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				Agriculture & Nutrition  Food & Nutrition   Document Name    Date   Document Type  2004 Legislative Summary: Liability Limits for Foodmakers   Dec. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis 2009 Legislative Summary: Food Safety Overhaul   Jan. 4, 2010 Legislative Analysis 2010 Legislative Summary: Child Nutrition   Dec. 27, 2010 Legislative Analysis 2010 Legislative Summary: Food Safety   Dec. 27, 2010 Legislative Analysis 2012 Appropriations -- Agriculture: Food Programs Face Deeper Cuts   May 30, 2011 Legislative Analysis 2012 legislative summary: Fiscal 2013 appropriations overview   Jan. 14, 2013 Legislative Analysis 2016 ppropriations: Agriculture   Apr. 27, 2015 Legislative Analysis A Fight in the Lunch Line   Mar. 22, 2010 Legislative Analysis A Hot Tuna Controversy   Oct. 30, 2006 Legislative Analysis A Wing and a Prayer on Food Safety   Jul. 20, 2015 Legislative Analysis Administrative Actions on Food Programs, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis Advocates for Hungry Kids Lobby Congress to Give Them More Flexibility to Feed Them   Sep. 9, 2019 Legislative Analysis Agriculture Appropriations: Safeguarding the Food Chain   Nov. 27, 2004 Legislative Analysis Agriculture Bill Would Block School Nutrition Standards   Dec. 2011 Legislative Analysis Anatomy of a Vote: Senators Can't Digest Food-Label Issue   Mar. 21, 2016 Legislative Analysis Announcement by President R. Nixon of Phase IV Economic Controls and of Executive Order Lifting the Price Freeze on Food Products and Health Services   Jul. 18, 1973 Primary Source Antioxidants     Encyclopedia Entry Aw, Shucks: Food Poisoning Report Revives Talk of Shellfish Rule   May 5, 2014 Legislative Analysis Battle Over Nutrition Program Will Again Frame Farm Bill   Jan. 30, 2017 Legislative Analysis Benefits and Recipients of Public Aid and Food Stamps, by State, 2000   2000 Facts & Figures Big Pizza Pans Menu Rules   May 18, 2015 Legislative Analysis Bill Boosts Funding for Child Nutrition   Dec. 6, 2010 Legislative Analysis Bill Requiring Food Allergen Listings Heads to Bush's Desk   Jul. 24, 2004 Legislative Analysis Bill Would Block Food Lawsuits   Jan. 31, 2004 Legislative Analysis Bill Would Subsidize Vitamins for the Poor, Despite Doubts on Their Effectiveness   Jun. 24, 2019 Legislative Analysis Biotech Foods   Mar. 30, 2001 CQ Researcher Block v. Community Nutrition Institute: Brief Summary   Jun. 4, 1984 Case Summary 'Cheeseburger Bill' Puts Obesity Lawsuits at Top of Doable Tort Reform Agenda   Mar. 13, 2004 Legislative Analysis Child Feeding Bill, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis Child Nutrition Act, 1966 Legislative Chronology   1966 Legislative Analysis Child Nutrition Bill Signed into Law   Dec. 1, 2010 Primary Source Child Nutrition Programs, 1977 Legislative Chronology   1977 Legislative Analysis Child Nutrition Programs, 1978 Legislative Chronology   1978 Legislative Analysis Child Nutrition Programs, 1979 Legislative Chronology   1979 Legislative Analysis Child Nutrition Programs, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Child Nutrition Programs, 1981 Legislative Chronology   1981 Legislative Analysis Child Nutrition Programs, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Child Nutrition: Meal Standards Threatened   Jan. 9, 2017 Legislative Analysis Cloning Issue Reaches FDA   Nov. 13, 2006 Legislative Analysis Congress Clears Bill to Overhaul Oversight of Nation's Food Supply   Dec. 27, 2010 Legislative Analysis Congress Delays Food-Labeling Rule   2005 Legislative Analysis Congressional Testimony of D. Glickman, Agriculture Secretary, on the Food Safety Initiative   Oct. 8, 1997 Primary Source Decrying Over Chocolate Milk   Mar. 5, 2012 Legislative Analysis Deep-Water Fish Farming Has Friends in High Places   Jul. 30, 2007 Legislative Analysis Diet Supplement Rules, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer: Report and Interim Dietary Guidelines of the National Academy of Sciences   Jun. 16, 1982 Primary Source "Dietary Guidelines for Americans," Fourth Revision of the National Nutritional Guidelines   May 27, 2000 Primary Source Dioxin and Toxic Effects     Encyclopedia Entry Eating Disorders   Feb. 10, 2006 CQ Researcher Election-Year Partisanship Leads to Rejection of Food Labeling Language In Agriculture Spending Bill   Sep. 18, 2004 Legislative Analysis Exceptions to the Rule   Sep. 30, 2013 Legislative Analysis Expansion of Federal Nutritional Aid Programs, 1969-1972 Legislative Overview   1969 - 1972 Legislative Analysis Farm Policy   Aug. 10, 2012 CQ Researcher FDA Fee Reauthorization a Prescription for Debate   Apr. 30, 2012 Legislative Analysis FDA Fights Diabetic Food   Feb. 3, 2014 Legislative Analysis FDA Guidelines: Visions of Lead-Free Sugarplums   Dec. 18, 2006 