As Amended by Senate Committee          

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Session of 2000
          Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1624           By Special Committee on Agriculture           1-11          

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11             A  CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION urging Congress to make available
12             additional food aid packages and commodities to needy people.
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14             WHEREAS,  Many people in the world are in need of food for survival;
15             WHEREAS,  The United States agricultural industry possesses an ex-
16       cess of grain and livestock products; and
17             WHEREAS,  Food aid packages and commodities from the United
18       States would assist people in need, both in the United States and abroad:
19       Now, therefore,
20             Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas, the House of Rep-
21       resentatives concurring therein: That Congress make available addi-
22       tional food aid packages and commodities to needy countries and to
23       homeless shelters and those living below the poverty level in the United
24       States; and
25             Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send
26       enrolled copies of this resolution to the President of the United States;
27       the Vice-President of the United States; Majority Leader and Minority
28       Leader of the United States Senate; the Speaker, Majority Leader and
29       Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives; the Sec-
30       retary of the United States Department of Agriculture; and to each mem-
31       ber of the Kansas Congressional Delegation.
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