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S 2805 111th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Food assistance and relief

A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the amount made available to purchase commodities for the emergency food assistance program in fiscal year 2010.

Introduced: November 19, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Nov 19, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Nov 19, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11605)
Nov 19, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11604-11605)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2009 to increase the FY2010 amount for emergency food assistance program commodity purchases.

What's happening now November 19, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11605)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Mar 15, 2010
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 2, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2805: A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the amount made available to purchase commodities for the emergency food assistance program in fiscal year 2010.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2805/
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"S. 2805: A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the amount made available to purchase commodities for the emergency food assistance program in fiscal year 2010.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2805/.
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S. 2805, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2805/.
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