Hunger Prevention Act of 1988
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The Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-435) amended the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983
(P.L. 98-8) to require the USDA to make additional types of commodities available for the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
(TEFAP), to improve the child nutrition and food stamp programs, and to provide other hunger relief.
Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983
The Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 was a supplemental appropriations act for FY1983 that among other things explicitly authorized a discretionary commodity donation effort begun in 1981 by the USDA. The initial effort was limited to disposal of excess commodities held by the...
(P.L. 98-8) to require the USDA to make additional types of commodities available for the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
The Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program is a program that evolved out of surplus commodity donation efforts begun by the USDA in late 1981 to dispose of surplus foods held by the Commodity Credit Corporation...
(TEFAP), to improve the child nutrition and food stamp programs, and to provide other hunger relief.