Date: August 1, 1984
Subject: Increase Welfare Eligibility
Description: Panetta (D-CA) amendment to the Coleman (R-MO) amendment, to authorize increases in the maximum car value used in the food stamp assets test to determine program eligibility. The Panetta amendment retained the existing maximum value of $4,500 for a car, but permitted that maximum to rise over three years at the same rate as the Consumer Price Index, up to $5,000. The Coleman amendment would have retained the $4,500 maximum in current law.
Result: Amendment Agreed to, 282-131
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