A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to provide for improved and more extensive means of distributing food stamp informational materials, to improve the application procedure for food stamp applicants, and to provide special assistance in areas of high unemployment.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Requires retail and wholesale food concerns authorized to accept food stamps under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to offer informational materials and application forms to customers. Requires States: (1) to provide an opportunity to receive and file an application for participation in the food stamp program to any person on the same day of such person's first reasonable attemp to make an oral or written request for food stamp aid; and (2) to complete the certification of all eligible households and provide an authorization-to-purchase card not later than thirty days after such an initial attempt to request assistance. Provides that all eligible households in areas of substantial or persistant unemployment shall be immediately certified for food stamps upon request.…