Agriculture

Bill· HRH.R. 3369 (95th)referred

A bill to establish an advisory committee to provide consultation and advice to the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service and to amend the United States Grain Standards Act with respect to supervision fees and recordkeeping requirements.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1977

Establishes a two-year, seven-member advisory committee to advise the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service with respect to the implementation of the United States Grain Standards Act of 1976. Amends such Act to repeal the requirement that the State and other official agencies designated to perform inspection or weighing functions pay fees to the Administrator to cover the costs of the direct supervision of personnel of such agencies by the field office personnel of the Federal Grain Inspection Service. Authorizes appropriations to cover such supervisory costs. Amends such Act relative to recordkeeping. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, within six months of the effective date of this Act, to review certain recordkeeping provisions of Federal law and the regulations of the Commodity Credit Corporation as they apply to grain elevators, warehouses or other grain storage and handling facilities. Directs the Secretary, on the basis of such review, to establish a single system for recordkeeping by such facilities that will meet the requirements of such regulations and the law.

Bill· HRH.R. 3367 (95th)referred

A bill to provide a special grazing and hay program for wheat acreage.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1977

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Act of 1949, to administer a special program in each of the crop years 1977 through 1981 whereunder wheat producers may designate up to 40 percent of a wheat acreage allotment to be planted to wheat and used for grazing or for hay rather than for commercial grain production. States that participating producers shall be ineligible for price support on any portion of an acreage allotment so used; but requires that the Secretary pay a producer an amount with respect to such portion according to a certain formula. Prohibits any crop but hay from being harvested from acreage in this special program. Deems such acreage to have been planted for harvest for the purposes of wheat acreage history. Requires that this special program be administered by the Commodity Credit Corporation, and prohibits the payment of disaster relief funds to any producer of wheat or feed grains participating in the program.

Bill· HRH.R. 3297 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the payment of overtime to certain personnel employed in the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1977

Establishes the overtime hourly rate of pay for an employee of the Animal and Plant Health Service, Department of Agriculture at an amount equal to one and one-half times the hourly rate of basic pay of such employee if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that: (1) the duties of such employee are critical to certain inspection and disease-control services; (2) the operating requirements cannot be met without overtime; and (3) the overtime work is performed at a time not subject to control of the Department or employee, or is required by an emergency disease outbreak.

Bill· HRH.R. 3291 (95th)referred

Sugar Disclosure Labeling Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1977

Sugar Disclosure Labeling Act - Requires, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that any packaged food containing sugar prominently display a declaration of such fact on its label if the sugar provides at least ten percent of the total number of calories in such food. Excludes fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and alcoholic beverages from the requirement imposed by this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 3290 (95th)referred

Sugar Disclosure Labeling Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1977

Sugar Disclosure Labeling Act - Requires, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that any packaged food containing sugar prominently display a declaration of such fact on its label if the sugar provides at least ten percent of the total number of calories in such food. Excludes fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and alcoholic beverages from the requirement imposed by this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 3263 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make emergency loans in an area if he determines that a labor dispute in which farmers are not participants results in farmers in such area incurring losses in production or sales of agricultural products.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1977

Provides, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, that emergency loans shall be made available in any area of the United States, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands which the Secretary of Agriculture has designated an emergency area due to a labor dispute, in which farmers are not participants, but which has prevented the production, processing or sale of products produced by farming, ranching or aquaculture operations. Requires that an applicant for an emergency loan has sustained at least a 20 percent loss of normal per acre or per animal production or sales as a result of the dispute.

Bill· HRH.R. 3148 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to exclude from coverage under the Act households which have members who are on strike.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1977

Excludes from eligibility for food stamps under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 any household whose principal wage earner is on strike for the duration of such strike. Excepts a household from this exclusion if it was participating in the food stamp program immediately prior to the start of such strike, or if any of its members is subject to an employer's lockout.

Bill· HRH.R. 3147 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to exclude from coverage under the Act households which have members who are on strike.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1977

Excludes from eligibility for food stamps under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 any household whose principal wage earner is on strike for the duration of such strike. Excepts a household from this exclusion if it was participating in the food stamp program immediately prior to the start of such strike, or if any of its members is subject to an employer's lockout.

