[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4163 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4163

  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income 
  unemployment benefits received for a continuous period exceeding 26 
                                 weeks.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2009

   Mr. Baca 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 exclude from income 
  unemployment benefits received for a continuous period exceeding 26 
                                 weeks.

    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 ``Feed All Struggling Americans Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (18) by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (2) in paragraph (19) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(29) unemployment benefits received for a continuous 
        period exceeding 26 weeks.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of 
the 1st month that begins more that 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall not apply with respect to certification periods that expire 
before the 1st day of the 1st month that begins more that 90 days after 
the effective date of this Act.
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