Legislative Analysis FDA Implements Menu Label Rules, Disappointing House GOP   May 14, 2018 Legislative Analysis FDA: More Than $350 Million Sought To Implement Food Safety Law   Mar. 10, 2014 Legislative Analysis Federal Dietary Guidelines of the Agriculture Department and Health and Human Services Department   Jan. 2, 1996 Primary Source Federal Regulation of Modified Crops   Jul. 24, 2006 Legislative Analysis Federal Response to Imported Food Safety Concerns   Feb. 8, 2007 Primary Source Feeding the Hungry, 1965-1968 Overview   1965 - 1968 Legislative Analysis Final Draft Report by the Presidential Task Force on Food Assistance   Jan. 9, 1984 Primary Source Fiscal 2015 appropriations: Agriculture   Apr. 7, 2014 Legislative Analysis Fish Inspection, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 - 1990 Legislative Analysis Fish Protein, 1966 Legislative Chronology   1966 Legislative Analysis Fishy Numbers Catch Lawsuit   Nov. 4, 2013 Legislative Analysis Flack: Whack the Snack Tax   May 14, 2012 Legislative Analysis Food Aid Bills, 1984 Legislative Chronology   1984 Legislative Analysis Food Allergen Labeling, Animal Drugs, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Food Allergens Labeling, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Consolidation, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Overhaul of 1997, Provisions   1997 Legislative Analysis Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Overhaul, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Policy Statement that Biologically Engineered Foods Will Be Regulated No Differently than Other Foods   May 26, 1992 Primary Source Food and Drug Administration Consumer Report, 1969 Legislative Chronology   1969 Legislative Analysis Food Fight Is No Baloney   Sep. 17, 2012 Legislative Analysis Food Fight: Sparring Over School Snacks   Sep. 15, 2008 Legislative Analysis Food for Thought: No E. Coli Wanted   Dec. 6, 2010 Legislative Analysis Food Guide Pyramid, "Summary of Trans Fatty Acid Study Results," Issued by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); "Milk: No Longer Recommended or Required," by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine   Apr. 28, 1992 Primary Source Food Labeling, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Food Labeling, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Food Program Funding, Fiscal Year 1968   1968 Legislative Analysis Food Pyramid: Built for Health or for Agricultural Interests?   Jan. 31, 2004 Legislative Analysis Food Safety, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Food Safety, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Food Safety, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Food Safety: Stirring the Agency Mix   Mar. 3, 2008 Legislative Analysis Food Safety   Nov. 1, 2002 CQ Researcher Food Safety   Dec. 17, 2010 CQ Researcher Food Stamp Eligibility, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Food Stamp Extension, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Food Stamp Extension, Fiscal Years 1968-1969   1967 Legislative Analysis Food Stamp Legislation, 1981 Legislative Chronology   1981 Legislative Analysis Food Stamp Overhaul, 1977 Legislative Chronology   1977 Legislative Analysis Food Stamp Price Freeze, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Food Stamp Program, 1982 Legislative Chronology   1982 Legislative Analysis Food Stamp Reform, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Food Stamp Rules Take Effect, But Only in Part   Oct. 30, 2017 Legislative Analysis Food Stamp Spending, 1979 Legislative Chronology   1979 Legislative Analysis Food Stamp Spending, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Food Stamps, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis Food Stamps, 1969 Legislative Chronology   1969 Legislative Analysis Food Stamps, 1970 Legislative Chronology   1970 Legislative Analysis Food Stamps, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis Food Stamps, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Food Stamps, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Food Study Commission, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Food Uniformity   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis For FDA, Congress Readies a Bitter Pill   Apr. 7, 2008 Legislative Analysis Funding of Food Programs, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis General Accounting Office (GAO) Testimony to House Subcommittee on Human Resources, Intergovernmental Relations: "Food Safety: Fundamental Changes Needed to Improve Monitoring of Unsafe Chemicals in Food"   Sep. 28, 1994 Primary Source Genetically Modified Food   Aug. 31, 2012 CQ Researcher Getting Whole Milk Back on School Lunch Menus   May 14, 2018 Legislative Analysis Global Food Crisis   Jun. 27, 2008 CQ Researcher House Agriculture Committee