Bill· HRH.R. 3130 (95th)referred

A bill to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be subjected to certain tests and that such meat or products be identified as having been imported; to require the inspection of imported dairy products and that such products comply with certain minimum standards of sanitation; to require that the cost of conducting such tests, inspections, and identification procedures on imported meat and meat food products and on dairy products, as the case may be, be borne by the exporters of such articles.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1977

Title I: Meat and Meat Products - Requires, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the package or container of any imported meat or meat products capable of use as human food to be labeled in such a way as to inform consumers that such product was imported. Requires that such products meet the same health standards as domestically produced meats. Requires testing of imported meat in the countries from which such meat is being imported. Directs that periodic tests be conducted in the United States by the Department of Agriculture also. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe such assessments and fees as he determines necessary to cover the Departments costs under this Title. Title II: Dairy Products - Prohibits the importation of dairy products into the United States unless the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare certifies the products as wholesome and pure. Requires the Secretary to establish standards for imported products comparable to standards imposed upon domestic dairy products. Directs the Secretary, where and to the extent necessary, to inspect imported dairy products and require such products to be accompanied by a certificate of compliance issued by the Secretary. Requires imported dairy products to comply with United States labeling and packaging requirements. Requires that imported dairy products be labeled in such a way as to inform consumers that such product was imported.

Bill· SS. 650 (95th)referred

A bill to provide temporary emergency assistance to wheat producers by permitting such producers to utilize a portion of their farm wheat acreage allotments for grazing purposes or for hay rather than for commercial production.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Act of 1949, to administer a special program in each of the crop years 1977 through 1981 whereunder wheat producers may designate up to 40 percent of a wheat acreage allotment to be planted to wheat and used for grazing or for hay rather than for commercial grain production. States that participating producers shall be ineligible for price support on any portion of an acreage allotment so used; but requires that the Secretary pay a producer an amount with respect to such portion according to a certain formula. Prohibits any crop but hay from being harvested from acreage in this special program. Deems such acreage to have been planted for harvest for the purposes of wheat acreage history.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 76 (95th)passed

A resolution relating to unilateral regulations by the European Economic Community.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977

Declares it the sense of the Senate (1) that the President should obtain removal of the trade impairments placed on dried prunes by the European Economic Community and should seek agreement with the European Economic Community that similar restrictive measures will not be imposed in the future, and (2) that the European Economic Community should be placed on notice that retaliatory measures will be taken if restrictive import regulations are placed on walnuts.

Bill· SS. 605 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title V of the Housing Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the establishment of escrow accounts for taxes and insurance by borrowers under that title.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977

Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the establishment of escrow accounts for taxes and insurance by borrowers for farm housing.

Bill· SS. 598 (95th)referred

Family Farm Security Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977

Family Farm Security Act - Title I: Land Acquisition Loans - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee loans to enable young people who wish to engage in farming on a career basis to purchase land necessary for such purpose. Stipulates that no loan shall be guaranteed in an amount in excess of: (1) 75 percent of its total amount; (2) the appraised value of the property; or (3) $150,000, whichever is less. Authorizes the Secretary to make payment adjustments extending payments for up to an additional ten years for loans having a maximum term of 20 years. Authorizes the Secretary during the first ten years of a loan, at the borrower's request, to pay a portion of the payment due under such terms as the Secretary deems appropriate. Requires the borrower to pay the remainder and to begin to repay the Secretary, in the eleventh year, for any sums paid on his behalf unless such individual is granted an extension. Stipulates that such loans may only be made available to individuals who would be unable to purchase the farmland for which the loan is made without the assistance of this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide for the appointment of local county committees to assist in the screening of applicants for loan guarantees and payment adjustment assistance. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Requires the Secretary to report to specified committees of Congress the amount of funds required to operate the loan guarantee program within two years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee such loans in an amount up to five times the funds appropriated for such purpose. Title II: Operating Loans - Authorizes the Secretary to make operating loans of up to $50,000 to individuals whose loans are guaranteed under title I of this Act and who are unable to finance their actual needs at reasonable rates and terms through commercial sources. Sets forth the repayment period and interest rate for such loans. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.

Bill· HRH.R. 3114 (95th)referred

A bill to establish an advisory committee to provide consultation and advice to the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service and to amend the U.S. Grain Standards Act with respect to supervision fees and record-keeping requirements.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977

Establishes a two-year, seven-member advisory committee to advise the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service with respect to the implementation of the United States Grain Standards Act of 1976. Amends such Act to repeal the requirement that the State and other official agencies designated to perform inspection or weighing functions pay fees to the Administrator to cover the costs of the direct supervision of personnel of such agencies by the field office personnel of the Federal Grain Inspection Service. Authorizes appropriations to cover such supervisory costs. Amends such Act relative to recordkeeping. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, within six months of the effective date of this Act, to review certain recordkeeping provisions of Federal law and the regulations of the Commodity Credit Corporation as they apply to grain elevators, warehouses or other grain storage and handling facilities. Directs the Secretary, on the basis of such review, to establish a single system for recordkeeping by such facilities that will meet the requirements of such regulations and the law.

