APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 16. (a) To carry out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not in excess of $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965; not in excess of $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966; and not in excess of $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; not in excess of $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968; not in excess of $315,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969; not in excess of $610,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970; not in excess of $1,750,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; and for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1972 through June 30, 1977 35 such sums as the Congress may appropriate; and not in excess of such sum as may hereafter be authorized by Congress for any subsequent fiscal period. Sums appropriated under the provisions of this Act shall notwithstanding the provisions of any other law continue to remain available until expended.36 Such portion of any such appropriation as may be required to pay for the value of the coupon allotments issued to eligible households which is in excess of the charges paid by such households for such allotments shall be transferred to and made a part of the separate account created under section 7(d) of this Act. This Act shall be carried out only with funds appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury for that specific purpose and in no event shall it be carried out with funds derived from permanent appropriations.37 On or before January 20 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report setting forth operations under this Act during the preceding calendar year and projecting needs for the ensuing calendar year.38 (b) In any fiscal year, the Secretary shall limit the value of those coupons issued which is in excess of the value of coupons for which households are charged, to an amount which is not in excess of the portion of the appropriation for such fiscal year which is transferred to the separate account under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. If in any fiscal year the Secretary finds that the requirements of participating States will exceed the limitation set forth herein, the Secretary shall direct State agencies to reduce the amount of such coupons to be issued to participating households to the extent necessary to comply with the provisions of this subsection. (c) If the Secretary determines that any of the funds in the separate account created under section 7 (d) of this Act are no longer required to carry out the provisions of this Act, such portions of such funds shall be paid into the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. (d) Amounts expended under the authority of this Act shall not be considered amounts expended for the purpose of carrying out the agricultural price-support program and appropriations for the purposes of this Act shall be considered, for the purpose of budget presentations, to relate to the functions of the Government concerned with welfare. (7 U.S.C. 2025.) "The first sentence of subsection (a) was amended by Pub. L. 90-91, 81 Stat. 228, approved September 27, 1967. It was further amended by Pub. L. 90-552, 82 Stat. 958, approved October 8, 1958; by Pub. L. 91–116, 83 Stat. 191, approved November 13, 1969; Pub. L. 91-671, 84 Stat. 2052, approved January 11, 1971 and finally by Pub. L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 248, approved August 10, 1973. *The second sentence wgs added by Pub. L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 248, approved August 10, 1973. The fourth sentence of subsection (a) was added by Pub. L. 90-91, 81 Stat. 228, approved September 27, 1967. "The fifth sentence of subsection (a) was added by Pub. L. 90-552, 82 Stat. 9958, approved October 8,158. SEC. 17. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, members of eligible households living in the State of Alaska shall be permitted, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to purchase hunting and fishing equipment for the purpose of procuring food for the household except firearms, ammunition, and other explosives, with coupons issued under this Act if the Secretary determines that (1) such households are located in an area of the State which makes it extremely difficult for members of such households to reach retail food stores, and (2) such households depend to a substantial extent on hunting and fishing for subsistence purposes.39 [Public Law 93-233; 93rd Congress, H.R. 11333, Dec. 31, 1973] AN ACT To provide a 7-percent increase in social security benefits beginning with March 1974 and an additional 4-percent increase beginning with June 1974, to provide increases in supplemental security income benefits, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ELIGIBILITY OF SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME RECIPIENTS FOR FOOD STAMPS SEC. 8. (a) (1) Section 3 (e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 is amended effective only for the 6-month period beginning January 1, 1974 to read as it did before amendment by Public Law 92-603 and Public Law 93-86, but with the addition of the following new sentence at the end thereof: "For the 6-month period beginning January 1, 1974 no individual, who receives supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act, State supplementary payments described in section 1616 of such Act, or payments of the type referred to in section 212 (a) of Public Law 93-66, shall be considered to be a member of a household or an elderly person for purposes of this Act for any month during such period, if, for such month, such individual resides in a State which provides State supplementary payments (A) of the type described in section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act, and (B) the level of which has been found by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps.". (2) Section 3(b) of Public Law 93-86 shall not be effective for the 6-month period beginning January 1, 1974. (b) (1) Section 4(c) of Public Law 93-86 shall not be effective for the 6-month period beginning January 1, 1974. (2) The last sentence of section 416 of the Act of October 31, 1949 (as added by section 411 (g) of Public Law 92-603) shall not be effective for the 6-month period beginning January 1, 1974. (3) For the 6-month period beginning January 1, 1974, no individual, who receives supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act, State supplementary payments described in section 1616 of such Act, or payments of the type referred A new Section 17 was added by Pub. L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 248, approved August 10, 1973. to in section 212 (a) of Public Law 93-66, shall be considered to be a member of a household for any purpose of the food distribution program for families under section 32 of Public Law 74-320, section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, or any other law, for any month during such period, if, for such month, such individual resides in a State which provides State supplementary payments (A) of the type described in section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act, and (B) the level of which has been found by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps. (c) For purposes of the last sentence of section 3 (e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) and subsections (b) (3) and (f) of this section, the level of State supplementary payment under section 1616 (a) shall be found by the Secretary to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps (1) only if, prior to October 1, 1973, the State has entered into an agreement with the Secretary or taken other positive steps which demonstrate its intention to provide supplementary payments