HUNGER

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: establish a basic needs allowance for low-income regular members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (see H.R. 3801), H5998 [17JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary of Food and Nutrition Service (see S. Con. Res. 24), S5249 [31JY]

——— clarify and expand food donation by increasing liability protections, creating new ways to donate, and eliminating food waste (see S. 3141), S7208 [19DE]

——— eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches, require income guidelines for determining eligibility for free meals, and base such eligibility on a certain percentage of the poverty-level (see H.R. 5308), H9293 [5DE]

——— establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under National School Lunch Program (see S. 1941), S4169 [20JN] (see H.R. 3378), H5005 [20JN]

——— establish a pilot program for serving meals in community colleges (see H.R. 4065), H7466 [25JY]

——— establish a program for procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals under National School Lunch Program (see S. 1952), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 3492), H5167 [25JN]

——— expand eligibility of college students to participate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 2143), S4907 [17JY] (see H.R. 3809), H5999 [17JY]

——— give schools flexibility to receive, store, and distribute food donations from charitable organizations on campus (see H.R. 2706), H3788 [14MY]

——— improve access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 1470), H2314 [28FE]

——— improve Child and Adult Care Food Program (see S. 2501), S5577 [18SE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 1908), S3844 [19JN] (see H.R. 2818), H3924 [16MY]

——— make institutions of higher education eligible for assistance from Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (see H.R. 1723), H2716 [13MR]

——— provide alternative delivery options for Summer Food Service Program (see S. 1918), S4168 [20JN]

——— provide for participation of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 677), S1705 [6MR] (see H.R. 1576), H2504 [6MR]

——— strengthen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for families, adults looking for work, seniors, and the disabled (see H.R. 1368), H2233 [26FE]

——— treat attendance at an institution of higher education the same as work in determining Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 4297), H7704 [12SE]

Dept. of Education: collect data on food and housing insecurity on college campuses and connect eligible students with available resources to combat food insecurity (see S. 2110), S4821 [15JY] (see H.R. 3718), H5726 [11JY]

——— make information on nutrition assistance programs eligibility available to college students (see H.R. 3743), H5774 [12JY]

Food for Peace Act: recognize continued success and prioritization of funding (see H. Res. 742), H9294 [5DE]

Foreign aid: recognize importance of U.S. leadership to accelerate global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and support AID commitment to global nutrition through its multi-sectoral strategy (see S. Res. 260), S4456 [24JN]

——— recognize importance of U.S. leadership to accelerate global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and support commitment of AID to global nutrition through its multi-sectoral nutrition strategy (see H. Res. 189), H2584 [7MR]

Malnutrition Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 338), S5706 [25SE]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive (see H. Res. 322), H3270 [15AP]

Poverty: develop a national strategic plan to address complex factors and structures that contribute to poverty (see H. Res. 763), H10258 [12DE]

Simon, Arthur: tribute (see H. Res. 378), H3789 [14MY]

Taxation: provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 2291), H3256 [10AP]

U.N.: support sustainable development goals (see H. Res. 654), H8462 [24OC]

World Food Day: designate (see S. Res. 365), S5896 [17OC] (see H. Res. 632), H8198 [16OC]

Remarks in House

American Samoa: nutritional assistance programs funding, H658 [16JA], H3700 [10MY]

Basking Ridge, NJ: tribute to Ridge High School students, E1470 [19NO]

Begley, Carolann: No Kid Hungry (organization) Pennsylvania School Breakfast Hero honoree, H2836 [27MR]

Bristol, PA: tribute to Keystone Elementary School food drive, H10021 [11DE]

Collin County, TX: tribute to organizations working to end hunger and homelessness, E1475 [20NO]

Colorado School of Mines: Fighting Hunger at Mines (student group) recipient of Golden, CO, Mayor’s Gold Mine Award for Excellence, E1383 [31OC]

CommonFood Centre County (organization): tribute to food distribution event at Port Matilda Baptist Church, H8967 [19NO]

Congressional Children’s Caucus: establish, H1507 [11FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: importance of Emergency Food Assistance Program, H8967 [19NO]

