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Food Stamp Program

Legislative History of the Food Stamp Program  - 1983

Additional information concerning public laws, if enacted after 1972, may be located at: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d110/d110laws.html.

P.L. 97-408, 96 Stat. 2035
Jan. 3, 1983
 
Excluded from income and resources payments to the Blackfeet, Grosventre, and Assiniboine tribes of Montana, and the Papago tribe of Arizona.
 
P.L. 97-458, 96 Stat. 2512-2513
Jan. 12, 1983
 
Amended P.L. 93-134, the Judgement Award Authorization Act, to require the exclusion of per capita payments under the Indian Judgment Fund Act (judgement awards) of $2,000 or less from income and resources. The exclusion applies to each payment made to each individual. Initial purchases made with exempt payments distributed between Jan. 1, 1982 and Jan. 12, 1983, are excluded from resources to the extent that excluded funds were used.
 
Per Capita Distribution Act
P.L. 98-64, 97 Stat. 365-366
Aug. 2, 1983
 
Amended P.L. 93-134, the Judgement Award Authorization Act, to extend the exclusion in P.L. 97-458 to cover per capita payments from funds which are held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior (trust fund distributions). (This exclusion applies to per capita payments authorized under other public laws.)
 
Fiscal Year 1984 Continuing Appropriations
P.L. 98-107, 97 Stat. 733-743
Oct. 1, 1983
 
Included publicly-operated community health centers in the definition of "drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program" so that they could accept and redeem food stamps and so that their residents could qualify to participate in the FSP.
Delayed implementation of mandatory monthly reporting/retrospective budgeting (MRRB) until Jan. 1, 1984.
 
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Distribution and use of funds
P.L. 98-123, 97 Stat. 815
Oct. 13, 1983
 
Excluded from income and resources funds distributed under this act to members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.
 
Assiniboine Tribes of Indians, Montana, Distribution and use of funds
P.L. 98-124, 97 Stat. 817
Oct. 13, 1983
 
Excluded from income and resources per capita and interest payments made to members of the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Belknap Indian Community of Montana, and the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation of Montana under this act.
 
Puerto Rico, nutrition assistance program. Food Stamp Program
P.L. 98-204, 97 Stat. 1385-1386
Dec. 2, 1983
 
Extended Puerto Rico's authority to provide cash food assistance through September 30, 1985; required USDA to study the Commonwealth's program and report to Congress.
Allowed the Secretary additional MRRB waiver authority to shorten or extend certification periods, calculate household income prospectively, and permit other forms of reporting. Also, limited reporting by MRRB households to the monthly report.
Allowed States to wage match from sources other than State unemployment or Social Security records under certain circumstances.
 


Last modified: 02/01/2008