A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to prohibit the distribution of food stamps to any household where the head of such household is engaged in a labor strike.

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Introduced

18 January 1979

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Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

Summary

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to exclude from eligibility for food stamps any household whose principal wage earner is on strike. Excepts a household from this exclusion if it was participating in the food stamp program immediately prior to the start of such strike, or if any of its members is subject to an employer's lockout.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/84
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