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Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005

Introduced: October 18, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Oct 18, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11480-11481)
Oct 18, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11480)
Oct 18, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a food employment empowerment and development program of grants to eligible public agencies and private nonprofit institutions to encourage the use of community resources to combat hunger and the root causes of hunger by creating opportunity through food recovery and job training.

What's happening now October 18, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11480-11481)

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 18, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1885: Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1885/
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"S. 1885: Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1885/.
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