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Code · U.S. Code · Title 7 - AGRICULTURE · CHAPTER 51— SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM · § 2011

§ 2011. Congressional declaration of policy

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It is declared to be the policy of Congress, in order to promote the general welfare, to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation’s population by raising levels of nutrition among low-income households. Congress finds that the limited food purchasing power of low-income households contributes to hunger and malnutrition among members of such households. Congress further finds that increased utilization of food in establishing and maintaining adequate national levels of nutrition will promote the distribution in a beneficial manner of the Nation’s agricultural abundance and will strengthen the Nation’s agricultural economy, as well as result in more orderly marketing and distribution of foods.
To alleviate such hunger and malnutrition, a supplemental nutrition assistance program is herein authorized which will permit low-income households to obtain a more nutritious diet through normal channels of trade by increasing food purchasing power for all eligible households who apply for participation.
That program includes as a purpose to assist low-income adults in obtaining employment and increasing their earnings. Such employment and earnings, along with program benefits, will permit low-income households to obtain a more nutritious diet through normal channels of trade by increasing food purchasing power for all eligible households who apply for participation.
(Pub. L. 88–525, § 2, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 703; Pub. L. 91–671, § 1, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2048; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIII, § 1301, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 958; Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4001(b), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1092; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title IV, § 4001(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1853; Pub. L. 118–5, div. C, title II, § 313, June 3, 2023, 137 Stat. 38.)
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  • Pub. L. 88–525, § 2
  • 78 Stat. 703
  • Pub. L. 91–671, § 1
  • 84 Stat. 2048
  • Pub. L. 95–113, title XIII, § 1301
  • 91 Stat. 958
  • Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4001(b)
  • 122 Stat. 1092
  • Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)
  • 122 Stat. 1664
  • 137 Stat. 38
  • Pub. L. 110–234
  • Pub. L. 110–246
  • section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246
  • Pub. L. 110–246, § 4001(b)
  • Pub. L. 95–113
  • Pub. L. 91–671
  • section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246
  • section 4001(b) of Pub. L. 110–246
  • section 4407 of Pub. L. 110–246
  • Pub. L. 107–171, title IV, § 4001
  • 116 Stat. 305
  • Pub. L. 106–171, § 1
  • 114 Stat. 3
  • Pub. L. 103–225, § 1
  • 108 Stat. 106
  • Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13901(a)
  • 107 Stat. 672
  • Pub. L. 103–66
  • Pub. L. 101–624, title XVII, § 1701
  • 104 Stat. 3783
  • Pub. L. 100–435, § 1(a)
  • 102 Stat. 1645
  • Pub. L. 100–232, § 1
  • 101 Stat. 1566
  • Pub. L. 99–570, title XI, § 11001
  • 100 Stat. 3207–167
  • Pub. L. 97–253, title I, § 140
  • 96 Stat. 772
  • Pub. L. 97–253
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