A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit certain school districts to receive assistance to carry out the school lunch program in the form of all cash assistance or all commodity letters of credit assistance.

Summary

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended by the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 to make permanent the authority of certain school districts to receive school lunch assistance in cash or commodity letters of credit (in lieu of commodities).

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Timeline

1. 17 April 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 April 1989

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 31 May 1989

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · undated · Official file

Documents

2 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 17 April 1989

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Sponsors

• Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Adams, Brock [D-WA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
• Chuck Grassley · R · Cosponsor
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