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H.R.1700
Title: To establish an international food for education and infant and child nutrition program to be carried out under section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949.
Sponsor: Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] (introduced 5/3/2001)      Cosponsors: 115
Latest Major Action: 5/14/2001 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
5/3/2001:
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
5/3/2001:
Referred to House Agriculture
5/14/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs.
5/14/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
5/3/2001:
Referred to House International Relations
6/21/2002:
Introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3816-3818)
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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COSPONSORS(115), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 7/17/2001 [ME-1] Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 9/6/2001 [NJ-1]
Rep Baird, Brian - 1/29/2002 [WA-3] Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 5/3/2001 [WI-2]
Rep Barrett, Thomas M. - 5/3/2001 [WI-5] Rep Bereuter, Doug - 5/23/2001 [NE-1]
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. - 9/6/2001 [GA-2] Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 7/17/2001 [IL-5]
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 5/3/2001 [IA-3] Rep Boucher, Rick - 9/21/2001 [VA-9]
Rep Brady, Robert - 7/19/2001 [PA-1] Rep Brown, Corrine - 7/17/2001 [FL-3]
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 6/12/2001 [OH-13] Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 6/12/2001 [MA-8]
Rep Carson, Brad - 6/7/2001 [OK-2] Rep Carson, Julia - 5/16/2001 [IN-10]
Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 5/3/2001 [NC-1] Rep Clement, Bob - 10/10/2001 [TN-5]
Rep Cooksey, John - 7/25/2001 [LA-5] Rep Costello, Jerry F. - 7/17/2001 [IL-12]
Rep Coyne, William J. - 6/5/2001 [PA-14] Rep Crowley, Joseph - 9/6/2001 [NY-7]
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 6/12/2001 [MD-7] Rep Davis, Susan A. - 9/10/2001 [CA-49]
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 5/25/2001 [MA-10] Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 6/12/2001 [CT-3]
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 7/27/2001 [PA-18] Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 5/3/2001 [MO-8]
Rep English, Phil - 6/7/2001 [PA-21] Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 6/7/2001 [CA-14]
Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. - 9/6/2001 [AS] Rep Fattah, Chaka - 7/25/2001 [PA-2]
Rep Filner, Bob - 6/12/2001 [CA-50] Rep Frank, Barney - 6/12/2001 [MA-4]
Rep Frost, Martin - 6/7/2001 [TX-24] Rep Ganske, Greg - 5/16/2001 [IA-4]
Rep Gekas, George W. - 9/25/2001 [PA-17] Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 9/6/2001 [NY-20]
Rep Green, Mark - 5/3/2001 [WI-8] Rep Hall, Tony P. - 5/3/2001 [OH-3]
Rep Hilliard, Earl F. - 6/7/2001 [AL-7] Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 6/5/2001 [NY-26]
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 9/6/2001 [PA-13] Rep Holden, Tim - 8/1/2001 [PA-6]
Rep Hooley, Darlene - 1/24/2002 [OR-5] Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 9/6/2001 [TX-18]
Rep Johnson, Timothy V. - 5/3/2001 [IL-15] Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 5/3/2001 [OH-9]
Rep Kennedy, Mark R. - 7/30/2001 [MN-2] Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 6/5/2001 [RI-1]
Rep Kerns, Brian D. - 6/7/2001 [IN-7] Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 12/19/2001 [MI-9]
Rep Kolbe, Jim - 6/5/2001 [AZ-5] Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 7/24/2001 [OH-10]
Rep Lantos, Tom - 5/25/2001 [CA-12] Rep Larsen, Rick - 6/27/2001 [WA-2]
Rep Leach, James A. - 5/3/2001 [IA-1] Rep Lee, Barbara - 6/5/2001 [CA-9]
Rep Levin, Sander M. - 9/21/2001 [MI-12] Rep Lynch, Stephen F. - 1/29/2002 [MA-9]
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. - 5/3/2001 [IL-16] Rep Markey, Edward J. - 7/31/2001 [MA-7]
Rep Mascara, Frank - 9/6/2001 [PA-20] Rep Matheson, Jim - 6/27/2001 [UT-2]
Rep McCollum, Betty - 6/5/2001 [MN-4] Rep McDermott, Jim - 7/17/2001 [WA-7]
Rep McHugh, John M. - 5/16/2001 [NY-24] Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 7/17/2001 [GA-4]
Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 7/31/2001 [MA-5] Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 9/6/2001 [NY-6]
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 7/24/2001 [CA-37] Rep Miller, George - 7/10/2001 [CA-7]
Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 6/5/2001 [HI-2] Rep Moakley, John Joseph - 5/16/2001 [MA-9]
Rep Moore, Dennis - 9/24/2001 [KS-3] Rep Moran, James P. - 6/12/2001 [VA-8]
Rep Morella, Constance A. - 3/4/2002 [MD-8] Rep Murtha, John P. - 9/6/2001 [PA-12]
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 9/6/2001 [CA-34] Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. - 5/3/2001 [WA-5]
Rep Oberstar, James L. - 6/5/2001 [MN-8] Rep Obey, David R. - 7/17/2001 [WI-7]
Rep Olver, John W. - 7/31/2001 [MA-1] Rep Owens, Major R. - 6/5/2001 [NY-11]
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 9/6/2001 [NJ-10] Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 6/5/2001 [CA-8]
Rep Peterson, John E. - 5/21/2001 [PA-5] Rep Pombo, Richard W. - 6/5/2001 [CA-11]
Rep Pomeroy, Earl - 5/21/2001 [ND] Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 8/2/2001 [NY-15]
Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 7/19/2001 [MI-13] Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 1/24/2002 [NJ-9]
Rep Roukema, Marge - 9/6/2001 [NJ-5] Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 7/10/2001 [CA-33]
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 6/14/2001 [IL-1] Rep Ryun, Jim - 10/2/2001 [KS-2]
Rep Sabo, Martin Olav - 5/16/2001 [MN-5] Rep Sanders, Bernard - 6/7/2001 [VT]
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 6/5/2001 [IL-9] Rep Schiff, Adam B. - 9/10/2001 [CA-27]
Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 6/5/2001 [NY-16] Rep Sherman, Brad - 10/4/2001 [CA-24]
Rep Shimkus, John - 5/16/2001 [IL-20] Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 9/6/2001 [NJ-4]
Rep Snyder, Vic - 12/20/2001 [AR-2] Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 8/2/2001 [CA-31]
Rep Souder, Mark E. - 5/24/2001 [IN-4] Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 9/6/2001 [CA-13]
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 6/5/2001 [MS-2] Rep Thune, John R. - 5/3/2001 [SD]
Rep Tiahrt, Todd - 7/10/2001 [KS-4] Rep Tierney, John F. - 6/27/2001 [MA-6]
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 6/27/2001 [CA-29] Rep Wexler, Robert - 9/6/2001 [FL-19]
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 7/25/2001 [CA-6]

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/3/2001--Introduced.

George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, using specified authority under the Agricultural Act of 1949, to provide eligible commodities and financial and technical assistance to establish and expand overseas preschool and school feeding programs, and maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs.

Urges the President to engage multilateral and private sector involvement.