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89 STAT. 6

PUBLIC LAW 94-4—FEB. 20, 1975

Public Law 94-4 94th Congress An Act Feb. 20, 1975 [H.R. 1589]

Food stamp coupons. Cost increase, suspension. 7 USC 2016 note.

To suspend increases in the costs of coupons to food stamp recipients as a result of recent administrative actions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and H(yme of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembledy That, notwithstanding the provisions of section Y(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2016(b)), the charge imposed on any household for a coupon allotment under such Act after the date of enactment of this Act and prior to December 30, 1975, may not exceed the charge that would have been imposed on such household for such coupon allotment under rules and regulations promulgated under such Act and in effect on January 1, 1975. [Note by the Office of the Federal Register.—The foregoing Act, having been presented to the President of the United States on Friday, February 7, 1975, for his approval and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval on February 20, 1975.]

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-2 (Coram, on Agriculture). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): Feb. 4, considered and passed House. Feb. 5, considered and passed Senate, in lieu of S. 35. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 11, No. 7: Feb. 13, Presidential statement.