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H.R. 7085 110th Congress House

America's Right-to- Eat Rescue Act of 2008

Official title: To require that the poverty line determined for the State of Alaska be used for all the States and the District of Columbia, during a 6-month period for the pu… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require that the poverty line determined for the State of Alaska be used for all the States and the District of Columbia, during a 6-month period for the purpose of carrying out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

Introduced: September 25, 2008 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food AlaskaEducationElementary and secondary educationFood stamps
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PovertySchool lunch programSocial WelfareWelfare eligibility
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Nov 19, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Sep 25, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 25, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 19, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

America's Right-to-Eat Rescue Act of 2008 - Applies, for a specified six-month period, the poverty line used in making eligibility determinations under the Food Stamp and School Lunch programs in Alaska to the same eligibility determinations in all states and the District of Columbia.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7085: America's Right-to- Eat Rescue Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7085/
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"H.R. 7085: America's Right-to- Eat Rescue Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7085/.
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H.R. 7085, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7085/.
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