Inquiry Leads to Change in Food Expiration Dates   Mar. 13, 2017 Legislative Analysis How the 9th Circuit Became the 'Food Court'   Jul. 7, 2014 Legislative Analysis Huckabee Sells What He's Lost   Mar. 20, 2006 Legislative Analysis Human Services Funds, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Hunger in America, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis Hunger in America: The Growing Epidemic. Report of the Physician Task Force on Hunger in America   Feb. 26, 1985 Primary Source Hunger in America   Dec. 22, 2000 CQ Researcher Infant Formula Regulation, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Infant Formula Standards, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Inside the Lexicon of Washington: Flavored Milk   Dec. 11, 2017 Legislative Analysis Institute of Medicine Report on "Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance"   Sep. 30, 2004 Primary Source International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Text of HJ Res 287 of the U.S. House of Representatives   May 21, 1981 Primary Source Is Restricting Food Stamps a Healthy Choice?   Mar. 12, 2012 Legislative Analysis It's Hammer Time on Food Safety   Oct. 5, 2014 Legislative Analysis Key Senate Vote of 2013: Farm and Nutrition Programs   Feb. 3, 2014 Legislative Analysis Laissez-Faire Economics for D.C. Food Trucks   May 6, 2013 Legislative Analysis Making Exceptions to Austerity Rules   Oct. 6, 2014 Legislative Analysis Maryland Democrats Seek Regulatory Fix for Crab Shacks   Jul. 23, 2018 Legislative Analysis Meals for Homeless Children, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Meals on Wheels     Encyclopedia Entry Medicine Man Tackles Food Challenges at FDA   Mar. 21, 2016 Legislative Analysis Melatonin     Encyclopedia Entry Mini Marts Choke on USDA Healthy Food Mandate   Mar. 14, 2016 Legislative Analysis Modified Crops Finding A Friendlier Playing Field   Jul. 24, 2006 Legislative Analysis National Research Council Report: "Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human Diet," Released by the National Academy of Sciences   Feb. 15, 1996 Primary Source Nutrition Bill Gets Through Senate   Mar. 27, 2004 Legislative Analysis Nutrition For Aged, 1972 Legislative Chronology   1972 Legislative Analysis Nutrition Monitoring, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Nutrition Monitoring, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Nutrition Monitoring, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Nutrition Programs Five-Year Reauthorization, 1998 Legislative Chronology   1998 Legislative Analysis Nutrition Programs, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Nutrition Programs, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Nutrition Study, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis Nutritional Value of Food Crops Affected by Changing Climate   Apr. 23, 2018 Legislative Analysis Obesity and Health   Jan. 15, 1999 CQ Researcher Obesity Epidemic   Jan. 31, 2003 CQ Researcher Obesity on the Docket   Mar. 20, 2006 Legislative Analysis Obesity Rates Starting to Drop in Some States   Oct. 5, 2015 Legislative Analysis Old-School Menus Need an Update?   Oct. 15, 2012 Legislative Analysis Older Americans Act, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis Papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: The Cancer-Prevention Properties of Broccoli   Mar. 15, 1992 Primary Source Paying for Predictability: A Tale of Two FDAs   Dec. 7, 2015 Legislative Analysis President George Bush Announcement of Food Assistance for the Soviet Union; Soviet Foreign Minister E. Shevardnadze and U.S. Secretary of State J. Baker III   Dec. 12, 1990 Primary Source Preventing Obesity   Oct. 1, 2010 CQ Researcher Preview: Agriculture   Nov. 9, 2015 Legislative Analysis Public Reports on Government Food Assistance Programs, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis Reauthorization of the Woman, Infants and Children (WIC) and Other Food Programs, Fiscal Years 1999-2003   1998 Legislative Analysis Reforming the FDA   Jun. 6, 1997 CQ Researcher Regulators Abuzz About Caffeine Products   Sep. 9, 2013 Legislative Analysis Regulators of 'Organic' Fare Find a Troublesome Kettle of Fish   Nov. 26, 2007 Legislative Analysis Relief, Food Aid Bills, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis Reluctant Congress Drafted Into Bioengineering Battle     Legislative Analysis Remarks of President B. Clinton on Revised Standards for Pesticides in Foods at the Signing of the Food Quality Protection Act   Aug. 3, 1996 Primary Source Report of the General Accounting Office (GAO): "Food Safety: Opportunities to Redirect Federal Resources and Funds Can Enhance Effectiveness"   Aug. 6, 1998 Primary Source Report of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), "Crisis in Mortality, Health and