INFORMATION FOR VERIFYING ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTHORIZATION.

SEC. 833. INFORMATION FOR VERIFYING ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTHORIZATION. Section 9(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2018(c)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by inserting “, which may include relevant income and sales tax filing documents,” after “submit information”; and (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: “The regulations may require retail food stores and wholesale food concerns to provide written authorization for the Secretary to verify all relevant tax filings with appropriate agencies and to obtain corroborating documentation from other sources so that the accuracy of information provided by the stores and concerns may be verified.”.