FOOD STAMPS

Articles and editorials

Fair's Fair on Fowl, S13764 [19SE]

Frayed Lifeline—Hunger Among Elderly Surges—Meal Programs Just Can't Keep Up, S1569 [26JA]

Bills and resolutions

Benefits: purchase of nutritional supplements (see S. 1133, 1143; H.R. 236), S12079 [9AU], H170 [9JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program (see S. 79), S49 [4JA]

Food industry: certification requirements for participating food stores and penalties for fraud (see H.R. 992), H1908 [16FE]

Fraud: implement electronic benefits transfer system to reduce fraud (see S. 1114), S11201 [2AU]

———reduce (see H.R. 1094), H2486 [1MR]

Management: provide administrative flexibility and commodity distribution consolidation (see H.R. 1997), H6735 [10JY]

Program: integrity (see S. 1112; H.R. 1093), S11201 [2AU], H2486 [1MR]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs (see S. 904, 1265), S8097 [9JN], S14087 [21SE]

———reform (see S. 36, 209; H.R. 999, 1135), S48 [4JA], S901 [12JA], H1967 [21FE], H2716 [6MR]

States: replace with block grant programs (see S. 843), S7244 [23MY]

Letters

Food Stamp Block Grant Program: A. Wayne Lord, National Peanut Council, Inc., S13339 [12SE]

———David Beckmann, Bread for the World (organization), S13635 [15SE]

———Food Research and Action Center, S13635 [15SE]

———Kevin Burke, Food Distributors Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, S13635 [15SE]

———Sheri Spader, National Cattleman's Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Tim Hammonds, Food Marketing Institute, S13338 [12SE]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, S13338 [12SE]

Treatment of legal aliens relative to AFDC, SSI, and food stamp programs: Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, S13596 [14SE]

Remarks in House

Benefits: purchase of nutritional supplements (H.R. 236), E55 [5JA]

Children and youth: eligibility relative to persons delinquent in child support payments, H3605-H3609 [23MR]

Crime: electronic transfer system relative to allowable food items and security, H3603-H3605 [23MR]

Federal-State relations: maintain certain low-income entitlement programs as Federal mandates, H934, H935 [31JA]

Food industry: certification requirements for participating food stores and penalties for fraud (H.R. 992), E383 [16FE]

Program: integrity (H.R. 1093), E480 [1MR]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H1912 [21FE], H5778 [13JN], H7246 [19JY], H7376 [20JY], H7444 [21JY], H9906 [12OC], H12069 [9NO], H12186 [13NO], H15182 [19DE], H15509 [21DE]

———funding for senior citizen nutrition programs, E1648 [5AU]

———reform (H.R. 4), H671, H672-H674, H675 [25JA], H1904-H1906 [16FE]

———reform (H.R. 999), H3134 [14MR], E404 [22FE]

———reform (H.R. 1135), H2889 [8MR], H3124 [14MR]

States: electronic transfer system relative to photograph requirements, H3600-H3603 [23MR]

———replace with block grants, H3315-H3318 [16MR], H3612-H3616 [23MR]

WIC: participation levels, H7337-H7344 [20JY], E1538 [28JY]

Remarks in Senate

Benefits: purchase of nutritional supplements (S. 1133), S12080 [9AU]

———purchase of nutritional supplements (S. 1143), S12097 [9AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program (S. 79), S292 [4JA]

Fraud: implement electronic benefits transfer system to reduce fraud (S. 1114), S10905 [28JY], S11212 [2AU]

National School Lunch Week: observance, S15365 [19OC]

Public welfare programs: exempt elderly, disabled, and children from optional State food assistance block grants, S13635, S13636 [15SE]

———funding for nutrition programs, S13690, S13692 [18SE], S15087 [12OC], S15360 [19OC]

———funding for nutrition programs (S. 1265), S14087 [21SE]

———funding for nutrition programs (S. 904), S8098 [9JN]

———reform, S1568-S1571 [26JA]

———reform (S. 36), S228 [4JA]

———reform (S. 209), S902 [12JA]

———treatment of legal aliens relative to AFDC, SSI, and food stamp programs, S13596-S13598, S13605 [14SE]

States: replace with block grant programs, S12924 [8SE], S13334-S13341 [12SE]

———replace with block grant programs (S. 843), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

Reports filed

Food Stamp Program Reform: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1135) (H. Rept. 104-77), H3155 [14MR]

Welfare Reform Consolidation Act: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 999) (H. Rept. 104-75), H3048 [10MR]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Welfare Reform, E726 [29MR]

Summaries

Nutrition Assistance Reform Act (S. 904), S8109 [9JN]

Texts of

S. 36, Welfare to Work Act, S229-S231 [4JA]

S. 79, funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program, S292 [4JA]

S. 209, Welfare-To-Work and Strong Families Act, S903-S905 [12JA]

S. 904, Nutrition Assistance Reform Act, S8099-S8109 [9JN]

S. 1114, Food Stamp Fraud Reduction Act, S11213-S11216 [2AU]

S. 1143, use of food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements, S12098 [9AU]

S. 1265, Community Food Security Act, S14087 [21SE]