[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 24 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 24

 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Food and Nutrition Service of 
                     the Department of Agriculture.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2019

  Mr. Roberts (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted the following 
       concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Food and Nutrition Service of 
                     the Department of Agriculture.

Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service was founded on August 8, 1969, and has 
        worked in a public-private partnership to reduce food insecurity and 
        promote nutritious diets among the people of the United States;
Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service partners with State and local 
        governments, Tribal organizations, school systems, nonprofit 
        organizations, private sector companies, and faith-based organizations--

    (1) to address hunger, poverty, and nutrition; and

    (2) to provide support to over 36,000,000 people in the United States 
who live in households that face hunger on a daily basis;

Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service administers 15 nutrition assistance 
        programs that leverage the agricultural abundance of the United States 
        to ensure that children, seniors, and low-income individuals and 
        families have access to nutritious food;
Whereas the programs of the Food and Nutrition Service reach 1 in 4 people in 
        the United States each year;
Whereas it is the mission of Food and Nutrition Service to increase food 
        security and reduce hunger while maintaining the integrity and 
        efficiency of programs that provide nutrition assistance to the people 
        of the United States when those people are in need; and
Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service co-develops the Dietary Guidelines for 
        Americans, which provide science-based nutrition recommendations and 
        serve as the cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
that Congress--
            (1) recognizes the valuable historic and continued 
        contributions of the Food and Nutrition Service and the 
        employees of the Food and Nutrition Service to the nutrition, 
        health, and well-being of the people of the United States;
            (2) commends the partnership efforts of States, 
        territories, local governments, Tribal organizations, school 
        systems, nonprofit charitable organizations, private sector 
        companies, and community-based organizations to end hunger and 
        provide nutritious food to the people of the United States;
            (3) encourages continued efforts--
                    (A) to educate the people of the United States on 
                the importance of eating nutritiously; and
                    (B) to provide nutrition assistance to all people 
                of the United States when those people are in need;
            (4) recognizes that the Food and Nutrition Service uses the 
        bounty of the farmers and ranchers of the United States to 
        reduce food insecurity; and
            (5) recognizes and reaffirms the commitment of the United 
        States to--
                    (A) ending hunger in the United States; and
                    (B) continuing to lead the world in ending hunger 
                worldwide.
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