amended— (1) by redesignating clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) as clauses (iv),(v), and (vi), respectively; (2) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and (3) by inserting after clause (ii) (as redesignated) the following new clause: "(iii) In the administration of section 9 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2018) involving the determination of the qualifications of applicants under such Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may require each applicant retail store or wholesale food concern to furnish to the Secretary of Agriculture the social security account number of each individual who is an officer of the store or concern and, in the case of a privately owned applicant, furnish the social security account numbers of the owners of such applicant. No officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture shall have access to any such number for any purpose other than the establishment and maintenance of a list of the nemies and social security account numbers of such individuals for use in determining those applicants who have been previously sanctioned or convicted under section 12 or 15 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2021 or 2024). The Secretary of Agriculture shall restrict, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, access to social security account numbers obtained pursuant to this clause only to officers and employees of the United States whose duties or responsibilities require access for the administration or enforcement of the Food Stamp Act of 1977. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide such other safeguards as Confidential the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines to be ^formation.
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