Title: Recognizing the important role of chefs in responding to natural disasters.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Recognizes: (1) the leadership of Chef Jose Andres in founding World Central Kitchen and providing meals in multiple disaster zones, and (2) the volunteer chefs who have contributed to disaster relief efforts.
Encourages U.S. agencies involved in disaster response to incorporate World Central Kitchen best practices.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1080 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1080

   Recognizing the important role of chefs in responding to natural 
                               disasters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2018

    Mrs. Torres (for herself and Mr. Weber of Texas) submitted the 
     following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Foreign Affairs, 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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Recognizing the important role of chefs in responding to natural 
                               disasters.

Whereas, on January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, taking 
        the lives of approximately 250,000 people and displacing at least 
        1,500,000 people;
Whereas following a trip to postearthquake Haiti, Chef Jose Andres founded World 
        Central Kitchen, a group of chefs committed to developing creative 
        solutions to hunger and poverty;
Whereas World Central Kitchen has provided fresh, nutritious meals from locally 
        sourced ingredients in disaster zones in the United States and 
        internationally;
Whereas World Central Kitchen, through local partners including Bryan Caswell's 
        Reef Restaurant, the Texas Children's Hospital, and the George R. Brown 
        Convention Center, provided over 20,000 meals to victims of Hurricane 
        Harvey in Houston, Texas;
Whereas World Central Kitchen and the #ChefsForPuertoRico volunteer network have 
        provided more than 3.6 million meals to individuals impacted by 
        Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico;
Whereas World Central Kitchen and the #ChefsForCalifornia volunteer network have 
        provided more than 50,000 meals to individuals impacted by the 2018 
        California wildfires, and 50,000 meals to individuals impacted by the 
        2017 California wildfires;
Whereas World Central Kitchen and the #ChefsForGuatemala volunteer network have 
        provided more than 300,000 meals to victims of the Fuego Volcano 
        eruption; and
Whereas World Central Kitchen has provided more than 80,000 meals to victims of 
        Hurricane Florence in North Carolina and South Carolina: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the leadership of Chef Jose Andres in 
        founding World Central Kitchen and providing nutritious, fresh 
        meals in multiple disaster zones;
            (2) applauds the selfless and heroic efforts of the many 
        volunteer chefs who have contributed to disaster relief 
        efforts; and
            (3) encourages the United States Agency for International 
        Development, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other 
        United States agencies involved in disaster responses to 
        incorporate best practices from World Central Kitchen and its 
        volunteer networks of chefs and to increase the availability of 
        fresh and nutritious food in the context of disaster response.
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