[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3587 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3587

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to reduce the interval for 
                       the issuance of benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2009

  Mr. Schauer (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Hare, Mr. Kildee, Ms. 
  DeGette, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Gutierrez, and Mr. Lewis of 
   Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to reduce the interval for 
                       the issuance of benefits.

    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 ``Nutritious Food for Health Families 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 7(g)(2)(A)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2016(g)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``40'' and inserting 
``17''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by this Act shall 
not apply with respect to certification periods that begin before the 
effective date of this Act.
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