[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 413 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 413

 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require States to verify that 
                prisoners are not receiving food stamps.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 10, 1997

Mrs. Hutchison 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 require States to verify that 
                prisoners are not 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.

    (a) In General.--Section 11(e)(20) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 2020(e)(20)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``that an individual'' and inserting the 
        following: ``that--
                    ``(A) an individual'';
            (2) by adding ``and'' after the semicolon at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) an individual who is officially detained in a 
                Federal or State correctional, detention, or penal 
                facility is not participating in the food stamp 
                program;''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 16(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
2025(a)) is amended in the proviso of the first sentence--
            (1) by inserting after ``35 percent'' the following: ``(or, 
        in the case of a State agency that is not complying with 
        section 11(e)(20)(B), 33 percent)''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``20 percent'' the following: ``(or, 
        in the case of a State agency that is not complying with 
        section 11(e)(20)(B), 18 percent)''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 11(e)(8)(E) of the Food Stamp 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(8)(E)) is amended by striking ``paragraph 
(16)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (16) and (20)(B)''.
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