FOOD STAMP PLAN

Agreements

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714): unanimous-consent on consideration of Dole amendment to H.R. 2100, 33478 [23NO]

Amendments

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 29137, 29138, 29139, 29143, 29147, 29149, 29150, 29151, 29153-29155, 29157, 29160 [25OC], 29261, 29263, 29265, 29266, 29271 [28OC], 29416-29429, 29454, 29460, 29464, 29469-29472 [29OC], 29694, 29697, 29703, 29706, 29725, 29727, 29730, 29733, 29738 [30OC], 30262, 30314 [1NO], 32237 [18NO], 32320 [19NO], 32668, 32672, 32677, 32707, 32711-32713, 32720, 32723, 32725, 32726, 32735, 32739, 32742, 32751, 32752, 32755, 32757, 32758, 32759, 32815-32856, 33038, 33044, 33045, 33050, 33052, 33055, 33059, 33064, 33070, 33072 [20NO], 33076, 33081, 33082, 33085, 33086, 33088, 33089, 33100, 33104, 33105, 33106, 33108, 33109-33112, 33127-33140 [21NO], 33222, 33223, 33224, 33225, 33227, 33229, 33237, 33239, 33240, 33241, 33242, 33257, 33263, 33267, 33273, 33274, 33275-33278, 33289, 33290, 33291, 33294, 33295, 33300, 33302-33306, 33311, 33312, 33313, 33314, 33332, 33333, 33334, 33335, 33336, 33337, 33339, 33341, 33350, 33351, 33353, 33358, 33359, 33361, 33370 [22NO], 33468-33473 [23NO], 34456 [5DE]

Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 33495 [23NO]

Provisions: extend certain (S. 1851), 31750, 31774 [13NO]

Analyses

Domestic Food Assistance Act (S. 1142), 12153-12155 [15MY]

Articles and editorials

Agriculture Focus, 32242 [18NO]

Churches Report Numbers of Hungry on Increase, 28705 [23OC]

Congress Tiptoes Toward Plan That Could Cost Alabama Its Entire Food Stamp Program, 32728 [20NO]

Farm Mess Forever, 32241 [18NO]

Food Stamp Allotment Inadequate Group Charges—Survey Finds Costs for ``Thrifty'' Plan Much Higher Than Estimated by USDA, 28705 [23OC]

Food Stamp Tax Ban Would Cost State $23 Million, 32873 [20NO]

Hunger in America—Safety Net Has Shrunk But It's Still in Place, 16429 [19JN]

Hunger—Continuing Problem (series), 1610-1615 [31JA]

Myths About Farmers From Jesse Helms, 32245 [18NO]

``Nightmare'' Seen if Congress OK's Food Stamp Bill, 32727 [20NO]

Bills and resolutions

Administration: cost reduction (see S. 835)

Aged and disabled: treatment of those in group-living arrangements (see H.R. 432)

Appropriations: authorize (see S. 969, 1142)

Banks and banking: prohibit charges for redemption by food retailers (see S. 280)

Beneficiaries: obtaining prepared meals (see H.R. 770)

———redemption of coupons through uninsured financial institutions (see H.R. 774)

Benefits: establish separate deductions allowable for dependent care and excess shelter expenses (see H.R. 1844)

———system of retrospective accounting (see H.R. 977)

Block grants: optional program (see H.R. 1087)

Coupons: redeem through certain credit unions (see H.R. 2442)

Credit unions: redemption of coupons (see S. 144, 555; H.R. 968)

Eligibility: exclusion of certain funds set aside for burial expenses (see H.R. 1196)

Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Act: amend (see H.R. 2559)

Funding: temporary extension (see H.R. 3454)

Older Americans Food Stamp Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2778)

Operation: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 2422)

Provisions: extend certain (see S. 1851; H.R. 3919)

Puerto Rico: temporary extension of food assistance program (see H.R. 3454)

Quality control: standards improvement (see H.R. 2621)

Recipients: employment training program (see H.R. 2745)

———State workfare program (see H.R. 2714)

Student aid: allow a percentage of educational loans to be deducted from income (see H.R. 3028)

Cloture motions

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), recommit with instructions, 33370 [22NO]

Colloquies

States' work and training requirement program: several conferees on H.R. 2100, 37568 [18DE]

Descriptions

Melcher amendment to the Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714), 29979 [31OC]

Explanations

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (H.R. 2100), conference report, 36500-36503 [16DE]

Factsheets

National Advisory Commission on Rural America, 32258 [18NO]

Letters

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: U.S. Trade Representative, 37782 [18DE]

Food stamp fees for grocers: Representative Feighan, 7734 [4AP]

Food stamp plan error rates: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 29166 [25OC]

———Senator Domenici, 29166 [25OC]

