[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3497 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3497

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to decrease the period of 
      benefit ineligibility of certain adults due to unemployment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 16, 2008

 Mrs. Clinton 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 and Nutrition Act of 2008 to decrease the period of 
      benefit ineligibility of certain adults due to unemployment.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food Insecurity Reduction Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
              DUE TO UNEMPLOYMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``3 months'' and 
        inserting ``12 months'',
            (2) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking ``3-month'' each place 
        it appears and inserting ``12-month'', and
            (3) in paragraph (6)(A)(ii)(IV), by striking ``3 months'' 
        and inserting ``12 months''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 16(h)(1)(E)(ii)(I) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(E)(ii)(I)) is amended by 
striking ``3-month'' and inserting ``12-month''.
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