[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2511 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 103d CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2511 To specifically exclude certain programs from provisions of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 6 (legislative day, September 12), 1994 Mr. Lieberman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To specifically exclude certain programs from provisions of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFERS. Section 904 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693b) is amended-- (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(d)''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: ``(2)(A) The Board may not, under paragraph (1), make the disclosures, protections, responsibilities, and remedies created by this title apply to an electronic benefit transfer program established under State or local law, or administered by a State or local government, unless the payment under such programs is made directly into a consumer's account held by the recipient. ``(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to employment related payments including salaries, pension, retirement, or unemployment benefits established by Federal, State, or local governments. ``(C) Nothing in subparagraph (A) alters the protections of benefits established by Federal, State, or local statute. ``(D) For purposes of subparagraph (A), an electronic benefit transfer program is a program under which a government agency distributes needs-tested benefits by establishing accounts to be accessed by recipients electronically, such as through automated teller machines, or point-of-sale terminals. A program established for the purpose of enforcing the support obligations owed by absent parents to their children and the custodial parents with whom the children are living is not an electronic benefit transfer program.''. <all>