HR 1344
110th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Food stamps
Minorities
Native Americans
School lunch program
Social Welfare
Surveys
To improve Federal nutrition programs.
Introduced: March 6, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 2007
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
Jun 5, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Mar 20, 2007
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Mar 20, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Mar 6, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E475)
Mar 6, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to obligate funds for the administrative costs of commodity distributions on Indian reservations.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an annual survey of foods purchased by school authorities with federal cash assistance.
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the transfer of funds in FY2007-FY2009 for the free lunch and breakfast eligibility program.
What's happening now
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.