S 1529
110th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
College costs
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education savings accounts
Food relief
Food stamps
Higher education
Immigrants
Immigration
Income
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Unemployment
Welfare eligibility
Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007
Introduced: May 24, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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