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S. 3597 · 110th Congress

A bill to provide that funds allocated for community food projects for fiscal year 2008 shall remain…

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A bill to provide that funds allocated for community food projects for fiscal year 2008 shall remain available until September 30, 2009.

Law · 110-380 · Oct 8, 2008
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  1. Senate Introduced Sep 25, 2008
  2. Senate Passed Sep 25, 2008
  3. House Passed Sep 27, 2008
  4. President To the President Sep 30, 2008
  5. President Signed Oct 8, 2008
  6. Law Oct 8, 2008

Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to replace "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008" with "Food Stamp Act of 1977" in a provision reauthorizing grant funds to assist eligible private nonprofit entities to establish and carry out community food projects.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Oct 8, 2008

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to replace "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008" with "Food Stamp Act of 1977" in a provision reauthorizing grant funds to assist eligible private nonprofit entities to establish and carry out community food projects.

Makes such grant funds for FY2008 available until September 30, 2009, to fund proposals solicited in FY2008.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to provide that funds allocated for community food projects for fiscal year 2008 shall remain available until September 30, 2009.

Latest action (Oct 8, 2008): Became Public Law No: 110-380.

Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 25, 2008

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Sep 25, 2008
  2. Senate Passed Sep 25, 2008
  3. House Passed Sep 27, 2008
  4. President To the President Sep 30, 2008
  5. President Signed Oct 8, 2008
  6. Law Oct 8, 2008

No recorded floor vote found.