Thursday, December 2, 2010

Child Nutrition Reauthorization Passes, Awaits President's Signature

From the Food Research and Action Center:

House Passes Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

Today, the House passed The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (S. 3307). The bill now heads to President Obama for signature, which he is expected to do quickly. The passage of this bill was accompanied by a strengthened commitment by President Obama, made during meetings with House Democrats prior to the vote, to fix the SNAP cut contained in the bill. A number of the speakers on behalf of the bill on the House floor referenced the need to restore the SNAP cut.

For a summary of the Act's provisions, check out this resource from FRAC (here).

For one-page factsheets from the Senate Agriculture Committee (here).

How did your House member vote? (here)

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