To provide for food stamp eligibility for aliens who were receiving supplemental security income benefits on August 22, 1996, or aliens who are eligible for supplemental security income benefits.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

41 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 38 Democrats

2 of 41 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Howard Berman (D-CA), George Brown (D-CA), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Barbara Kennelly (D-CT), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Patsy Mink (D-HI), John Olver (D-MA) and 11 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carrie Meek.

• H.R. 4052 (105th) To establish designations for United States Postal Service buildings located in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka, Carol City, and Miami, Florida.
• H.R. 1111 (105th) Lupus Research and Care Amendments of 1997
• H.R. 3033 (105th) Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997
• H.R. 776 (105th) Decennial Census Improvement Act of 1997
• H.R. 663 (105th) Legal Immigrants' Fairness Act of 1997
• H.R. 662 (105th) Naturalization of Older Persons Act of 1997

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-17 district