IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 80 
Expressing the sense of the Congress on Hunger in our Communities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 
Ms. ADAMS (for herself, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New 
Mexico, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. NAD-
LER, and Mr. MCGOVERN) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture and Ways and Means, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress on Hunger in our 
Communities. 
Whereas, according to the United States Department of Agri-
culture, nationally 14 percent of households reported 
being food insecure, which equates to 1 in 7 households 
struggling to put safe and nutritious food on the table; 
Whereas, according to the United States Department of Agri-
culture, the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, West Vir-
ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Mon-
tana, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas 
have food insecurity rates over 16 percent; 
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Whereas, according to Feeding America, 21.4 percent of chil-
dren in the United States did not have sufficient access 
to food at some point during the previous year; 
Whereas many families simply do not have adequate re-
sources (from wages, Social Security and other retire-
ment benefits, income supports, the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program (SNAP), and the special supple-
mental nutrition program for women, infants, and chil-
dren (WIC)) to purchase enough food; 
Whereas income support programs such as Temporary Assist-
ance for Needy Families (TANF), Unemployment Insur-
ance, and Worker’s Compensation are inadequate and in-
creasingly difficult to apply for and maintain benefits; 
Whereas, while the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram (SNAP) is critical in providing nutrition assistance 
to both working and non-working households by 
supplementing wages, Social Security benefits, or other 
sources of income, SNAP benefits just are not enough for 
most families to make it through the month; 
Whereas 1 of the factors contributing to food hardship is an 
individual living too far away from a grocery store or an 
affordable healthy-food retail outlet; 
Whereas community based organizations such as food banks 
and other nonprofit organizations have to operate the 
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) after 
school and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) 
during the summer, even though they are serving the 
same kids, often at the same sites, thereby compelling 
community-based organizations to use a duplicative ad-
ministrative process to receive funding for both programs 
to serve the same group of children, increasing adminis-
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trative costs on organizations with already limited re-
sources; 
Whereas many low-income children struggle with hunger over 
the summer, but communities have limited ability to sup-
port them because of rigid program requirements that re-
quire kids to consume meals on-site; and 
Whereas food hardship rates are too high across the Nation: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That— 
(1) the Congress should increase support for 
programs that will strengthen wages and move the 
Nation toward full employment, including in under-
served areas; 
(2) Congressional funding for programs such as 
Unemployment Insurance, Temporary Assistance for 
Needy Families (TANF), refundable tax credits, and 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
(SNAP), should be increased; 
(3) the Congress should appropriate funds for 
the Department of Agriculture to operate and man-
age programs that are authorized as part of the 
Healthy Food Financing Initiative under Public Law 
113–79, the Agricultural Act of 2014; 
(4) the Congress should permit nonprofit orga-
nizations that serve children through the Child and 
Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food 
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Service Program to operate 1 program year-round, 
eliminating duplicative administrative processes and 
aligning inconsistent program requirements; and 
(5) the on-site requirement for after-school and 
summer meals programs should be waived to allow 
communities to develop more effective ways to serve 
children outside of the school day, including by ex-
panding current United States Department of Agri-
culture programs such as the Summer Electronic 
Benefits Transfer for Children demonstration. 
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