[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 24]
[Senate]
[Page 32727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING EFFORTS TO PROVIDE GAME MEAT TO FEED THE HUNGRY

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 230, S. Res. 
374.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the 
resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 374) recognizing the cooperative 
     efforts of hunters, sportsmen's associations, meat 
     processors, hunger relief organizations, and State wildlife, 
     health, and food safety agencies to establish programs that 
     provide game meat to feed the hungry.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or 
debate, and that any statements relating to the resolution be printed 
in the Record.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 374) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 374

       Whereas almost every State has a program in which hunters 
     may donate game meat to feed the hungry;
       Whereas hunters, sportsmen's associations, meat processors, 
     community hunger organizations, and State wildlife, health, 
     and food safety agencies work together successfully to 
     operate such programs whereby hunters feed the hungry; and
       Whereas such programs have brought hundreds of thousands of 
     pounds of game meat to homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and 
     food banks: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes the cooperative efforts of hunters, 
     sportsmen's associations, meat processors, hunger relief 
     organizations, and State wildlife, health and food safety 
     agencies to establish programs that provide game meat to feed 
     the hungry across the United States; and
       (2) recognizes the contributions of such programs to 
     efforts to decrease hunger and feed individuals in need.

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