[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4673]
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SA 3329. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Lankford) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr.
Roberts (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide
for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of
the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 43__. REPORT ON FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS REACHING
UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
The Secretary shall conduct a study on the challenges that
the food distribution program on Indian reservations
established under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)) and other food distribution
programs administered by the Secretary face in reaching
underserved populations, with an emphasis on the homebound
and the elderly, to better capture data on the population of
people unable to physically travel to a distribution location
for food.
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