Date: May 24, 1977
Subject: Food Stamp Payments
Description: Curtis (R-NE) amendment to retain the requirement in existing law that recipients pay for a portion of their food stamps. Elimination of this purchase requirement would free a portion of recipients' income to be spent on non-food items, resulting in reduced nutrition and endangering farm income.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 31-64
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