Bill· SS. 593 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the U.S. Grain Standards Act with respect to recordkeeping requirements, and to establish an advisory committee to provide consultation and advice to the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977

Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Grain Standards Act Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service with respect to the implementation of the United States Grain STandards Act of 1976. Amends the recordkeeping provision of the United States Grain Standards Act of 1976 to require records of the operations of export elevators located at export port locations and of all inland terminal elevators. Defines "inland terminal elevator" as a grain elevator, warehouse, or other terminal grain storage or handling facility located in the interior of the United States, as determined by the Administrator, that receives grain primarily from other inland elevators, ships grain out primarily to export elevators or grain processors and millers, and handles a total volume of grain in an average year of ten million bushels or more.

Bill· SS. 592 (95th)referred

A bill to establish an advisory committee to provide consultation and advice to the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service and to amend the U.S. Grain Standards Act with respect to supervision fees and recordkeeping requirements.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977

Establishes a two-year, seven-member advisory committee to advise the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service with respect to the implementation of the United States Grain Standards Act of 1976. Amends such Act to repeal the requirement that the State and other official agencies designated to perform inspection or weighing functions pay fees to the Administrator to cover the costs of the direct supervision of personnel of such agencies by the field office personnel of the Federal GRain Inspection Service. Authorizes appropriations to cover such supervisory costs. Amends each Act relative to recordkeeping. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, within six months of the effective date of this Act, to review certain recordkeeping provisions of Federal law and the regulations of the Commodity Credit Corporation as they apply to grain elevators, warehouses or other grain storage and handling facilities. Directs the Secretary on the basis of such review, to establish a single system for recordkeeping by such facilities that will meet the requirements of such regulations and the law.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 238 (95th)passed

Resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to the immediate removal of certain regulations unilaterally put in place by the European Economic Community which have the effect of damaging and interfering with historic and acceptable trade patterns in the United States exports of dried prunes, and efforts made to restrict exports of walnuts to the European Economic Community.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977

Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives: (1) that the President should obtain removal of the trade impairments placed on dried prunes by the European Economic Community and should seek agreement with the European Economic Community that similar restrictive measures will not be imposed in the future, and (2) that the European Economic Community should be placed on notice that retaliatory measures will be taken if restrictive import regulations are placed on walnuts.

Bill· SS. 567 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 in order to prohibit the distribution of food stamps to any household where the head of the household is engaged in a labor strike.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977

Excludes from eligibility for food stamps under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 any household whose head-of-household is on strike against his employer as the result of a labor dispute. Excepts from this exclusion any household which was eligible for participation in the food stamp program before its head-of-household went out on strike, or whose head-of-household is not working because of an employer lockout.

Bill· HRH.R. 2821 (95th)referred

A bill to provide for quarterly adjustments in the support price for milk.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 by establishing the price support of milk at not less than 90 percent of the parity price on the date of enactment, and by providing for quarterly adjustments.

Bill· HRH.R. 2844 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and to assist farmers in disasters.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977

Makes emergency loans, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, available to farmers regardless of their ability to obtain the required financial assistance from other sources. States that the interest rate on such loan shall be five percent and that the maximum repayment period shall be 30 years. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the principal and interest for the first year of the term of a loan made or insured under such Act and to defer payments for such time if the Secretary is the holder of a note for such loan. Authorizes the Secretary to defer payments on loans made under the rural housing loan program of the Housing Act of 1949 in the case of loss or damage caused by a disaster. Authorizes the Secretary to grant loans for repair or replacement of property damaged or destroyed by such disaster regardless of whether financial assistance is otherwise available to the extent that such loss is not compensated by insurance or otherwise and to refinance mortgages or other liens outstanding against such property.

