Food Stamp Act of 1964
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Long title	An Act to strengthen the agricultural economy to help to achieve a fuller and more effective use of food abundances to provide for improved levels of nutrition among economically needy households through a cooperative Federal-State program of food assistance to be operated through normal channels of trade; and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	FSA
Enacted by	the 88th United States Congress
Effective	August 31, 1964
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–525
Statutes at Large	78 Stat. 703
Codification
Titles amended	7 U.S.C.: Agriculture
U.S.C. sections created	7 U.S.C. ch. 51 § 2011 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 10222 by Leonor Sullivan (D-MO) on March 9, 1964 Committee consideration by House Agriculture, Senate Agriculture and Forestry Passed the House on April 8, 1964 (229-189) Passed the Senate on June 30, 1964 (Passed) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on August 11, 1964 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 31, 1964

The Food Stamp Act (P.L. 88-525) provided permanent legislative authority to the Food Stamp Program, which had been administratively implemented on a pilot basis in 1962. On August 31, 1964 it was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.^[1] It was later replaced and completely rewritten and revised by the food stamp provisions of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-113, Title XIII; 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), which eliminated the purchase requirement and simplified eligibility requirements. Amendments were made to this Act in 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2002 (most recently by Title IV of the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 4101-4126).

As of 2005, the current Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) includes authority through FY2007 for the regular Food Stamp Program, for Nutrition Assistance Grants to Puerto Rico and American Samoa (in lieu of food stamps), for Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, and for commodity purchases for the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program.

Amendments

Date of Enactment	Public Law Number	U.S. Statute Citation	U.S. Legislative Bill	U.S. Presidential Administration
September 27, 1967	P.L. 90-91	81 Stat. 228	S. 953	Lyndon B. Johnson
October 8, 1968	P.L. 90-552	82 Stat. 958	S. 3068	Lyndon B. Johnson
January 11, 1971	P.L. 91-671	84 Stat. 2048	H.R. 18582	Richard M. Nixon
July 12, 1974	P.L. 93-347	88 Stat. 340	S. 3458	Richard M. Nixon
February 20, 1975	P.L. 94-4	89 Stat. 6	H.R. 1589	Gerald R. Ford
July 5, 1976	P.L. 94-339	90 Stat. 799	S. 2853	Gerald R. Ford
September 29, 1977	P.L. 95–113	91 Stat. 913	S. 275	Jimmy E. Carter

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Lyndon B. Johnson

36th President of the United States (1963–1969)
37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963)
U.S. Senator from Texas (1949–1961)
U.S. Representative for TX–10 (1937–1949)

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Foreign policy	Johnson Doctrine Dominican Republic occupation Vietnam War Gulf of Tonkin Resolution "Credibility gap" Glassboro Summit Outer Space Treaty Operation CHAOS
Domestic policy	Administrative Conference of the United States (1964) Cannabis policy Civil Rights Act of 1964 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Executive Order 11246 (1965) Flood Control Act of 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Child Nutrition Act 1966; School Breakfast Program Uniform Time Act (1966) White House Conference on Civil Rights (1966) Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 Executive Order 11375 (1967) Civil Rights Act of 1968 Gun Control Act of 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Economic policy	Revenue Act of 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Administration Coinage Act of 1965 Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 High-Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1965) Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (1966) Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (1966) National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (1966) Tax Adjustment Act of 1966 Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 U.S. Department of Transportation (1967) Wholesome Meat Act (1967) Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968 Truth in Lending Act Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 Ginnie Mae National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 National Flood Insurance Program Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968 Williams Act (1968)
Environmental policy	Wilderness Act (1964) Land and Water Conservation Fund (1965) Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act of 1965 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1965 Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 Clean Waters Restoration Act (1966) National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 Air Quality Act of 1967 National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (1968)
Great Society/ War on Poverty	Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 Community Action Agencies Head Start Job Corps Office of Economic Opportunity Food Stamp Act of 1964 Food Stamp Program AmeriCorps VISTA (1965) Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965) Higher Education Act of 1965 FAFSA Federal Family Education Loan Program Federal Work-Study Program Pell Grant Stafford Loan Student loans in the United States Teacher Corps TRIO Upward Bound National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 1965; National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities Older Americans Act (1965) Administration on Aging Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 Economic Development Administration Social Security Amendments of 1965 Medicare Medicaid Model Cities Program (1966) National Historic Preservation Act 1966; National Register of Historic Places National Historic Landmark State Historic Preservation Office Bilingual Education Act (1967) Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 Corporation for Public Broadcasting PBS NPR