A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program has been an effective means of distributing surplus commodities to needy Americans and should continue so long as sufficient surplus commodities remain in Government storage.

Summary

States that the Congress is committed to the continued distribution of surplus commodities through the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program for as long as the Secretary of Agriculture deems the supply of Government-owned surplus commodities to be sufficient for an effective national distribution program.

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Timeline

1. 19 April 1988

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 April 1988

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 May 1988

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations.

   Source: Committee

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 19 April 1988

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
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