USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY RETAIL FOOD STORES AND WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS.

SEC. 203. USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY RETAIL FOOD STORES AND WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS. Section 9(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2018(c)) is amended— (1) in the second sentence, by inserting after “disclosed to and used by” the following: “Federal law enforcement and 108 STAT. 109investigative 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 regulations 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”.