May 12, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 154, Pt. 6 8445 (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the of civilians to Ustasha concentration the 3 major Federal food assistance pro- Senate; camps. Mr. Asner currently resides in grams: the Federal food stamp program es- (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of Klagenfurt, Austria. The center has tablished by the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 the House of Representatives; and also identified Dr. Aribert Heim, who U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the school lunch program (D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the established by the Richard B. Russell Na- House of Representatives. served as a medical doctor at the tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et (2) CONTENTS.—In providing notification Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, and seq.), and the special supplemental nutrition under paragraph (1), the President shall— Mauthausen concentration camps. His program for women, infants, and children es- (A) identify each crime suspect described most terrible crimes occurred at tablished under section 17 of the Child Nutri- in subsection (a)(2) whose admission has not Mauthausen, where he murdered hun- tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); been effected; and dreds of prisoners by administering le- Whereas the problem of hunger and food (B) submit copies of all decisions rendered thal injections into their hearts or by insecurity can be found in rural, suburban, by United States immigration judges, the other tortuous killing methods. Dr. and urban portions of the United States, Board of Immigration Appeals, and Federal touching nearly every community of the Na- courts that relate to such crime suspects. Heim’s whereabouts are unknown. tion; SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT. Unfortunately, even the best efforts Whereas, although substantial progress has In each of the fiscal years 2009 through of OSI and organizations like the been made in reducing the incidence of hun- 2013, the President shall submit an annual Simon Wiesenthal Center to identify ger and food insecurity in the United States, report to the committees listed in section and investigate Nazi war criminals are certain groups remain vulnerable to hunger 4(b)(1), which describes, for each country not enough. Some foreign governments and the negative effects of food deprivation, that has a pending application for entry into hinder the extradition of convicted including the working poor, the elderly, or renewal of the visa waiver program, Nazi war criminals between the U.S. homeless people, children, migrant workers, whether such country is— and Native Americans; (1) cooperating satisfactorily in extra- and their country of origin. Whereas the people of the United States diting or deporting wanted Nazi war crimes The World War II Accountability Act have a long tradition of providing food as- suspects to the jurisdiction in which they seeks to remedy this situation by mak- sistance to hungry people through acts of have been indicted or convicted; ing cooperation in the extradition of private generosity and public support pro- (2) prosecuting wanted Nazi war crimes Nazi war criminals a prerequisite to a grams; suspects effectively within such country’s ju- country’s inclusion in the U.S. visa Whereas there is a growing awareness of risdiction; and waiver program. This is a powerful in- the important public and private partnership (3) cooperating satisfactorily in admitting centive for countries that continue to role that community-based organizations, to the territory of such country aliens de- harbor these criminals. I believe it is a institutions of faith, and charities provide in scribed in section 212(a)(3)(E)(i) and ordered assisting hungry and food-insecure people; removed from the United States territory by necessary tool to compel the relevant Whereas more than 50,000 local commu- a United States immigration judge, the countries to cooperate with our search nity-based organizations rely on the support Board of Immigration Appeals, or a Federal for justice. For holocaust survivors, and efforts of more than 1,000,000 volunteers court. this justice is long overdue. to provide food assistance and services to Mr. NELSON of Florida. Senator f millions of vulnerable people; GORDON SMITH of Oregon and I are in- Whereas all citizens of the United States SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS troducing the World War II Account- can help participate in hunger relief efforts in their communities by— ability Act, which seeks to compel for- (1) donating food and money to such ef- eign governments harboring Nazi war SENATE RESOLUTION 558—DESIG- forts; criminals to prosecute and extradite NATING JUNE 10, 2008, AS ‘‘NA- (2) volunteering for such efforts; and those individuals. It is a sad truth that TIONAL HUNGER AWARENESS (3) supporting public policies aimed at re- more than 60 years after World War II DAY’’ AND AUTHORIZING THE ducing hunger: Now, therefore, be it some countries continue to provide COLLECTION OF FOOD DONA- Resolved, That the Senate— safe haven for these war criminals. TIONS DURING THE PERIOD BE- (1) designates June 10, 2008, as ‘‘National Bringing these surviving Nazis to jus- GINNING MAY 12, 2008, AND END- Hunger Awareness Day’’; (2) calls on the people of the United States tice is a time-sensitive affair, and one ING JUNE 10, 2008, FROM CON- that can bring much needed peace to to observe National Hunger Awareness Day— CERNED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS (A) with appropriate ceremonies, volunteer those remaining holocaust survivors AND STAFF TO ASSIST FAMILIES activities, and other support for local anti- who have already suffered so much. SUFFERING FROM HUNGER AND hunger advocacy efforts and hunger relief In the United States, the Office of FOOD INSECURITY IN THE WASH- charities, including food banks, food rescue Special Investigations, OSI, of the De- INGTON, DC, METROPOLITAN organizations, food pantries, soup kitchens, partment of Justice is responsible for AREA and emergency shelters; and detecting, investigating and taking (B) by continuing to support programs and legal action to denaturalize or deport Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, public policies that reduce hunger and food persons who took part in Nazi spon- Mrs. LINCOLN, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. CASEY, insecurity in the United States; and sored acts of persecution committed Mrs. BOXER, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted (3) authorizes the collection of food dona- tions during the period beginning May 12, between 1933 and 1945. As of August the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: 2008, and ending June 10, 2008, from con- 2005, OSI had successfully prosecuted cerned Members of Congress and staff to as- S. RES. 558 100 persons involved in Nazi war crimes sist families suffering from hunger and food who were residing in the U.S. Whereas food insecurity and hunger are a insecurity in the Washington, D.C., metro- Nongovernmental organizations are fact of life for millions of low-income citi- politan area. also integral to these detection and in- zens of the United States and can produce vestigation efforts. In 2002, the Simon physical, mental, and social impairments; f Whereas recent data published by the De- Wiesenthal Center launched Operation: partment of Agriculture show that 35,500,000 SENATE RESOLUTION 559—DESIG- Last Chance to maximize identifica- people in the United States live in house- tion and to help facilitate the prosecu- NATING MAY 15, 2008, AS ‘‘NA- holds experiencing hunger or food insecurity, TIONAL MPS AWARENESS DAY’’ tion of remaining Nazi war criminals. and of that number, 22,800,000 are adults and Of the most egregious Nazi war 12,600,000 are children; Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mrs. criminals, Operation: Last Chance has Whereas households with children had DOLE, Mr. BURR, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. FEIN- identified suspects like Mr. Milivoj nearly twice the rate of food insecurity as GOLD, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Asner, who served as the police chief of those without children; Mr. DORGAN, Mr. SPECTER, Ms. MIKUL- Whereas 3.3 percent of all United States the city of Slavonska Pozega. Mr. SKI, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. BROWN, Mr. STE- households (3.8 million households) have Asner orchestrated the persecution and accessed emergency food from a food pantry VENS, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. COLLINS, and destruction of the local Serb, Jewish, 1 or more times; Mr. CRAPO) submitted the following and Gypsy communities, which cul- Whereas 55.5 percent of food-insecure resolution; which was considered and minated in the deportation of hundreds households have participated in at least 1 of agreed to:

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