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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Legislative History

Click on each PL number to see a summary of the laws. Information concerning each public law is also located at the Library of Congress.

  1980
  May 26: P.L. 96-249 Amendments to the Food Stamp Act
  Oct. 10: P.L. 96-420
 
Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980
  1981
  Aug. 13: P.L. 97-35 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981
  Dec. 22: P.L. 97-98
 
Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Amendments of 1981
  1982
  Sept. 8: P.L. 97-253 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982
  Oct. 13: P.L. 97-300 Job Training Partnership Act
  Dec. 31: P.L. 97-403
 
 
  1983
  Jan. 3: P.L. 97-408  
  Jan. 12: P.L. 97-458  
  Aug. 2: P.L. 98-64 Per Capita Distribution Act
  Oct. 1: P.L. 98-107 Fiscal Year 1984 Continuing Appropriations
  Oct. 13: P.L. 98-123 Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Distribution and use of funds
  Oct. 13: P.L. 98-124 Assiniboine Tribes of Indians, Montana, Distribution and use of funds
  Dec. 2: P.L. 98-204
 
Puerto Rico, nutrition assistance program. Food Stamp Program
 
  1984
  July 18: P.L. 98-369 Deficit Reduction Act of 1984
  Oct. 12: P.L. 98-473 FY 1985 Continuing Appropriations
  Oct. 19: P.L. 98-500
 
Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement Act
  1985
  Aug. 15: P.L. 99-88 Fiscal Year 1985 Supplemental Appropriations
  Oct. 1: P.L. 99-114 To extend temporarily certain provisions of law
  Nov. 11: P.L. 99-146 Chippewa Indian Tribe of Lake Superior, distribution of judgment funds
  Nov. 15: P.L. 99-157 Dairy Price Support and Food Stamp Programs, temporary extension
  Dec. 12: P.L. 99-182 Dairy price support program and certain Food Stamp Program provisions extended
  Dec. 23: P.L. 99-198
 
Food Security Act of 1985
  1986
  March 20: P.L. 99-260 Food Security Improvements Act of 1986
  March 24: P.L. 99-264 White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 1985
  June 30: P.L. 99-346 Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Distribution of Judgment Funds Act
  Aug. 8: P.L. 99-377 Chippewas of the Mississippi, use and distribution of funds appropriated in satisfaction of judgments
  Sept. 30: P.L. 99-425 Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986
  Oct. 17: P.L. 99-498 Higher Education Amendments of 1986
  Oct. 18: P.L. 99-500 Continuing Resolution
  Oct. 21: P.L. 99-509 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986
  Oct. 27: P.L. 99-570 Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act
  Oct. 28: P.L. 99-576 Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health-Care Authorization Act of 1986
  Nov. 6: P.L. 99-603
 
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
  1987
  June 3: P.L. 100-50 Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 1987
  July 22: P.L. 100-77 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
  Nov. 29: P.L. 100-175 Older Americans Act Amendments of 1987
  Dec. 22: P.L. 100-203
 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
  1988
  Jan. 5: P.L. 100-232 Charitable Assistance and Food Bank Act of 1987
  Feb. 3: P.L. 100-241 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments of 1987
  Feb. 5: P.L. 100-242 Housing and Community Development Act of 1987
  Aug. 10: P.L. 100-383 Wartime Relocation of Citizens
  Aug. 11: P.L. 100-387 Disaster Assistance Act of 1988
  Sept. 19: P.L. 100-435 Hunger Prevention Act of 1988
  Oct. 11: P.L. 100-481 Technical Correction in the Family Independence Demonstration Project (FIP)
  Oct. 13: P.L. 100-485 Family Support Act
  Oct. 18: P.L. 100-503 Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
  Nov. 5: P.L. 100-619 Technical Correction to the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988
  Nov. 21: P.L. 100-707
 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
  1989
  June 21: P.L. 101-41 Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989
  July 19: P.L. 101-56 Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1989
  Dec. 6: P.L. 101-201 Agent Orange Compensation Exclusion Act
  Dec. 6: P.L. 101-202 Authorizing Food Stamp Portion of the Minnesota Family Investment Plan
  Dec. 12: P.L. 101-220 Temporary Exclusion of Certain Housing Assistance from Income for Purposes of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
  Dec. 19: P.L. 101-239 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989

Last modified: 11/21/2008