Food stamp plan low-income nutrition assistance program: National Governors' Association, 32683 [20NO]

———Senator Durenberger, 32684 [20NO]

———sundry Governors, 32679, 32686 [20NO]

Food stamp plan reauthorization (S. 969): John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 8589 [22AP]

Permit federally insured credit unions to redeem food stamps (H.R. 968): National Association of Federal Credit Unions, 2314 [7FE]

———National Credit Union Administration, 2314 [7FE]

Reauthorization, 37566 [18DE]

Sales tax collection on food stamps: Alabama Dept. of Finance, 32727 [20NO]

———Alabama Retail Association, 32727 [20NO]

———Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 33035 [20NO]

———George C. Wallace, Governor of Alabama, 32727 [20NO]

Workfare program: participant from California, 8582 [22AP]

Lists

Supporters of the Harkin amendment to the Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714), 33282 [22NO]

Memorials of legislature

Virginia, 10535 [6MY]

Remarks in House

Accountability, 26032 [3OC]

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 35821 [10DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), appointment of conferees, 34511 [5DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37773-37803 [18DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), consideration of conference report, 36754 [16DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), correcting enrollment (H. Con. Res. 264), 38107 [19DE]

Appropriations: reauthorize program and improve operation (H.R. 2422), 11130 [8MY], 16429 [19JN]

Benefits: deductions allowable for dependent care and shelter expenses (H.R. 1844), 6870 [28MR]

———determination of eligibility and amounts, 26426-26434 [7OC]

Credit unions: permit federally insured to redeem food stamps (H.R. 968), 2314 [7FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend dairy price support and food stamp programs (S. 1851), 31882 [18NO]

Education: exclude from household income expenses incurred in attending school (H.R. 891), 1640 [31JA]

Employment: implementation of training and job search programs, 26435 [7OC]

Employment and training program: establish, 15746 [13JN]

Energy Assistance Program: impact on determination of benefits, 26436 [7OC]

Farmers: food stamp eligibility, 26032 [3OC]

Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2422), 11130 [8MY], 16429 [19JN]

Funding, 14602 [6JN]

———temporary extension (H.R. 3454), 25270 [30SE]

Grocers: fees, 7734 [4AP]

Health: medical deduction threshold, 26426-26434 [7OC]

Hunger: surveys on rate, 28705 [23OC]

Immigrants: provide for verification system for aliens applying for public benefits (H.R. 2626), 13852 [24MY]

Job Training Partnership Act: treatment of earned income relative to the food stamp plan, 26437 [7OC]

Older Americans Food Stamp Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2778), 15994 [17JN]

Operation: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 2422), 11130 [8MY], 16429 [19JN]

Provisions: extend certain (H.R. 3919), 36196 [12DE]

———extend certain (S. 1851), 31881 [14NO]

Puerto Rico: temporary extension of food assistance program (H.R. 3454), 25270 [30SE]

Quality control: improve standards and procedures (H.R. 2621), 13699 [23MY]

Recipients: tax credit for transporation expenses relative to education, 26439 [7OC]

Work programs: establish certain for food stamp recipients, 26439 [7OC]

Remarks in Senate

Administration: cost reduction (S. 835), 7043 [2AP]

Agriculture: intermediate export credits, 30262-30264, 30269 [1NO]

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: cost reductions in S. 1714, 32672-32723 [20NO]

———enact (H.R. 2100), 36215, 36216 [12DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 36481, 36484, 36500 [16DE]

———enact (S. 1714), 29103-29166 [25OC], 29261-29277 [28OC], 29409-29475 [29OC], 29694-29741 [30OC], 29973, 29978, 29980, 29981, 30048, 30050 [31OC], 30262-30265, 30269 [1NO], 30398-30402 [4NO], 32237-32251, 32257 [18NO], 32311, 32320-32354 [19NO], 32655, 32665, 32676-32728, 32734, 32760-33067, 33070-33076 [20NO], 33086-33114 [21NO], 33217, 33288-33314, 33332-33374 [22NO], 33460-33486 [23NO], 35849 [11DE]

———enact (S. 1714), cloture on Dole motion to recommit with instructions, 33370 [22NO]

———enact (S. 1714), indefinitely postponed, 33486 [23NO]

———provisions of H.R. 2100, 37565-37574 [18DE]

Authorization: amend and extend (S. 969), 8579 [22AP]

Automation: improve use of data processing systems, 33240 [22NO]

Banks and banking: prohibit charges for redemption by food retailers (S. 280), 1020 [24JA]

Bureau of the Census: research on Federal aid noncash benefits, 30255 [1NO]

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (S. 1730), 27676-27680 [16OC]

Credit unions: study feasibility of allowing redemption of food stamps (S. 144), 233 [3JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority for cash payments to elderly, 25292 [30SE]

