A bill to amend the Food and Stamp Act of 1977 to modify the requirements relating to monthly reporting and staggered issuance of coupons for households residing on Indian reservations, to ensure adequate access to retail food stores by food stamp households, and to maintain the integrity of the Food Stamp Program, and for other purposes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Reporting and Staggered Issuance for Households
on Reservations
Title II: Access to Retail Food Stores by Food Stamp
Households
Food Stamp Program Improvements Act of 1994 - Title I: Reporting and Staggered Issuance for Households on Reservations - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to: (1) permit a State to require periodic reporting by migrant or seasonal farmworker households; and (2) set forth conditions under which a State may require such reporting for reservation households.
Provides for staggered food stamp issuances on reservations.
Requires a General Accounting Office study and report on tribal organization administration of the food stamp program.
Title II: Access to Retail Food Stores by Food Stamp Households - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to: (1) redefine "retail food store"; and (2) define "staple foods."
Expands the use and disclosure of information provided by retail and wholesale food concerns to include Federal and State law enforcement and investigative agencies.
Requires demonstration projects to test innovative activities directed at coupon trafficking.
Continues program eligibility for establishments or house-to-house trade routes currently authorized to accept food stamps.
Requires a report on the impact of this Act on retail store program participation.
Introduced in Senate
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S2905-2907)
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2905-2907)
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1414-1417)
Mr. de la Garza asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
On passage Passed without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Enacted as Public Law 103-225
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Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 103-225.
Became Public Law No: 103-225.