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96th Congress > House > Vote 889

Date: May 14, 1980

Result: 316-36

Vote Subject Matter: Social Welfare / Budget Special Interest

Sponsor: YATES, Sidney Richard (D-IL)

Bill number: HJRES545

Description: TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. J. RES. 545, MAKING AN URGENT APPROPRIATION FOR THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM. (MOTION PASSED)

Bill summary: (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-973) Appropriates additional funds for the food stamp program for fiscal year 1980. Directs the Department of Agriculture to study and report to Congress by January 15, 1981 on the impact and advisability of including in income for eligibility purposes deferred-payment educational loans, grants, fellowships, scholarships, specified veteran's educational benefits, and all housing subsidies. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to make a determination on the need to direct State agencies to reduce the value of allotments to be issued to certified households so as not to exceed that appropriations' ceiling of $9,191,000,000 for fiscal year 1980.

Bill titles: A joint resolution making an urgent appropriation for the food stamp program for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, for the Department of Agriculture.

Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 79, p. 3730;

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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