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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1751 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1751

To amend the National Wool Act of 1954 to provide that the reduction in 
 the support price for wool and mohair and the elimination of the wool 
 and mohair programs do not apply to households who are participating, 
  or are eligible to participate, in the food stamp program, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 20 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the National Wool Act of 1954 to provide that the reduction in 
 the support price for wool and mohair and the elimination of the wool 
 and mohair programs do not apply to households who are participating, 
  or are eligible to participate, in the food stamp program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF FOOD STAMP HOUSEHOLDS FROM REDUCTION OR 
              ELIMINATION OF WOOL AND MOHAIR PROGRAMS.

    (a) Support Price for Wool and Mohair.--Section 703 of the National 
Wool Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1782) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``through December 31, 
        1995.'' and inserting ``through--
            ``(1) December 31, 1995; or
            ``(2) in the case of a household that is participating, or 
        is eligible to participate, in the food stamp program 
        established under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
        seq.) (referred to in this Act as a `food stamp household'), 
        December 31, 1997.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ``1995'' 
                the following: ``(or, in the case of a food stamp 
                household, December 31, 1997)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``No'' and 
                inserting ``In the case of producers of wool and mohair 
                other than food stamp households, no''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4)(A), by inserting after 
                ``1995'' the following: ``(or, in the case of a food 
                stamp household, December 31, 1997)''.
    (b) Reduction in Payments.--The second sentence of section 704(a) 
of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1783(a)) is amended by inserting after ``In the 
case of'' the following: ``wool and mohair marketed by producers, other 
than food stamp households, for''.
    (c) Elimination of Wool and Mohair Programs.--Section 3 of Public 
Law 103-130 (7 U.S.C. 1781 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``(c) Prohibition.--
        Effective'' and inserting ``In the case of a producer other 
        than a household that is participating, or is eligible to 
        participate, in the food stamp program established under the 
        Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), effective''.

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