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 PUBLIC LAW 91-671-JAN. 11, 1971

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[84 STAT.

Public Law 91-671 January 11, 1971 [H. R. 18582]

Food Stamp Act of 1964, amendments, 78 Stat. 7 0 3. 7 USC 2011.

Definitions. 7 USC 2012. "Household."

Post,

p. 2051.

"State.'

'Elderly per-

AN ACT To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. I t is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress, in order to promote the general welfare, that the Nation's abundance of food should be utilized cooperatively by the States, the Federal Government, local governmental units, and other agencies to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nations population and raise levels of nutrition among low-income households. The Congress hereby finds that the limited food purchasing power of low-income households contributes to hunger and malnutrition among members of such households. The Congress further finds that increased utilization of food in establishing and maintaining adequate national levels of nutrition will promote the distribution in a beneficial manner of our agricultural abundances and will strengthen our agricultural economy, as well as result in more orderly marketing and distribution of food. To alleviate such hunger and malnutrition, a food stamp program is herein authorized which will permit low-income households to purchase a nutritionally adequate diet through normal channels of trade." SEC. 2. (a) Section 3(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(e) The term 'household' shall mean a group of related individuals (including legally adopted children and legally assigned foster children) or non-related individuals over age 60 who are not residents of an institution or boarding house, but are living as one economic unit sharing common cooking facilities and for whom food is customarily purchased in common. The term 'household' shall also mean (1) a single individual living alone who has cooking facilities and who purchases and prepares food for home consumption, or (2) an elderly person who meets the requirements of section 10(h) of this Act." (b) Add the following sentence at the end of subsection 3(f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: " I t shall also mean a political subdivision or a private nonprofit organization that meets the requirements of section 10(h) of this Act." (c) Subsection (j) of section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(j) The term 'State' means the fifty States and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.". (d) Add the following new subsection at the end of section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: "(1) The term 'elderly person' shall mean a person sixty years of age or over who is not a resident of an institution or boarding house, and who is living alone, or with spouse, whether or not he has cooking facilities in his home."

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