——— proposed rule limiting broad-based categorical eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, H5918 [17JY], H7248, H7257 [24JY], H7390, H7444 [25JY]

——— Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H637 [16JA], H2649 [12MR], H4338 [5JN]

Dept. of Education: collect data on food and housing insecurity on college campuses and connect eligible students with available resources to combat food insecurity, H8961 [19NO]

Dept. of HHS: study incorporation of programs that address social and behavioral factors into traditional health care services funding, H4578, H4579 [12JN]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H5081 [25JN]

——— importance of food banks and food pantries in effort to combat food insecurity, H10031 [11DE]

——— tribute to U.S. agricultural producers and systems which ensure access to food supplies, H3742 [14MY]

Food for Peace Act: recognize continued success and prioritization of funding (H. Res. 742), E1547 [5DE]

Harvesters—The Community Food Network (organization): anniversary, E1245 [4OC]

Hunger Action Day: observance, E1149 [13SE]

Immigration: prohibit access by unauthorized immigrants to certain Federal aid benefits, H3668 [9MY]

Kalispell, MT: tribute to North West Montana Veterans Service Center, E1233 [1OC]

Lowcountry Food Bank Inc.: tribute, E1149 [13SE]

Meals on Wheels America (organization): anniversary of Jamestown, NY, chapter, E1353 [28OC]

National Hunger and Homelessness Week: observance, H9068 [20NO]

National Nutrition Month: observance, H2514 [7MR]

National School Lunch Week: observance, H8251 [18OC]

Northern Mariana Islands: emergency food assistance block grant funding, H658 [16JA]

Operation Refuge (organization): tribute, E1557 [9DE]

Orange County, CA: tribute to Orange County Health Care Agency California Special Supplemental Nutrition for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, E1445 [14NO]

Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes, Inc.: anniversary, E1187 [20SE]

Perkasie, PA: tribute to First Baptist Church of Perkasie Revivals community center and mobile unit, H5088 [25JN]

St. Paul, MN: anniversary of Keystone Community Services (organization), E1630 [19DE]

Toledo, OH: anniversary of Martin Luther King Kitchen for the Poor, E497 [29AP]

Trump, President: proposal to change the way poverty is measured to reduce eligibility for safety net programs, H4000–H4005 [20MY]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: recognize priority of safeguarding food security and ending hunger, and particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to impacts of climate change under Paris Agreement, H3392 [1MY]

Worcester County, MA: tribute to partnership between Worcester County Food Bank and Mount Wachusett Community College Food for Thought Campus Pantry, H5918 [17JY]

Remarks in Senate

Climate: effects of climate change on food security, S6432 [6NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary of Food and Nutrition Service (S. Con. Res. 24), S5275 [31JY]

——— conduct study on ways to improve access to Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations for the elderly and disabled, S6183 [28OC]

——— provide alternative delivery options for Summer Food Service Program (S. 1918), S4970 [22JY]

Meals on Wheels America (organization): tribute to Vermont chapter, S2431 [11AP]

Venezuela: express concern about political, economic, and humanitarian crisis, S5154–S5156 [30JY]

World Food Day: designate (S. Res. 365), S5905 [17OC]

Yemen: provide humanitarian assistance, S5285 [1AU]

Reports filed

Recognize Importance of U.S. Leadership To Accelerate Global Progress Against Maternal and Child Malnutrition and Support AID Commitment to Global Nutrition: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 260), S7155 [18DE]

Statements

Trump Administration Floating Changes to Poverty Measure That Would Reduce or Eliminate Assistance to Millions of Lower-Income Americans: Sharon Parrott, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H4005 [20MY]

Texts of

S. Con Res. 24, Dept. of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service anniversary, S5260 [31JY]

S. Res. 260, recognize importance of U.S. leadership to accelerate global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and support AID commitment to global nutrition through its multi-sectoral strategy, S4460 [24JN]

S. Res. 338, Malnutrition Awareness Week, S5710 [25SE]

S. Res. 365, World Food Day, S5903 [17OC]