H.Con.Res. 737 — A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that every person throughout the world has a right to a nutritionally adequate diet and that the United States should increase substantially its assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest people. | PoliFocus

H.Con.Res. 73794th Congress

A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that every person throughout the world has a right to a nutritionally adequate diet and that the United States should increase substantially its assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest people.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food

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Summary

(Reported to House from the Committee on International Relations with amendments, H. Rept. 94-1543 (Pt. I))

Declares it the sense of the Congress that every person has the right to a nutritionally adequate diet. Stresses the need to combat hunger and makes it a basic reference point of United States policy in all areas relating to nutrition. Asserts that the goal of the United States should be to substantially increase its food assistance abroad, especially to those countries needing increased food production and more efficient distribution patterns. Expresses the view that assistance ought to be more effective through use of coordinated efforts between international organizations, donor nations, and recipient countries.

Requests the President to provide to the Congress not later than April 1, 1977, a five-year projection of United States international assistance levels consistent with the objectives of this resolution.

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Legislative Actions

1976-09-08
Introduced in House
1976-09-08
Introduced in House
1976-09-08
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
1976-09-08
Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
1976-09-14
Reported to House from the Committee on International Relations with amendments, H. Rept. 94-1543 (Part I).
1976-09-14
Reported to House from the Committee on International Relations with amendments, H. Rept. 94-1543 (Part I).
1976-09-21
Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
1976-09-21
Measure considered in House.
1976-09-21
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #781 (340-61).
Roll Call #781 (House)
1976-09-21
Measure passed House, amended, roll call #781 (340-61).
Roll Call #781 (House)
1976-09-22
Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
1976-09-28
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Foreign Relations, S. Rept. 94-1316.
1976-09-28
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Foreign Relations, S. Rept. 94-1316.

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