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S 805 101th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food School lunch program

A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit certain school districts to receive assistance to carry out the school lunch program in the form of all cash assistance or all commodity…

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A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit certain school districts to receive assistance to carry out the school lunch program in the form of all cash assistance or all commodity letters of credit assistance.

Introduced: April 17, 1989 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 31, 1989
Referred to Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations.
Apr 17, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 17, 1989
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended by the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 to make permanent the authority of certain school districts to receive school lunch assistance in cash or commodity letters of credit (in lieu of commodities).

What's happening now May 31, 1989

Referred to Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Aug 3, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 805: A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit certain school districts to receive assistance to carry out the school lunch program in the form of all cash assistance or all commodity letters of credit assistance.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-805/
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"S. 805: A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit certain school districts to receive assistance to carry out the school lunch program in the form of all cash assistance or all commodity letters of credit assistance.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-805/.
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S. 805, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-805/.
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