Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Amendments of 1981

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Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the authorizations for appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and to provide such sums as necessary for fiscal years 1982 through 1985. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to implement pilot programs to measure the nutrition health status of low-income persons in order to develop minimum criteria and methods for local nutrition monitoring which can be applied on a nationwide basis. Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to extend the commodity distribution program to fiscal year 1985. Directs the Secretary, under the commodity supplemental food program, to institute two pilot projects for the low-income elderly and to provide funds to State agencies administering such program.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 7 April 1981

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