CONTENTS 1. Members of the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. 2. Text of Senate Resolution 281, as passed by the Senate.. 3. Report of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare on Senate Resolution 281 (S. Rept. 1416)...... 4. Transcript of floor debate on Senate Resolution 281, July 30, 1968 5. Citation of hearings before the subcommittee on Senate Resolution 6. Remarks of Senator George McGovern and other Senators on the MEMBERS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION AND HUMAN NEEDS, AS AUTHORIZED BY SENATE RESOLUTION 281, 90TH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION 90TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. RES. 281 [Report No. 1416] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 26, 1968 Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. BAYH, Mr. Boggs, Mr. BROOKE, Mr. Burdick, Mr. CASE, Mr. CHURCH, Mr. CLARK, Mr. Fong, Mr. FULBRIGHT, Mr. GRUENING, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HART, Mr. HARTKE, Mr. HATFIELD, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mr. KUCHEL, Mr. LONG of Missouri, Mr. McGEE, Mr. MAGNUSON, Mr. MANSFIELD, Mr. METCALF. Mr. MONDALE, Mr. MORSE, Mr. Moss, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. MUSKIE, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PELL, Mr. PERCY, Mr. PROUTY, Mr. RANDOLPH, Mr. RIBICOFF, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. TYDINGS, Mr. WILLIAMS of New Jersey, Mr. YARBOROUGH, and Mr. Young of Ohio) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Labor and Publie Welfare JULY 17, 1968 Reported by Mr. CLARK, with amendments JULY 30, 1968 Considered, amended, and agreed to; preamble agreed to RESOLUTION Whereas it has been demonstrated that every American does not have the food, medical assistance, and other related necessities essential to life and health; and Whereas surveys conducted by Government agencies and responsible groups of citizens show that, in spite of America's abundance of food, fiber, and other resources, our Federal food programs fail to reach many of the citizens lacking adequate quantities and/or quality of food, which may result in the lifetime impairment of children mentally and physi V (1) cally, and in unnecessary disease, suffering, and premature deaths among both young and adults; and Whereas restricted use of programs authorized by Congress, reversion of funds, divisions of responsibility and authority within Congress and administrative agencies, unwise regulations and other obstacles impede and frustrate efforts to banish starvation and want for necessities among desperately disadvantaged poor within our Nation: Now, therefore, be it 1 Resolved, That the President, the Department of Health, 2 Education, and Welfare, the Office of Economic Opportunity, 3 the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 4 and any and all other agencies with applicable authorities 5 shall use to the fullest possible their authorities under the` 6 following existing laws, the Elementary and Secondary Edu7 cation Act, the Johnson-O'Malley Act, section 32 of the 8 Agricultural Act of 1935, the Agricultural Act of 1949, 9 Emergency Food and Medical Services Amendment to the 10 Economic Opportunity Act, the Food Stamp Act of 1964, 11 the National School Lunch Act of 1946, and all other author12 ities for child aid, medical assistance, and relief programs, 13 to meet immediately the food, medical, and other related 14 basic needs of the Nation's poor to the fullest extent possible: 15 and be it further 16 Resolved, That there is established a select committee of 17 the Senate composed of three majority and two minority 18 members of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 3 1 three majority and two minority members of the Committee 2 on Agriculture and Forestry, and two majority and one 3 minority Members of the Senate appointed by the President 4 of the Senate from other committees, to study the food, medi5 cal, and other related basic needs among the people of the 6 United States and to report back to the appropriate commit7 tees of the Senate and terminate its activities not later than 8 June 30, 1969. Such report may contain such recommenda9 tions as the Committee finds necessary to establish a coordi10 nated program or programs which will assure every United 11 States resident adequate food, medical assistance, and other 12 related basic necessities of life and health and shall in addi13 tion contain appropriate procedures for congressional con14 sideration and oversight of such coordinated programs. |