Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to pay the bonus value of a coupon allotment to each household: (1) of which every member is either 65 or is eligible for a supplemental security income benefit under title XVI of the Social Security Act, or for grants to the blind or disabled in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and (2) which is eligible to participate in the food stamp program. Designates such a payment a nutritional supplement. Prohibits the issuance of a coupon allotment to a household for any month it receives such payments. Defines the "bonus value of a coupon allotment" as the difference in value between the face value of the coupon allotment and the charge to be paid by the household for such allotment.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
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