TITLE: Nutrition Title of the New Federal Farm Bill

CIS-NO: 2003-S161-5  
SOURCE: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 107-732  
DATE: July 19, 2001  
LENGTH: iv+152 p. il.  
CONG-SESS: 107-1  
ITEM-NO: 1032-C; 1032-D  
SUDOC: Y4.AG8/3:S.HRG.107-732  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29081-8.  
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L. 107-171

SUMMARY:
Hearing to examine issues concerning USDA food assistance programs, focusing on proposals to implement food stamp program reform.
 
Supplementary material (p. 51-152) includes witnesses' written statements and submitted statements.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Food assistance programs issues and revisions

DESCRIPTORS:  
    FOOD ASSISTANCE; DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS; NUTRITION

03-S161-5 TESTIMONY NO: 1     July 19, 2001 p. 9-32, 58-97
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   BOST, ERIC M. (Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, USDA)
   GREENSTEIN, ROBERT (Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
   HASKINS, RON (Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Background on and successes of food stamp program; recommendations regarding food stamp program reauthorization; issues related to food and nutrition component of 2002 farm bill, focusing on food stamp program; examination of trends in food stamp program participation, with recommendations for reauthorization (related graphs, p. 72-77 passim).
   Views on food stamp program issues related to implementation of welfare reforms under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; review of food stamp program strengths and program improvement challenges.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Food assistance programs issues and revisions
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
 
 
03-S161-5 TESTIMONY NO: 2     July 19, 2001 p. 33-50, 98-134
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   FORD, KAREN (Executive Director, Food Bank of Iowa)
   CONCANNON, KEVIN W. (Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services)
   DIEPPA, CELINE (food stamp program participant)
   LEAVITT, DEAN M. (Chairman and CEO, U.S. Wireless Data, Inc)
   FRANK, DEBORAH A. (Dr.) (Director, Growth and Development Program, Boston Medical Center; representing Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program)
   GARZA, CUTBERTO (Dr.) (Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Recommendations regarding food stamp program reauthorization; issues related to food stamp program changes under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act; examination of technological innovations to facilitate electronic transfer of food stamp credits.
   Need to expand food stamp program to meet nutritional needs of children in low-income families.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Food assistance programs issues and revisions
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   FOOD BANK OF IOWA; MAINE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; U.S. WIRELESS DATA, INC.; ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER SYSTEMS; POVERTY; PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; CHILDREN; FAMILIES

LOAD-DATE: June 5, 2003