Volume 82 · 958
Public Law 90–552
To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended.
Approved October 8, 1968
Statutory text
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 subsection (a) of section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 is amended (A) by deleting from the first sentence the phrase “not in excess of $225,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “not in excess of $315,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969; not in excess of $340,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970; not in excess of $170,000,000 for the six months ending December 31, 1970”; (B) by changing the word “year” at the end of such first sentence to “period”; and (C) by adding at the end of the subsection the following sentence: “On or before January 20 of each
Report to Congress.
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.”
Approved October 8, 1968.