S 1133
104th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Dietary supplements
Food stamps
Public assistance programs
Social Welfare
Vitamins
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit participating households to use food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements of vitamins, minerals, or vitamins and minerals, and for other purposes.
Introduced: August 9, 1995
Introduced by:
McConnell, Mitch
Republican
· Kentucky
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 9, 1995
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 9, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12080)
Aug 9, 1995
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit food stamp program participants to use food stamps to buy vitamin and mineral nutritional supplements.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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