PUBLIC LAW 103-225—MAR. 25, 1994 108 STAT. 109 investigative agencies and law enforcement and investigative agencies of a State government for the purposes of administering or enforcing this Act or any other Federal or State law and the regfulations issued under this Act or such law, and"; (2) by inserting after the second sentence the following new sentence: "Any person who publishes, divulges, discloses, or makes known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by Federal law (including a regulation) any information obtained under this subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both."; and (3) in the last sentence, by striking Such purposes shall not exclude" and inserting the following: "The regulations shall establish the criteria to be used by the Secretary to determine whether the information is needed. The regulations shall not prohibit". SEC. 204. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TESTING ACTIVITIES DIRECTED AT TRAFFICKING IN COUPONS. Section 17 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(1) The Secretary shall use up to $4,000,000 of the funds Erovided in advance in appropriations Acts for projects authorized y this section to conduct demonstration projects in which State or local food stamp agencies test innovative ideas for working with State or local law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute coupon trafficking.". SEC. 205. CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY. 7 USC 2012 note. An establishment or house-to-house trade route that is otherwise authorized to accept and redeem coupons under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) on the day before the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to meet the definition of "retail food store" in section 3(k) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)) (as amended by section 201) until the earlier of— (1) the periodic reauthorization of the establishment or route; or (2) such time as the eligibility of the establishment or route for continued participation in the food stamp program is evaluated for any reason. SEC. 206. REPORT ON IMPACT ON RETAIL FOOD STORES. 7 USC 2012 note. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the impact of the amendments made by sections 201 and 202 on the involvement of retail food stores in the food stamp program established under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), including a description of— (1) the numbers and types of stores that were newly authorized to participate in the food stamp program after implementation of the amendments; (2) the numbers and types of stores that were withdrawn from the food stamp program after implementation of the amendments; (3) the procedures used by the Secretary, and the adequacy of the procedures used, to determine the eligibihty of stores
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