United States · Bill · S
S. 1529 (110th)
Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007
Introduced
24 May 2007
Last action
24 May 2007 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sponsors
Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5], Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN], Richard Durbin, Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2], John Reed, Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT], Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2], Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large]
Subjects
Agriculture, Education
Source updated
10 February 2026
Summary
Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 with respect to: (1) inflation adjustments for standard deductions and for household resources; (2) retirement account and education account exclusions; (3) eligibility for unemployed adults; (4) dependent care deduction cap elimination; (5) legal immigrant eligibility; and (6) extension of commodity availability for the emergency food assistance program.
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Timeline
24 May 2007
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Source: IntroReferral
24 May 2007
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6896-6897)
Source: IntroReferral
24 May 2007
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 24 May 2007 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 May 2007
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 May 2007
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 24 May 2007
Sponsors
- Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Richard Durbin · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] · D · Cosponsor
- John Reed · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] · ID · Cosponsor
- Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/1529
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1529
- us · 110-s-1529 · source updated 10 February 2026