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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Legislative History  - 1987

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

Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 1987
P.L. 100-50, 101 Stat. 335-363
June 3, 1987
 
The portion of any student financial assistance received under this act, or under BIA student assistance programs, that is made available for attendance costs not to be considered as income or resources in determining eligibility for assistance under any Federally-funded program funded. Attendance costs defined as: 1) tuition and fees; and 2) an allowance for books, supplies, transportation, and miscellaneous personal expenses for a student attending the institution on at least a half-time basis, as determined by the institution.

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
P.L. 100-77, 101 Stat. 482-538
July 22, 1987
 
Provided a definition of "homeless individual".
Provided separate household status for parents of minor children and those children even though they live with the parents' parents or siblings if the parents of minor children and their children purchase and prepare food separately from the others.
Set the annual adjustment to the income eligibility guidelines for October 1 rather than July 1, beginning with 1988.
Included the CPI's homeownership component of shelter costs in the annual standard deduction update.
Denied the earned income deduction for earnings that a household willfully or fraudulently fails to report.
Increased the cap on the excess shelter deduction to $164 a month for households certified on or after October 1, 1987.
Excluded as income third-party housing assistance payments made on behalf of households in temporary housing that lacks food preparation facilities or refrigerated storage.
Provided 50% Federal funding for optional food stamp informational activities directed at homeless individuals.
Expanded the categories of households eligible for expedited service to eligible homeless individuals and households whose combined gross income and liquid resources are less than their rent/mortgage and utilities.
Required an annual report to Congress on the nature and extent of problems related to the homeless, their needs, Federal activities and accomplishments, assessment of Federal assistance needed to resolve problems, and recommendations for legislative/ administrative actions.

Older Americans Act Amendments of 1987
P.L. 100-175, 101 Stat. 926-983
Nov. 29, 1987
 
Excluded as income funds received by individuals under the Community Service Employment Program.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
P.L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-1330-472
Dec. 22, 1987
 
Authorized Washington State, with the Department's approval, to conduct a demonstration project cashing-out and standardizing the FSP benefits of its AFDC households.

Last modified: 02/16/2012