FNS Documents & Resources

[As Amended Through PL 108–269, July 2, 2004]
To strengthen the agricultural economy; to help to achieve a fuller and more effective use of food abundances; to provide for improved levels of nutrition among low-income households through a cooperative federal-state program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade; and for other purposes.

[As Amended Through PL 106–580, Dec. 29, 2000]
To strengthen the agricultural economy; to help to achieve a fuller and more effective use of food abundances; to provide for improved levels of nutrition among low-income households through a cooperative Federal-State program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade; and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2001, and for other purposes

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998. Title I—Food Stamp Provisions:
   SEC. 1001. Exemption
   SEC. 1002. Additional Funding for Employment and Training
   SEC. 1003. Denial of Food Stamps for Prisoners
   SEC. 1004. Nutrition Education
   SEC. 1005. Regulations: Effective Date

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
   TITLE I—Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families   
   TITLE IV—Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens
   TITLE VI—Child Care
   TITLE VII—Child Nutrition Programs
   TITLE VIII—Food Stamps and Commodity Distribution

To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to respond to the hunger emergency afflicting American families and the children, to attack the causes of hunger among all Americans, to ensure an adequate diet for low-income people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness because of the shortage of affordable housing, to promote self-sufficiency among food stamp recipients, to assist families affected by adverse economic conditions, to simplify food assistance programs' administration, and for other purposes.

TITLE IX—FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS
   Subtitle A—Food Stamp Program
   Subtitle B—Commodity Distribution
   Subtitle C—Indian Subsistence Farming Demonstration Grant
   Subtitle D—Technical Amendments

To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to respond to the hunger emergency afflicting American families and children, to attack the causes of hunger among all Americans, to ensure an adequate diet for low-income people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness because of the shortage of affordable housing, to promote self-sufficiency among food stamp recipients, to simplify the Food Stamp Program's administration, to reauthorize the Food Stamp and Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Programs, to codify and reauthorize other nutrition programs, and for other purposes.

Hunger Prevention Act of 1988; PL 100-435, 102 Stat. 1645-1677 - Sept. 19, 1988

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 (PL 97-253, 96 Stat. 763-807 - Sept. 8, 1982)