Bill· HRH.R. 2819 (95th)referred

A bill to reorganize the executive branch of the Government and increase its economy and efficiency by establishing Offices of Inspector General within the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Labor and Transportation, and within the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Environment Protection Agency, General Services Administration, and the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977

Establishes an Office of Inspector General within each of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, and Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Energy Research and Development, General Services, National Aeronautics and Space, and Veterans' Administrations. Makes it the duty of such Offices to direct the auditing and investigation of the programs of the agency in which each such Office is established and to recommend policies to each respective agency to promote the efficiency and economy of and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in the programs administered by each agency. Directs each such Office to coordinate the relationships between its agency and other Federal agencies, States, and local government agencies in carrying out its mission. Requires each such Office to keep Congress and the head of the respective agency fully informed concerning its activities and findings. Specifies the frequency and content of reports. Transfers to each Office specified existing audit and investigation offices within the appropriate agencies.

Bill· HRH.R. 2776 (95th)referred

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to distribute seeds and plants for use in home gardens.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to distribute, upon request and without cost, up to three packages of seeds per household for use in home gardening to produce food for the personal consumption of the household. Authorizes an appropriation of $6,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Limits the duration of this Act to three years.

Bill· HRH.R. 2729 (95th)referred

Critical Lands Resource Conservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1977

Critical Lands Resource Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements, for two years initially and thereafter annually renewable, with owners and operators of land in the Great Plains area to promote conservation of soil and water resources through conversion of cropland from soil depleting uses to conserving uses including the production of soil conserving cover crops. Requires an owner or operator, among other things (1) to devote to a soil conserving cover crop up to 50 percent of a farm's cropland acreage which had been planted to soil depleting crops in any of the two years preceding; (2) to plant a legume, or an annual, biennial, or a perennial cover crop; (3) to divert from production a designated portion of one or more crops; (4) not to harvest any crop from or graze the designated acreage, unless the Secretary determines otherwise in order to alleviate disaster-caused distress; (5) to give assurance that the land was not acquired in order to put it in this program; (6) to forfeit all rights to further payments and to refund past payments upon violation of the agreement, or upon transfer of right and interest in the farm unless the transferee assumes all obligations; and (7) not to adopt any practice which would tend to defeat the purposes of the agreement. Requires the Secretary in consideration of such agreement to pay to the owner or operator an annual adjustment payment at a rate not in excess of $30 per acre. Directs the Secretary to use the services of local, county, and State committees and the technical services of the Soil Conservation Service and soil and water conservation districts. Requires adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers for sharing in annual adjustment payments. Authorizes the Secretary to use the facilities, services and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in discharging the responsibilities of this program, including payment of costs of administration.

Bill· HRH.R. 2735 (95th)referred

Uniform Consumer Dairy Sanitation Act

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1977

Uniform Consumer Dairy Sanitation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate standards of quality for foreign dairy products which are to be marketed in the United States. Prohibits the entry of foreign dairy products into the United States unless such product has been inspected and found to be wholesome and pure. Directs the Secretary to provide for the inspection of all lots of foreign dairy products at points of entry. Directs the Department to quarantine products which do not meet the standards of quality promulgated under this Act and to destroy such products if they are not claimed by the exporter within 30 days. States that such quarantine and disposal costs shall be borne by the exporter. Requires that foreign milk processing plants which export dairy products into the United States meet the same general grading and inspection standards required of domestic producers. Directs the Secretary to promulgate standards of quality for the production, preservation, storage, transportation, and handling of milk used in manufacturing a foreign dairy product to be exported to the United States. Requires such standards to reflect the minimum level of quality required by the individual States in regulation of the handling of milk used in manufacturing dairy products. Specifies health and sanitation standards which foreign producers and handlers of milk must meet. Directs the Secretary to establish a licensing and overseas inspection program to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that an onsite inspection of a foreign dairy farm shall be made only if a serious violation of sanitation standards is suspected and only with the permission of the dairy farmer, the milk processing plant, and the foreign government. Denies a license to export dairy products into the United States if such permission to inspect is refused. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision requirements of this Act during the first fiscal year in which any provision of this Act is operative. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe assessments, collect fees, and solicit contributions to cover the cost of inspection services under this Act. States that the remaining costs of administering the requirements of this Act shall be borne by the United States. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.

Bill· SS. 496 (95th)referred

A bill to provide for the mandatory inspection of domesticated rabbits slaughtered for human food.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1977

Extends the coverage of the Poultry Products Inspection Act to include (1) domesticated rabbits and the establishments in which such rabbits are processed; (2) persons who slaughter or handle such rabbits; and (3) any other person performing any act relating to such rabbits if such acts, if related to poultry, would subject that person to the provisions of the Poultry Products Inspection Act. Allows a State two years from the date of enactment of this Act to develop and enforce, with respect to establishments processing domesticated rabbits within its bodies, requirements at least equal to those imposed by the Poultry Products Inspection Act or have such intrastate activities come under Federal regulation.

