0584-AF16 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer Program: Increasing Flexibility for Retailers After the Discontinuation of One-Cent Coins

The administration is preparing to cease production of the one-cent coin.  FNS is amending its regulations for participation of retail food stores in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Program. This is to ensure that following this change FNS regulations do not unnecessarily burden authorized retailers, in light of the expectation that retail stores redeeming benefits for eligible foods treat participants under the same terms and conditions as cash customers.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No Undetermined Deregulatory 7 CFR 278.2 7 CFR 292.16 7 U.S.C. 2011 to 2036 42 U.S.C. 1762 No NPRM 07/00/2025 No None No No No No Lynn Gilbert 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 703 305-1615 lynn.gilbert@usda.gov 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria VA 22314 Richard Lucas 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 703 457-6797 richard.lucas@usda.gov 1320 Braddock Place, Room 555, Alexandria VA 22314