SRES 227
109th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Agriculture and Food
Developing countries
Diplomacy
Food relief
Hunger
International relief
Poverty
A resolution pledging continued support for international hunger relief efforts and expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Government should use resources and diplomatic leverage to secure food aid for countries that are in need of further assistance to prevent acute and chronic hunger.
Introduced: July 29, 2005
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Became law
Jul 29, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9538-9539)
Jul 29, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Encourages expanded efforts to alleviate hunger in developing countries, and pledges to support international hunger relief efforts.
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should use financial and diplomatic resources to work with other donors to ensure that food aid programs receive all necessary funding and supplies; and (2) food aid should be provided in conjunction with measures to alleviate hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9538-9539)
Committees of jurisdiction
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