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Legislation

This page provides links to key public laws enacted by Congress in support of programs that include a commodity component. 

Bullet Agricultural Act of 1949
Bullet Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973
Bullet Child Nutrition Act of 1966
Bullet Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of 1933
Bullet Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983
Bullet Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
Bullet Public Law 108-265
(amended the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966). Bill Number S. 2507 -Signed into law on June 30, 2004
Bullet Section 32 of the Agricultural Act of 1935
Bullet Food Stamp Act of 1977
Bullet Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
Bullet Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
Bullet Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004
Bullet Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, Sec. 1114
Bullet Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987
Bullet Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Title IV & Secs. 741 & 742
Bullet Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, Subtitle D-Miscellaneous of Title IV

Last Modified: 04/18/2012

 
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