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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. 

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 

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; 


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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 sciencebased nutrition recommendations and serve as the cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), that Congress— 

3 (1) recognizes the valuable historic and contin4 ued contributions of the Food and Nutrition Service 

5 and the employees of the Food and Nutrition Service 

6 to the nutrition, health, and well-being of the people 

7 of the United States; 

8 (2) commends the partnership efforts of States, 

9 territories, local governments, Tribal organizations, 

10 school systems, nonprofit charitable organizations, 

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1 ganizations to end hunger and provide nutritious 

2 food to the people of the United States; 

3 (3) encourages continued efforts— 

4 (A) to educate the people of the United 

5 States on the importance of eating nutritiously; 

6 and 

7 (B) to provide nutrition assistance to all 

8 people of the United States when those people 

9 are in need; 

10 (4) recognizes that the Food and Nutrition 

11 Service uses the bounty of the farmers and ranchers 

12 of the United States to reduce food insecurity; and 

13 (5) recognizes and reaffirms the commitment of 

14 the United States to— 

15 (A) ending hunger in the United States; 

16 and 

17 (B) continuing to lead the world in ending 

18 hunger worldwide. 

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