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<PRE>        S.1777
                       One Hundred Third Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
  the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three


                                 An Act

  
 
  To extend the suspended implementation of certain requirements of the 
food stamp program on Indian reservations, to suspend certain 
eligibility requirements for the participation of retail food stores 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. REPORTING AND STAGGERED ISSUANCE FOR HOUSEHOLDS ON 
RESERVATIONS.
    Section 908(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
Amendments of 1991 (Public Law 102-237; 7 U.S.C. 2015 note and 7 U.S.C. 
2016 note) is amended by striking ``January 31, 1994'' both places it 
appears and inserting ``March 15, 1994''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN RETAIL FOOD STORES.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on March 15, 
1994, an establishment or house-to-house trade route that is otherwise 
authorized to accept and redeem coupons under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) on the date of enactment of this Act may not be 
disqualified from participation in the food stamp program solely because 
the establishment or trade route does not meet the definition of 
``retail food store'' under section 3(k)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
2012(k)(1)).







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                             Vice President of the United States and    
                                                President of the Senate.

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