A resolution designating Thursday, November 21, 2013, as "Feed America Day".

Bill: 113-sres-306
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2013-11-20
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Charitable contributions

Commemorative events and holidays

Food assistance and relief

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8410; text as passed Senate: CR S8369)

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-11-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Designates November 21, 2013, as Feed America Day.</p> <p> Encourages the people of the United States to sacrifice two meals on Thursday, November 21, 2013, and to donate the money that would have been spent on that food to the religious or charitable organization of their choice for the purpose of feeding the hungry.</p>

action_date: 2013-11-20
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Designates November 21, 2013, as Feed America Day.</p> <p> Encourages the people of the United States to sacrifice two meals on Thursday, November 21, 2013, and to donate the money that would have been spent on that food to the religious or charitable organization of their choice for the purpose of feeding the hungry.</p>

tv_txt: III 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 306 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 20, 2013 Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Rubio , Mr. Begich , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Casey , Mr. Cochran , Mr. Lee , and Mr. Leahy ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating Thursday, November 21, 2013, as Feed America Day .

Whereas Thanksgiving Day celebrates the spirit of selfless giving and an appreciation for family and friends; Whereas the spirit of Thanksgiving Day is a virtue upon which the United States was founded; Whereas according to the Department of Agriculture, approximately 50,000,000 people in the United States, including 16,700,000 children, continue to live in households that do not have an adequate supply of food; and Whereas selfless sacrifice breeds a genuine spirit of thanksgiving, both affirming and restoring fundamental principles in our society: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) designates Thursday, November 21, 2013, as Feed America Day ; and (2) encourages the people of the United States to sacrifice 2 meals on Thursday, November 21, 2013, and to donate the money that would have been spent on that food to the religious or charitable organization of their choice for the purpose of feeding the hungry.