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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 287 960 UD 025 877 TITLE Hunger Relief Act of 1986. Joint Hearing on H.R. 4990 before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition...the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education and the Subcommittee on Human Resources...and the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology...and the Select Committee on Hunger. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. House Committee on Agriculture.; Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. House Committee on Education and Labor.; Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. House Committee on Science and Technology.; Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. PUB DATE 25 Jun 86 NOTE 249p.; Serial No. 99-32, Serial No. 99-115, [No. 118], and Serial No. 99-19. Some pages contain very small, light type. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Breakfast Programs; Family Programs; *Federal Legislation; *Federal Programs; Foci; Hearings; *Hunger; Low Income Groups; Lunch Programs; *Nutrition; Public Policy IDENTIFIERS *Child Care Food Program; Congress 99th; *Food Stamp Program; Women Infants Children Supplemental Food Program ABSTRACT The Hunger Relief Act of 1986 shows the broad concern in Congress and among the American people for the elimination of hunger and malnutrition in America. Four Congressional committees participated in advancing this legislation, which provides a 12-point plan for improving the nutrition programs serving low-income Americans. The committees heard testimony from 16 witnesses who are recipients or providers of hunger programs. Areas of concern, and suggestions for program improvement were the following: (1) rising employment as a factor in program growth; (2) unrealistic expectations of the food stamp program; (3) cutbacks in federal funds for programs; (4) reevaluation and upgrading the Breakfast Program in schools; (5) adjusting eligibility requirements to allow more people to participate in the programs; (6) elimination of barriers of paperwork and scheduling which keep applicants out, or make recipients ineligible; and (7) use of the political power and the will of Congress to end hunger through the United States Department of Agriculture. (VM) HUNGER RELIEF ACT OF1986 JOINT HEARING .0 BEFORE THE ST'aCOMMITTEE ON DOMRSTIC MARKETING, CONSUMER RELATIONS, AND NUTRITION rA.) OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND THE 1.1.1 SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMPNTARY, SECONDARY, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON HUNGER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Oraceo Educational Research and Improvement H.R. 4990 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) <,This document has been reproduced as JUNE 25, 1986 stewed from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve Serial No. 9942 reproduction quality (Committeeon Agriculture) points ot view or Opinione stated in Res docu- Serial No. 99-115 ment do not necessarily represent official (Committee on Education and Labor) OERI position or policy. [No. 118] (Committee on Science and Technology) Serial No. 99-19 (Select Committee on Hunger) Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture, Committeeon Education and Labor, Committee on Science and Technology, and the Select Committee on Hunger U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 63-366 0 WASHINGTON : 1986 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office US. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 2 BEST COPY AVAILABLE COMMITTEE OIii AGRICULTURE E (KIKA) DE LA GAIZA, Texas,Chairman THOMAS S. FOLEY, Washington, ,EDWARD R. MADIGAN, Illinois, Vice Chairman Ranking Minority Member WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont ED JONES, Tennessee E. THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California RON MARLENEE, Montana CHARLES ROSE, North Carolina LARRY J. HOPKINS, Kentucky JIM WEAVER, Oregon ARLAN STANGELAND, Minnesota BERKLEY BEDELL, Iowa PAT ROBERTS, Kansas GLENN ENGLISH, Oklahoma BILL EMERSON, Missouri LEON E. PANETTA, California SID MORRISON, Washington JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas COOPER EVANS, Iowa CHARLES WHITLEY, North Carolina GENE CHAPPIE, California TONY COELHO, California WEBB FRANKLIN, Mississippi TOM DASCHLE, South Dakota TOM LEWIS, Florida CHARLES W. STENHOLM, Texas ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, Oregon HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri LARRY COMBEST, Texas CHARLES HATCHER, Georgia BILL SCHUETTE, Michigan ROBIN TALLON, South Carolina HARLEY 0. