FOOD STAMPS

Bills and resolutions

Ex-offenders: repeal denial of eligibility (see H.R. 5802), H2355 [15AP]

Federal aid programs: use poverty line determined for Alaska for all States and the District of Columbia for school lunch and supplemental nutrition assistance (food stamps) programs (see H.R. 7085), H9973 [25SE]

Food: require semiannual indexing of mandatory Federal food assistance programs (see S. 3614), S9657 [26SE]

Unemployment: decrease period of benefit ineligibility of certain adults during their unemployment (see S. 3497), S8855 [16SE] (see H.R. 6651), H7627 [30JY]

Letters

Increase food stamp benefits: several Representatives, H922 [13FE]

Provide stimulus for economic recovery: John Gay, National Restaurant Association, S105 [22JA]

———John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, S24 [22JA]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S104 [22JA]

———Senator Specter, S104, S105 [22JA]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: hunger and nutrition programs funding, H1976 [3AP], E1033 [22MY]

Benefits: increase, H538 [29JA], H922 [13FE]

Economy: provide stimulus for economic recovery, H374, H375 [22JA], H392, H393, H394, H432, H435-H441 [23JA]

Food: address domestic and international food security crisis, H2831 [29AP], E759 [29AP]

Food Stamp Act: ensure judicial enforcement of provisions, H4651 [22MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: hunger and nutrition programs funding, S5437 [10JN], S7742 [30JY]

Benefits: increase, S523 [31JA], S683 [6FE], S763 [7FE], S4157 [14MY], S4749-S4755 [22MY], S5436 [10JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1698 [6MR]

Economy: provide stimulus for economic recovery, S23-S25, S34-S36, S39-S41, S45, S48-S52 [22JA], S159-S161, S193, S202 [23JA], S270-S275 [24JA], S305, S310, S322-S326 [25JA], S374 [28JA], S403, S417-S420, S434-S440 [29JA], S1441 [3MR], S1586-S1590 [5MR], S2097 [13MR]

Food: address domestic and international food security crisis, S3416 [28AP], S3469 [29AP]

———require semiannual indexing of mandatory Federal food assistance programs (S. 3614), S9680 [26SE]

Food Stamp Act: ensure judicial enforcement of provisions, S4747 [22MY]

Senate: national objectives priority assignments, S434 [29JA]

Taxation: increase rate for top income tax brackets to provide funding for education and low-income individuals and families, S1950, S1952 [12MR], S2056, S2091 [13MR]

Statements

Pennsylvania Economic Snapshot: Committee on Economics (Joint), S324 [25JA]

Texts of

S. 3614, National Hunger Relief Act, S9681 [26SE]