[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 388 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 388

To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to assist States in implementing a 
        program to prevent prisoners from receiving food stamps.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 1997

   Mr. Lugar 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 assist States in implementing a 
        program to prevent prisoners from receiving food stamps.

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

SECTION 1. DENIAL OF FOOD STAMPS FOR PRISONERS.

    Section 11 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(q) Denial of Food Stamps for Prisoners.--
            ``(1) Collection and dissemination of information.--Not 
        later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
        subsection, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) collect information on policies and 
                procedures used by States that conduct computer matches 
                or other systems to prevent prisoners from receiving 
                food stamp benefits; and
                    ``(B) evaluate, summarize, and disseminate to each 
                State the information collected under paragraph (1) 
                that describes the best practices of the States 
                (including information related to verifying prisoners' 
                social security numbers with the Social Security 
                Administration).
            ``(2) Assistance to states.--The Secretary shall assist 
        States, to the extent practicable, in implementing a system to 
        conduct computer matches or other systems to prevent prisoners 
        from receiving food stamp benefits.''.
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