Food Assurance and Security Act mandates an interagency program for annual food insecurity and hunger data collection and reporting.
The Food Assurance and Security Act requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Director of the Census Bureau, to establish and maintain an interagency food security measurement program. This program will coordinate the annual collection, analysis, and reporting of data on food insecurity and hunger. The act mandates that the annual report include findings related to specific questions about food insecurity and hunger, make the report publicly available on the Department's website, and submit it to Congress.
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