124 STAT. 2074 PUBLIC LAW 111–203—JULY 21, 2010 ‘‘(A) an agency (as defined in section 101 of title 31, United States Code); and ‘‘(B) a Government corporation (as defined in section 103 of title 5, United States Code). ‘‘(7) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term ‘institu- tion of higher education’ has the same meaning as in 101 and 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001, 1002). ‘‘(8) INTERCHANGE TRANSACTION FEE.—The term ‘inter- change transaction fee’ means any fee established, charged or received by a payment card network for the purpose of compensating an issuer for its involvement in an electronic debit transaction. ‘‘(9) ISSUER.—The term ‘issuer’ means any person who issues a debit card, or credit card, or the agent of such person with respect to such card. ‘‘(10) NETWORK FEE.—The term ‘network fee’ means any fee charged and received by a payment card network with respect to an electronic debit transaction, other than an inter- change transaction fee. ‘‘(11) PAYMENT CARD NETWORK.—The term ‘payment card network’ means an entity that directly, or through licensed members, processors, or agents, provides the proprietary serv- ices, infrastructure, and software that route information and data to conduct debit card or credit card transaction authoriza- tion, clearance, and settlement, and that a person uses in order to accept as a form of payment a brand of debit card, credit card or other device that may be used to carry out debit or credit transactions. ‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Compliance with the requirements imposed under this section shall be enforced under section 918. ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Sections 916 and 917 shall not apply with respect to this section or the requirements imposed pursu- ant to this section.’’. (b) AMENDMENT TO THE FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2008.— Section 7(h)(10) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(10)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(10) FEDERAL LAW NOT APPLICABLE.—Section 920 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act shall not apply to electronic ben- efit transfer or reimbursement systems under this Act.’’. (c) AMENDMENT TO THE FARM SECURITY AND RURAL INVESTMENT ACT OF 2002.—Section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest- ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(f) FEDERAL LAW NOT APPLICABLE.—Section 920 of the Elec- tronic Fund Transfer Act shall not apply to electronic benefit transfer systems established under this section.’’. (d) AMENDMENT TO THE CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966.—Sec- tion 11 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1780) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(c) FEDERAL LAW NOT APPLICABLE.—Section 920 of the Elec- tronic Fund Transfer Act shall not apply to electronic benefit transfer systems established under this Act or the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) .’’.
