Federal Food Assistance in Disasters : Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Identifies USDA and Congressional committee jurisdiction over food assistance in disasters; legislative authorities authorizing changes to normal food assistance rules in the event of a disaster; and available funding. Reviews changes in eligibility and benefit rules for food stamps, child nutrition...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Commercial products. Disaster relief. Hurricanes. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Identifies USDA and Congressional committee jurisdiction over food assistance in disasters; legislative authorities authorizing changes to normal food assistance rules in the event of a disaster; and available funding. Reviews changes in eligibility and benefit rules for food stamps, child nutrition programs, the Women, Infants and Children Program, and commodity distribution in response to Hurricane Katrina. Discusses whether these same rule changes will apply to Hurricane Rita; identifies potential issues for Congress; and summarizes legislation and appropriations introduced in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.