S.Amdt. 961Senate116th Congress (2019-2021)2nd degree

To require a report relating to the challenges that food distribution programs face in reaching underserved populations.

Legislative Activity

Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action

5 earlier actions

Floor Latest Action

Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 961 proposed by Senator Cortez Masto to Amendment SA 948.

October 28, 2019

View full timeline

Floor

Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 961 proposed by Senator Cortez Masto to Amendment SA 948.

October 28, 2019

Floor

Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 961 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 1. Record Vote Number: 334.

October 28, 2019

Floor

Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 961 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 1. Record Vote Number: 334.

October 28, 2019

Floor

Amendment SA 961 proposed by Senator Cortez Masto to Amendment SA 948. (consideration: CR S6183-6184, S6186; text: CR S6183) To require a report relating to the challenges that food distribution programs face in reaching underserved populations.

October 28, 2019

Floor

Amendment SA 961 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 1. Record Vote Number: 334.

October 28, 2019

Floor

Senate amendment submitted

October 22, 2019

Votes

1 roll call on this amendment

SENATE

Roll Call Available

October 28, 2019 at 5:32 PM

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 961 to S.Amdt. 948 to H.R. 3055 (Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Agreed

90 - 1

Text

Submitted

Formatted text PDF

SA 961. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Lankford) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr.
Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the Departments
of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VII of division B, insert
the following:

report on food distribution programs reaching underserved populations

Sec. 7__. The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a
study on the challenges that the food distribution program on
Indian reservations established under section 4(b) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)) and other
food distribution programs administered by the Secretary of
Agriculture face in reaching underserved populations, with an
emphasis on the homebound and the elderly, to better capture
data on the population of people unable to physically travel
to a distribution location for food.
______