A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to make certain that future social security benefit increases will not have the effect of making any household ineligible for food stamps or of increasing the charges imposed therefor.

Summary

Excludes cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits from consideration as household income for purposes of determining: (1) eligibility for participation in the food stamp program; and (2) the charge for issuing a coupon allotment to a household.

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Timeline

1. 28 July 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 July 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 28 July 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 July 1977

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] · D · Sponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing

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