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Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007

Introduced: May 24, 2007 See on congress.gov
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May 24, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
May 24, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6896-6897)
May 24, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 with respect to: (1) inflation adjustments for standard deductions and for household resources; (2) retirement account and education account exclusions; (3) eligibility for unemployed adults; (4) dependent care deduction cap elimination; (5) legal immigrant eligibility; and (6) extension of commodity availability for the emergency food assistance program.

What's happening now May 24, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jun 6, 2007
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jun 5, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1529: Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1529/
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"S. 1529: Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1529/.
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