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia LANE EVANS, Illinois ROBERT LINDSAY THOMAS, Georgia JAMES R. OLIN, Virginia TIMOTHY J. PENNY, Minnesota RICHARD H. STALLINGS, Idaho TERRY L BRUCE, Illinois PROFESSIONAL STAFF A. MARIO CAsritik,Chief of Staff PHILLIP L. FRAAS,Counsel CHARLES Muff,Minority Staff Director BERNARD BRENNER,Press Secretary SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MARKETING, CONSUMER RELATIONS, AND NUTRITION LEON E. PANETTA, California,Chairman DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas BILL EMERSON, Missouri HARLEY 0. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia E. THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana GENE CHAPPIE, California TONY COELHO, California TOM LEWIS, Florida JAMES R OLIN, Virginia THOMAS S. FOLEY, Washington 3 liefUlAVA Y903 I.?3b COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri E. THOMAS COLEMAN,. Missouri MARIO BIAGGI, New York THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin PAT WILLIAMS, Montana STEVE BARTLETT, Texas MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California ROD CHANDLER, Washington MAJOR R. OWENS, New York THOMAS J. TAUKE, Iowa RICK BOUCHER, Virginia JOHN R. McKERNAN, JR., Maine CHARLES A. HAYES, Illinois RICHARD K. ARMEY, Texas CARL C. PERKINS, Kentucky HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois TERRY L. BRUCE, Illinois PAUL B. HENRY, Michigan STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New York MERVYN M. DYMALLY, California DENNIS E. ECKART, Ohic TIMOTHY J. PENNY, Minnesota CHESTER G. ATKINS, Massachusetts SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois PAT WILLIAMS, Montana ROD CHANDLER, Washington RICK BOUCHER, Virginia JOHN R. McKERNAN, JR., Maine MAJOR R. OWENS, New York RICHARD K. ARMEY, Texas MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin CARL C. PERKINS, Kentucky (Ex Officio) STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New York DENNIS E. ECKART, Ohio SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES DALE E. KILDEE,Michigan, Chairman TERRY L. BRUCE, Illinois THOMAS J. TAUKE, Iowa CARL C. PERKINS, Kentucky E. THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri DENNIS E. ECKART, Ohio THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin MAJOR R. OWENS, New York JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California (Ex Officio) (Ex Officio) 4 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DON FUQUA,Florida, Chairman ROBERT A. ROE, New Jersey MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico' GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California ROBERT S. WALKER, Pennsylvania JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., MARILYN LLOYD, Tennessee Wisconsin TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, Rhode Island DOUG WALGREN, Pennsylvania SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas TOM LEWIS, Florida ROBERT A. YOUNG, Missouri DON RITTER, Pennsylvania HAROLD L VOLKMER, Missouri SID W. MORRISON, Washington BILL NELSON, Florida RON PACKARD, California STAN LUNDINE, New York JAN MEYERS, Kansas RALPH M. HALL, Texas ROBERT C. SMITH, New Hampshire DAVE McCURDY, Oklahoma PAUL B. HENRY, Michigan NORMAN Y. MINETA, California HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois MICHAEL A. ANDREWS, Texas WILLIAM W. COREY, JR., North Carolina BUDDY MACKAY, Florida" JOE BARTON, Texas TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia HARRY REID, Nevada DAVID S. MONSON, Utah ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey RICK BOUCHER, Virginia TERRY BRUCE, Illinois RICHARD H. STALLINGS, Idaho BART GORDON, Tennessee JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio HAROLD P. HANSON, Executive Director ROBERT C. KETCHAM, General Counsel REGINA A. DAVIS, Chief Clerk JOYCE GROSS FREIWAII), Republican Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DOUG WALGREN,Pennsylvania, Chairman STAN LUNDINE, New York SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York NORMAN Y. M1NETA, California DON RITTER, Pennsylvania GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California PAUL "8. HENRY, Michigan TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado WILLIAM W. COBEY, JR., North Carolina TERRY BRUCE, Illinois TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina 'Ranking Republican Member. "Serving on Committee on the Budget for 99th Congress. (Iv) Jt- SELECT COMMITTEE ON HUNGER MICKEY LELAND, Texas,Chairman TONY P. HALL, Ohio MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey BOB TRAXLER, Michigan BILL EMERSON, Missouri LEON E. PANETTA, California SID MORRISON, Washington THOMAS A. DASCHLE, South Dakota BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York VIC FAZIO, California COOPER EVANS, Iowa SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, Oregon PETER H. KOSTMAYER,