food stamp program

food stamp program For necessary expenses of the food stamp program pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, for the period July 1, 1975, through January 31, 1976, $3,453,000,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 ( 7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976 to make food stamps available to any household, to the extent that the entitlement otherwise available to such household is attributable to an individual who: (i) has reached his eighteenth birthday; (ii) is enrolled in an institution of higher education; and (iii) is properly claimed as a dependent child for Federal income tax purposes by a taxpayer who is not a member of an eligible household: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 15(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended. For “Food Stamp Program” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $1,039,117,000: Provided, That funds provided 89 STAT. 664herein shall remain available until expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: Provided further,That these funds may be made available prior to July 1, 1976, if required to meet program commitments as required by law under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: Provided further, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used during the period July 1, 1976 through September 30, 1976 to make food stamps available to any household, to the extent that the entitlement otherwise available to such household is attributable to an individual who: (i) has reached his eighteenth birthday; (ii) is enrolled in an institution of higher education; and (iii) is properly claimed as a dependent child for Federal income tax purposes by a taxpayer who is not a member of an eligible household: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.