FOOD STAMPS

Bills and resolutions

Unemployment: provide health care premium assistance and exclude unemployment compensation in determining food stamps eligibility (see H.R. 5297), H5996 [26JY]

Remarks in House

Democratic Party: national agenda, H1474-H1480 [18AP]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (H.R. 2142), H1623 [25AP]

Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1328-H1331 [16AP], H1342, H1343, H1344, H1345 [17AP], H1415, H1462-H1470 [18AP], H1511, H1512 [23AP], H2494-H2497 [15MY], H2553, H2555, H2558 [16MY], E611, E612, E613 [23AP], E615 [24AP]

———State option to elect a food stamp block grant in lieu of a regular program, H2494, H2496, H2497, H2502 [15MY], H2589 [16MY]

Unemployment: provide health care premium assistance and exclude unemployment compensation in determining food stamps eligibility (H.R. 5297), E1460 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: reduce price supports and marketing loan rates and use savings to improve Food Stamp Program, S610, S612, S627, S628 [12FE], S683 [13FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: nutrition programs funding, S651 [12FE], S4046 [8MY]

———restrict commodity and crop insurance payments to land that has a cropping history, and restore food stamp benefits to certain legal immigrants, S419-S423 [6FE], S442, S443 [7FE]

Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, S4018 [8MY]

———equalize asset eligibility rule for senior citizen and disabled recipients, S610, S612 [12FE]