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Recognizing the important role Victory Gardens played in America's World War efforts and reaffirming their purpose as essential to strengthening food security, health education, and community morale…

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Recognizing the important role Victory Gardens played in America's World War efforts and reaffirming their purpose as essential to strengthening food security, health education, and community morale during the 2020 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis.

Introduced: April 22, 2020 Introduced by: Kaptur, Marcy Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Apr 22, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 22, 2020
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E379)
Apr 22, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution recognizes (1) the importance of the health consciousness, food security, and community morale that is spurred by planting of Victory Gardens; and (2) that the Department of Agriculture should collaborate with the House of Representatives to encourage citizens to plant Victory Gardens and to supply seeds, preserving materials, and manuals to help citizens grow and preserve crops from their Victory Gardens during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) crisis.

What's happening now April 22, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 16, 2020
Fortenberry, Jeff
· Apr 22, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 937: Recognizing the important role Victory Gardens played in America's World War efforts and reaffirming their purpose as essential to strengthening food security, health education, and community morale during the 2020 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-937/
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"H. Res. 937: Recognizing the important role Victory Gardens played in America's World War efforts and reaffirming their purpose as essential to strengthening food security, health education, and community morale during the 2020 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-937/.
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H. Res. 937, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-937/.
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[H. Res. 937: Recognizing the important role Victory Gardens played in America's World War efforts and reaffirming their purpose as essential to strengthening food security, health education, and community morale during the 2020 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-937/)
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