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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…

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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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (Senate)
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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 May 2, 1988

Referred to Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Apr 19, 1988
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 413: 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.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SRES-413/
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"S. Res. 413: 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.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SRES-413/.
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S. Res. 413, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SRES-413/.
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[S. Res. 413: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SRES-413/)
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