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H.R. 501 111th Congress House

America's Right-to-Eat Rescue Act of 2009

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: July 31, 2009 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food AlaskaElementary and secondary educationFood assistance and reliefPoverty and welfare assistance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 23, 2009
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Apr 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Jan 14, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jan 14, 2009
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.
Jan 14, 2009
Referred to House Agriculture
Jan 14, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 23, 2009

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

America's Right-to-Eat Rescue Act of 2009 - Applies the poverty line used in making eligibility determinations under the Food Stamp and School Lunch programs in Alaska, for a specified six-month period, to the same eligibility determinations in all states and the District of Columbia.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 31, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 501: America's Right-to-Eat Rescue Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-501/
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"H.R. 501: America's Right-to-Eat Rescue Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-501/.
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