HR 4010 · 94th Congress · Agriculture and Food
A bill to establish an Office of Food Administration for a temporary period in order to develop coordinated national policies on domestic and foreign food assistance programs.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subsequently: International Relations).(1975-02-27)
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Establishes an Office of Food Administration within the Executive Office of the President. Provides for the Office to be headed by an Administrator appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Administrator to: (1) ascertain annually the food requirements for domestic and foreign assistance programs, ascertain the availability of food to carry out such programs, and ascertain the means available for funding such programs; (2) recommend to the President the minimum level of assistance which should be made available to foreign countries under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954; (3) formulate and recommend to the President a national nutrition policy for the United States; (4) make periodic reports to the people of the United States and to the Congress on the progress of plans for solving the world hunger problem and on the status of nutrition in the United States; and (5) formulate and recommend to the President programs to improve the agricultural production of the United States and foreign countries and to achieve agricultural self-sufficiency in the developing nations, and recommend minimum funding levels for these programs. Pr…
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