Bill· HRH.R. 2649 (95th)referred

Food Stamp Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1977

Food Stamp Act - Repeals the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, and authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and administer a new food stamp program under which, at the request of the State agency which administers federally aided public assistance programs, eligible households within the State shall be provided with an opportunity to obtain a nutritionally adequate diet through the issuance to them of a coupon allotment. Stipulates that coupons so received by such households shall be used only to purchase food from retail food stores which have been approved for participation in the food stamp program. Prohibits the distribution of federally donated foods in areas where a food stamp program is in operation except where such distribution is required to achieve an orderly transition to a food stamp program on an Indian reservation, or where distribution is made to meet disaster relief needs. Requires specified exclusions and deductions from the gross income of a household in the determination of its eligibility. Allows a household to possess up to $3,000 in liquid and nonliquid assets. Specifies allowable exemptions from such assets, including home and lot, one licensed vehicle and certain types of income-producing property. Precludes from being declared eligible under the program: (1) for a period of one year, any household which has been found guilty of fraud in connection with the program; (2) any household which refuses to provide required information with respect to a determination of eligibility; (3) any individual between the ages of 18 and 60 who refuses to register for work, to accept an offer of employment, or to continue in employment when such employment fulfills conditions specified in this Act; (4) any individual 18 years of age or older who is enrolled in an institution of higher education and who is properly claimed as a dependent child for Federal income tax purposes by an individual who is not a member of an eligible household; and (5) any individual who is not a resident of the United States and either a citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. States that the face value of the coupon allotment which State agencies shall be authorized to issue to any eligible households shall be equal to the cost to such households of a nutritionally adequate diet reduced by an amount equal to 30 percent of such household's income as determined pursuant to this Act. Makes no requirement that households be charged for their coupon allotments. Stipulates that the value of the coupon allotment provided to any eligible household shall not be considered to be income or resources for any purposes under any Federal or State laws including, but not limited to, laws related to taxation, welfare, and public assistance programs. Provides for the approval of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns which desire to be authorized to accept and redeem coupons under the Food Stamp Act. Prohibits States and political subdivisions thereof from decreasing welfare grants to any individual or individuals because of such individual's participation in the food stamp program. Requires each State agency desiring to participate in the food stamp program to submit a plan of operation specifying the manner in which such program will be conducted within the State. Requires such plans, among other things, to provide: (1) for action to inform low-income households of the program, including multilingual announcements where necessary; (2) that each household requesting assistance under the program shall be permitted to file for assistance on the same day that the first request is made; (3) that the determination of eligibility shall be made within 30 days; and (4) for safeguards restricting the use of disclosure of information obtained from applicant households. Directs the Secretary and participating State agencies to carry out a program of nutritional education for recipient households. Provides for the review of the conduct of State food stamp programs by the Secretary. Sets forth remedial procedures. Provides for the disqualification of retail stores and wholesale food concerns for violation of State regulations. Establishes procedures for the administrative and judicial review of such disqualifications. Establishes criminal penalties for fraud in connection with the obtaining or sale of food coupons or authorization to purchase cards. Authorizes the Secretary to pay to each State agency 50 percent of the administrative costs of the food stamp programs. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct experimental projects designed to increase the efficiency of the food stamp program. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1978 through 1981 to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 2602 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to prohibit any individual enrolled in an institution of higher education from receiving food stamps if such individual receives at least one-half of his income from any other individual who is a member of another household which is ineligible for food stamps.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1977

Provides that any individual who is 18 years of age or older, is enrolled in an institution of higher education, and who is receiving half of his income from any member of another household which, because of its income and other financial resources, is not eligible to receive food stamps shall not be considered as a member of household for purposes of the Food Stamp Act of 1964. Permits any State agency to exempt any individual from this disqualification if the agency determines that such individual should be exempted because of severe hardship conditions.

Bill· HRH.R. 2570 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to prohibit any individual from receiving food stamps who receives at least one-half of his income from any other individual who is a member of another household which is ineligible for food stamps.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1977

Provides that any individual who is 18 years of age or older and who is receiving half of his income from any member of another household which, because of its income and other financial resources, is not eligible to receive food stamps shall not be considered as a member of household for purposes of the Food Stamp Act.

Law· HRH.R. 2527 (95th)open