February 2004

In This Issue:
• Fiscal Year 2004 Appropriations Finalized
• USDA Set to Distribute Funds
• Bonus Foods Continue to Flow
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Fiscal Year 2004 Appropriations Finalized
Congress completed action on federal appropriations for fiscal year 2004 with final passage of an omnibus spending bill, H.R. 2673, on January 22. Once the President signed the legislation the following day, it became Public Law 108-199. The bill combined funding for seven usually separate appropriations bills – Agriculture; State-Commerce-Justice; District of Columbia; Foreign Operations; Labor-Health and Human Services-Education; Transportation-Treasury; and Veterans Administration-Housing and Urban Development. Continue Reading »

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