under section 1616(a) at a level which is at least equal to the maximum level which can be determined under section 401(b) (1) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 and which is such that the limitation on State fiscal liability under section 401 does result in a reduction in the amount which would otherwise be payable to the Secretary by the State, and (2) only with respect to such months as the State may, at its option, elect. (d) Section 401 (b)(1) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 is amended by striking out every thing after the word "exceed" and inserting in lieu thereof: "a payment level modification (as defined in paragraph (2) of this subsection) with respect to such plans." (e) The amendment made by subsection (d) shall be effective only for the 6-month period beginning January 1, 1974, except that such amendment shall not during such period, be effective in any State which provides supplementary payments of the type described in section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act the level of which has been found by the Secretary to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps. Approved December 31, 1973. Legislative history: House Report No. 93-617 (Comm. on Ways and Means). Nov 13-15, considered and passed House. Dec. 20, 21, considered and passed Senate, amended. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Vol. 10, No. 1 (1974): Jan. 3, [Public Law 93-335; 93rd Congress, H.R. 15124, July 8, 1974] AN ACT To amend Public Law 93-233 to extend for an additional twelve months (until July 1, 1975) the eligibility of supplemental security income recipients for food stamps Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 8(a)(1) of Public Law 93-233 is amended by striking out "6-month period", where it appears in the matter preceding the colon and in the new sentence added by such section, and inserting in lieu thereof in each instance "18-month period". (b) Subsections (a)(2), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), and (e) of section 8 of such public law are each amended by striking out "6-month period" and inserting in lieu thereof "18-month period". (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effective as of July 1, 1974. SEC. 2. (a) Section 212(a) (3) (B) (i) of Public Law 93-66 is amended by striking out "and" after "June 1973," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "together with the bonus value of food stamps for January 1972, as defined in section 401 (b) (3) of Public Law 92-603, if, for such month, such individual resides in a State which provides State supplementary payments (I) of the type described in section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act, and (II) the level of which has been found by the Secretary pursuant to section 8 of Public Law 93-233 to have been specifically increased so as to include the bonus value of food stamps, and". (b) (1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect. on January 1, 1974. (2) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to prescribe regulations for the adjustment of an individual's monthly supplemental security income payment in accordance with any increase to which such individual may be entitled under the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section: Provided, That such adjustment in monthly payment, together with the remittance of any prior unpaid increments to which such individual may be entitled under such amendment, shall be made no later than the first day of the first month beginning more than sixty days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved July 8, 1974. Legislative history: House Report No. 93-1081 (Comm. on Ways and Means). Congressional Record, Vol. 120 (1974): June 18, considered and passed House. June 20, considered and passed Senate. [Public Law 93-347; 93rd Congress, S. 3458, July 12, 1974] AN ACT To continue domestic food assistance programs, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 (a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, as amended (87 Stat. 221, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 612c note), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall until July 1, 1975, (i) use funds available under provisions of section 32 of Public Law 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), and not otherwise expended or necessary for such purposes to purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, agricultural commodities and their products of the types customarily purchased under section 32 (which may include seafood commodities and their products) to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to distribution to needy families pending the transition to the food stamp program, institutions, supplemental feeding programs wherever located, disaster relief, summer camps for children, and the family commodity distribution program on Indian reservations not requesting a food stamp program, and (ii) if stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and their products of the types customarily available under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to meet such requirements. "(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, during each of the two fiscal years beginning July 1, 1975, and ending June 30, 1977, purchase agricultural commodities and otherwise carry out the provisions of this subsection with funds. appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. Authority provided in this paragraph shall be carried out only with such funds as are appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury for that specific purpose, and in no event shall it be carried out with funds derived from permanent appropriations. "(3) Nothing in this subsection shall supersede the requirements of section 10(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, except as to Indian reservations." SEC. 2. Section 15 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, is amended by changing subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows: "(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each State shall be responsible for financing, from funds available to the State or political subdivision thereof, the costs of carrying out the administrative responsibilities assigned to it under the provisions of this Act. "(b) The Secretary is authorized to pay to each State agency an amount equal to 50 per centum of all administrative costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1) the certification of households; (2) the acceptance, storage, and protection of coupons after their delivery to receiving points within the States; (3) the issuance of such coupons to eligible households; (4) the outreach and fair hearing requirements of section 10 of this Act; and (5) the control and accounting of coupons: Provided, That each State shall, from time to time at the request of the Secretary, report to the Secretary on the effectiveness of its administration of the program and no such payment shall be made to any State unless the Secretary is satisfied pursuant to regulations which he shall issue that an adequate number of qualified personnel are employed by the State in the program to administer the program efficiently and effectively.". SEC. 3. Section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (80 Stat. 885, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1771-1786), is amended as follows: (a) The first sentence is amended by striking ", not to exceed $120,000,000," and inserting in lieu thereof "such sums as may be necessary". (b) Section 3 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for subsequent fiscal years, the minimum rate of reimbursement for a half-pint of milk served in schools and other eligible institutions shall not be less than 5 cents per half-pint served to eligible children, and such |