Nutrition," Regarding Health Problems in Eastern Europe   Oct. 6, 1994 Primary Source Resolutions Adopted by UN World Food Conference, November 1974   Nov. 16, 1974 Primary Source Rise in Childhood Obesity Pulls Lawmakers Into the Lunchroom   Jan. 31, 2004 Legislative Analysis Rising Food Prices   Oct. 18, 2011 CQ Global Researcher Risky Business in Animal Feed   Jul. 29, 2013 Legislative Analysis Saccharin Ban Deferral, 1981 Legislative Chronology   1981 Legislative Analysis Saccharin Ban Deferral, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis Saccharin Ban Delay, 1977 Legislative Chronology   1977 Legislative Analysis Saccharin Ban Extension, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Saccharin Ban Moratorium, 1979 Legislative Chronology   1979 Legislative Analysis Saccharin Ban Moratorium, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Saccharin Warnings, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis School Lunch Extension, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis School Lunch May Get Culture   May 13, 2013 Legislative Analysis School Lunch Payments, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis School Lunch Programs, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis School Lunch, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis School Lunches, 1971 Legislative Chronology   1971 Legislative Analysis School Lunches, Milk, 1970 Legislative Chronology   1970 Legislative Analysis School Lunches: A Debate Served Hot   Jun. 23, 2013 Legislative Analysis School Milk and Lunch Funds Fight, 1966 Legislative Chronology   1966 Legislative Analysis Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. L. W. Sullivan to the National Food Policy Conference Proposing to Extend and Clarify Nutritional Labeling of Food Products Sold in America     Primary Source Senate Nutrition Committee, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis Senior Citizens' Meals, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Sharper Pangs of Food Insecurity'   May 12, 2008 Legislative Analysis Shell Game: FDA to Loosen Turtle Rules   Sep. 2, 2013 Legislative Analysis Soft Drink and Food Exemption, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Speech by President R. Nixon and Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Shultz Announcing Order to Impose Ceiling on Prices of Meat   Mar. 29, 1973 Primary Source Speech to the National Press Club by Agriculture Secretary D. Glickman on the Safety of Genetically Altered Food Crops   Jul. 13, 1999 Primary Source States Take the Lead on Food Labeling Laws   May 5, 2014 Legislative Analysis Still Hungry for a Fight Over Labels on Genetically Modified Food   Nov. 18, 2013 Legislative Analysis Stopping a Sugar Study   Jul. 11, 2011 Legislative Analysis Sugar by Another Name?   Jun. 9, 2014 Legislative Analysis Sugar Controversies   Nov. 30, 2012 CQ Researcher Supplement Industry Warms Up to Oversight   Apr. 10, 2006 Legislative Analysis Surgeon General David Satcher's Congressional Testimony on The Obesity Crisis in America   Jul. 16, 2003 Primary Source Surgeon General Report: "The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity"   Dec. 13, 2001 Primary Source Surplus Food Donations   2007 - 2008 Legislative Analysis 'Sustainability' Worries Food Industry   Feb. 3, 2014 Legislative Analysis Testimony by Robert A. Robinson of the General Accounting Office to Congress on Threats to Safe Food Supply   Oct. 10, 2001 Primary Source The GOP's Food for Thought on SNAP   Sep. 16, 2013 Legislative Analysis The Plot to Deodorize Bakeries   Jul. 9, 2012 Legislative Analysis The Rising Price of Life   Sep. 29, 2008 Legislative Analysis The Trump Budget: Agriculture   Jun. 26, 2017 Legislative Analysis Tuna: How Much Is Too Much?   Oct. 7, 2013 Legislative Analysis U.S. and Soviet Agriculture: The Shifting Balance of Power. Report of the Worldwatch Institute and Statements by President R. Reagan   Oct. 2, 1982 Primary Source U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Report: "Dietary Guidelines for Americans"   Jan. 12, 2005 Primary Source United Nations Responds to Famine in Somalia   Jul. 20, 2011 Primary Source Vilsack Focuses on Nutrition, Farmers' Concerns; Gets Friendly Reception   Jan. 19, 2009 Legislative Analysis Vitamin Regulation, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Vitamins and Supplements     Encyclopedia Entry Waging an Upstream Fight for Salmon Fishermen   Aug. 5, 2013 Legislative Analysis Who Needs Food Aid?   Oct. 15, 2012 Legislative Analysis WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Without U.S. Leadership, Global Famine Threatens   Jun. 1, 2020 Legislative Analysis Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Child Nutrition, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis
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