HR 5219 · 103th Congress · Agriculture and Food

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.

Introduced 1994-10-06· Sponsored by Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8]· House

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.(1994-10-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit food stamp program participants to use food stamps to buy vitamin and mineral nutritional supplements.…

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Cosponsors (2)

2 Democrats
Rep. Clayton, Eva M. [D-NC-1]NC
Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]NJ