SRES 413
100th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Food and Food Industry
Food relief
Public assistance programs
A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program has been an effective means of distributing surplus commodities to needy Americans and should continue so long as sufficient surplus commodities remain in Government storage.
Introduced: April 19, 1988
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3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 2, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations.
Apr 19, 1988
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 19, 1988
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
States that the Congress is committed to the continued distribution of surplus commodities through the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program for as long as the Secretary of Agriculture deems the supply of Government-owned surplus commodities to be sufficient for an effective national distribution program.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1