[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 529 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 529

 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide that narcotics addicts 
or alcoholics, and their children, who live under the supervision of a 
private nonprofit institution, or a publicly operated community mental 
 health center, for the purpose of regular participation in a drug or 
   alcoholic treatment program shall not be considered residents of 
  institutions and shall be considered individual households, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 9 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

  Mr. DeConcini (for himself and Mr. Leahy) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide that narcotics addicts 
or alcoholics, and their children, who live under the supervision of a 
private nonprofit institution, or a publicly operated community mental 
 health center, for the purpose of regular participation in a drug or 
   alcoholic treatment program shall not be considered residents of 
  institutions and shall be considered individual households, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CHILDREN OF NARCOTICS ADDICTS OR ALCOHOLICS 
              PARTICIPATING IN DRUG OR ALCOHOLIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--The last sentence of section 3(i) of the Food 
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(i)) is amended by inserting after 
``narcotics addicts or alcoholics'' the following: ``, together with 
their children,''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3(g)(5) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
2012(g)(5)) is amended by inserting after ``or alcoholics'' the 
following: ``, and their children,''.

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