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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.

  1990
  April 30: P.L. 101-277 Use and distribution of funds awarded the Seminole Indians in dockets 73, 151, and 73-A of the Indian Claims Commission
  Sept. 25: P.L. 101-392 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990
  Oct. 15: P.L. 101-426 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
  Nov. 3: P.L. 101-503 Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990
  Nov. 5: P.L. 101-508 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
  Nov. 16: P.L. 101-610 National and Community Service Act of 1990
  Nov. 28: P.L. 101-624 Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act
  Nov. 28: P.L. 101-625 Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act
  Nov. 28: P.L. 101-649
 		 Immigration Act of 1990
  1991
  April 6: P.L. 102-25 Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991
  Dec. 13: P.L. 102-237 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments of 1991
 
  1992
  March 26: PL_102-265 Technical Correction to Food Stamp Act of 1977 Relating to Income Exclusions
  July 23: P.L. 102-325 Higher Education Amendments of 1992
  Aug. 26: P.L. 102-351 Amendment of Food Stamp Act of 1977, regarding cost of the Thrifty Food Plan
  Nov. 3: P.L. 102-586 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Amendments
 
  1993
  April 1: P.L. 103-11  
  May 20: P.L. 103-31 National Voter Registration Act of 1993
  Aug. 10: P.L. 103-66 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993; Chapter 3, Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act
  Dec. 17: P.L. 103-205
 		  
  1994
  March 25: P.L. 103-225 Food Stamp Program Improvements Act of 1994
  Aug. 1: P.L. 103-286 To disregard certain payments made to victims of Nazi persecution in determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits or services based on need.
  Aug. 15: P.L. 103-296 Social Security Administrative Reform Act of 1994
  Oct. 13: P.L. 103-354
 		 Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994
 
  1995
  Dec. 21: P.L. 104-66
 		 Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995
  1996
  April 4: P.L. 104-127 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act
  Aug. 22: P.L. 104-193 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
  Sept. 30: P.L. 104-208
 		 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act
  1997
  June 12 P.L. 105-18 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia
  Aug. 5: P.L. 105-33 The Balanced Budget Act of 1997
  1998
  June 23: P.L. 105-185 Agriculture Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
  Nov. 10: P.L. 105-362 Federal Reports Elimination Act of 1998
  Nov. 12: P.L. 105-379 An Act to Amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to Require Food Stamp State Agencies to Take Certain Actions to Ensure that Food Stamp Coupons are not Issued for Deceased Individuals, and to Require the Secretary of Agriculture to Conduct a Study of Options for the Design, Development, Implementation, and Operation of a National Database to Track Participation in Federal Means-tested Public Assistance Programs.

Last modified: 11/21/2008