A bill to assure low-income households the opportunity to participate in the food stamp program by eliminating the requirement that eligible households be charged for their food stamp allotment.
Food Stamp Act Amendments - Eliminates from the Food Stamp Act of 1964 all provisions requiring charges to eligibile households for their food stamp allotments.
Substitutes for the present charges a face value of the coupon allotment equal to the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet reduced by an amount equal to 30 percent of a household's income.
Establishes a $10 minimum monthly allotment for single-person and two-person households, and declares ineligible for food stamps any household of more than two persons whose allotment would amount to less than $5.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
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