PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8848; text as passed Senate: CR S8848)
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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Jun 27, 2003
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should take the following actions concerning U.S. food assistance programs: (1) review the programs to ensure that needs in Africa are met to the same degree as food needs elsewhere in the world; (2) shift available food assistance resources to meet needs in the Horn of Africa, including by drawdowns of reserve stocks in the Emerson Humanitarian Trust; (3) encourage other donors to commit increased resources; (4) direct the Secretaries of State and of Agriculture and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop with international organizations, other donor countries, and African governments a long-term comprehensive strategy for sustainable recovery in regions affected by food crisis.
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Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D–WI
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8848; text as passed Senate: CR S8848)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8848; text as passed Senate: CR S8848)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 174.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar without amendment and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar without amendment and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6716)
Introduced in Senate
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