A bill to amend section 7 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended.

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to pay the bonus value of a coupon allotment to each household: (1) of which every member is either 65 or is eligible for a supplemental security income benefit under title XVI of the Social Security Act, or for grants to the blind or disabled in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and (2) which is eligible to participate in the food stamp program. Designates such a payment a nutritional supplement. Prohibits the issuance of a coupon allotment to a household for any month it receives such payments. Defines the "bonus value of a coupon allotment" as the difference in value between the face value of the coupon allotment and the charge to be paid by the household for such allotment.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 22 March 1977

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