[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 664 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 664

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding funding 
 for feeding assistance programs, especially those affecting children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2012

  Ms. Fudge (for herself, Ms. Moore, and Mr. McGovern) submitted the 
     following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding funding 
 for feeding assistance programs, especially those affecting children.

Whereas the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food 
        and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is the first line of 
        defense in the United States against hunger and food insecurity, 
        providing nutrition assistance for over 46,000,000 people, including 
        23,000,000 children in the United States;
Whereas 71 percent of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance 
        program, over $45,000,000,000 in 2010, are provided to families with 
        children, making the program the most important form of nutrition 
        assistance for children in the United States;
Whereas hunger and food insecurity in the United States are rising, with a 
        recent study by the Department of Agriculture finding that--

    (1) 48,800,000 people in the United States live in households that were 
food insecure in 2010;

    (2) the number of food insecure individuals increased by nearly 
12,600,000 between 2007 and 2010; and

    (3) since 2000, the number of individuals classified by Department of 
Agriculture as food insecure doubled;

Whereas the supplemental nutrition assistance program has provided emergency 
        food assistance in 2011 and already in 2012 to more than 2,000,000 
        individuals in more than \1/2\ of all States in response to severe 
        storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and hurricanes;
Whereas the supplemental nutrition assistance program operates efficiently and 
        effectively, with the error rate for the program at an all-time low;
Whereas reductions in funding for the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
        would constitute cuts in or loss of benefits to currently eligible 
        individuals and families and would not come out of fraud, waste, or 
        abuse; and
Whereas the supplemental nutrition assistance program offers a 1.79 multiplier 
        effect, meaning that for every dollar spent there is a $1.79 return on 
        investment: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
there should be no reduction in funding for feeding assistance 
programs, especially those affecting children.
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