———funding to States for nutrition programs, 32759 [20NO]

Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: reduce amounts authorized in H.R. 3037, making appropriations, 27663-27670 [16OC]

Domestic Food Assistance Act: enact (S. 1142), 12149-12155 [15MY]

Eligibility: eliminate exemption for certain Federal/State energy assistance payments counted as income, 33470 [23NO]

Employment: job training benefits, 31736 [13NO], 33044 [20NO]

Error rates, 29164 [25OC], 31952 [14NO]

Food: emergency assistance matching funds, 33045-33050 [20NO]

Food Stamp Redemption Act: enact (S. 280), 1020 [24JA]

Income: standard deduction, 33052-33055 [20NO]

Nutrition assistance program: funding for low-income recipients, 32678, 32708 [20NO]

Participants: adjust minimum benefit, 33468 [23NO]

———freeze adjustment of eligibility and benefit levels, 33472 [23NO]

———modify definition of household, 33471 [23NO]

———modify income standards, 33473 [23NO]

———photographic identification cards and countersignature of coupons, 33471 [23NO]

———reimpose purchase requirement, 33469 [23NO]

Power resources: low-income energy assistance, 33038-33044 [20NO]

Provisions: extend certain (S. 1851), 31749-31751 [13NO]

Puerto Rico: nutrition assistance, 33448 [23NO]

Reauthorize, 4832-4834 [7MR]

Recipients: deductibility of energy expenses, 29164 [25OC], 31293, 31300 [12NO]

Sales tax: collection, 32725-33037 [20NO]

States: error rate liability, 31731-31733 [13NO], 33055-33063 [20NO]

———permit agencies to provide coupons on an expedited basis to certain categories of households, 33471 [23NO]

Reports

Agricultural Price Support, Export, Conservation, Credit, Research, Food Assistance: Committee on Rules (H.R. 2100; H. Res. 267) (H. Rept. 99-284), 24287 [19SE]

Agricultural Price Support, Export, Conservation, Credit, Research, and Food Assistance Programs: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 2100) (H. Rept. 99-271), 24177 [18SE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2100; H. Res. 267) (H. Rept. 99-284), 24287 [19SE]

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (H.R. 2100): committee of conference, 36970-37155 [17DE]

Agriculture Assistance Programs: committee of conference (H.R. 2100) (H. Rept. 99-447), 37486 [17DE]

Food Stamp Plan Low-Income Nutrition Assistance Program: President's Task Force on Food Assistance (excerpt), 32678, 32679 [20NO]

Optional Block Grant Concept for the Food Stamp Program: Task Force on Food Assistance (excerpt), 8581 [22AP]

Supplemental Appropriations—Food Stamp Allotments (excerpt), 14602 [6JN]

Statements

Food Stamp Plan Low-Income Nutrition Assistance Program: Theo M. Murdock, 32679 [20NO]

Food Stamp-related Bank Fees: National Grocers Association, 1021 [24JA]

Summaries

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (H.R. 2100), 37788 [18DE]

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714), 29110-29123 [25OC]

———Bentsen Amendment, 33352 [22NO]

Improve Quality Control Standards and Procedures (H.R. 2621), 13699 [23MY]

Tables

Consumer cost for the Harkin amendment to the Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act (S. 1714), 33281 [22NO]

Error rates of Food Stamp Plan, 4832 [7MR]

Food stamp administrative costs—fiscal year 1984, 8581 [22AP]

Food stamp benefit reductions for low-income energy assistance, 33040 [20NO]

Food Stamp fees, 1022 [24JA]

General sales tax receipts on food stamps sales, 33037 [20NO]

Reauthorization, 1986-90, 37568, 37588 [18DE]

Savings under the Domestic Food Assistance Act (S. 1142), 12150 [15MY]

Value of food stamp benefits issued, 8580 [22AP], 32678 [20NO]

Texts of

H.R. 1844, deductions allowable for dependent care and shelter expenses, 6870 [28MR]

H.R. 2422, Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Improvement Act, 11133-11143 [8MY]

H.R. 3454, extend certain provisions of law of the Agricultural Act, 25271 [30SE]

H.R. 3919, extend certain provisions, 36196 [12DE]

S. 144, study feasibility of allowing redemption of food stamps by credit unions, 233 [3JA]

S. 280, Food Stamp Redemption Act, 1021 [24JA]

S. 835, reform and reduce administration costs, 7044-7047 [2AP]

S. 969, amending and extending the authorization, 8582-8589 [22AP]

S. 1142, Domestic Food Assistance Act, 12150-12153 [15MY]

S. 1714, Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act, 32312 [19NO]

S. 1851, food stamp and dairy products price support programs extension, 31750 [13NO], 31881 [14NO]