,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dibc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjbf,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester 7for herself
 and ,mr4 ,lujn7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture1 in coordination with the 
,director of the ,bureau of the ,census1
 to establish an interagency food       
security measurement program1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,food          
,assurance and ,security ,act4  #b4     
,interagency food security measurement  
program  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary
 of ,agriculture 7referred to in this   
section as the ,secretary71 in          
coordination with the ,director of the  
,bureau of the ,census1 shall establish 
an interagency food security measurement
 program1 under which the ,secretary    
shall coordinate the annual collection1 

analysis1 and reporting of data on food 
insecurity and hunger1 including the    
food security supplement required under 
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,food security     
supplement  7#a7 ,in general ,the       
,current ,population ,survey conducted  
by the ,bureau of the ,census shall     
include a food security supplement      
consistent with the ,current ,population
 ,survey ,food ,security ,supplement    
questionnaire issued in #bjbc by the    
,bureau of the ,census for the ,economic
 ,research ,service that-- 7,a7 includes
 the questions described in paragraph   
7#b7 for each ,current ,population      
,survey conducted during calendar years 
#bjbf through #bjbh2 and  7,b7 as of    
,january #a1 #bjbi1 may contain those   
questions or substantially similar      
questions1 subject to the condition that
 any amendments to the questions are    
predicated on robust testing1 public    
input1 and clearance from the ,office of
 ,management and ,budget4  7#b7         
,questions described ,the questions     

referred to in paragraph 7#a77;,a7 are  
the following3 7,a7 ,was the answer     
often1 sometimes1 or never true for you 
in the last #ab months for each of the  
following3 7i7 ,we worried whether our  
food would run out before we got money  
to buy more4  7ii7 ,the food that we    
bought just didn't last and we didn't   
have money to get more4  7iii7 ,we      
couldn't afford to eat balanced meals4  
7,b7 ,in the last #ab months1 did you or
 other adults in the household ever cut 
the size of your meals or skip meals    
because there wasn't enough money for   
food8  7,c7 ,if the answer is yes to the
 previous question1 how often did this  
happen--almost every month1 some months 
but not every month1 or in only #a or #b
 months8  7,d7 ,in the last #ab months1 
did you ever eat less than you felt you 
should because there wasn't enough money
 for food8  7,e7 ,in the last #ab       
months1 were you ever hungry1 but didn't
 eat1 because there wasn't enough money 
for food8  7,f7 ,in the last #ab months1

 did you lose weight because there      
wasn't enough money for food8  7,g7 ,in 
the last #ab months1 did you or other   
adults in your household ever not eat   
for a whole day because there wasn't    
enough money for food8  7,h7 ,if the    
answer is yes to the previous question1 
how often did this happen--almost every 
month1 some months but not every month1 
or in only #a or #b months8  7,i7 ,in   
the case of a household that includes   
children ages #j to #ag1 the following  
additional questions3 7i7 ,was the      
answer often1 sometimes1 or never true  
for you in the last #ab months for each 
of the following3 7,i7 ,we relied on    
only a few kinds of low-cost food to    
feed our children because we were       
running out of money to buy food4       
7,,ii7 ,we couldn't feed our children a 
balanced meal1 because we couldn't      
afford that4  7,,iii7 ,the children were
 not eating enough because there wasn't 
enough money for food4  7ii7 ,in the    
last #ab months1 did you ever cut the   

size of any of the children's meals     
because there wasn't enough money for   
food8  7iii7 ,in the last #ab months1   
were the children ever hungry because   
there wasn't enough money for food8     
7iv7 ,in the last #ab months1 did any of
 the children ever skip a meal because  
there wasn't enough money for food8  7v7
 ,if the answer is yes to the previous  
question1 how often did this            
happen--almost every month1 some months 
but not every month1 or in only #a or #b
 months8  7vi7 ,in the last #ab months1 
did any of the children ever not eat for
 a whole day because there wasn't enough
 money for food8  7c7 ,annual report    
,the ,secretary shall submit to         
,congress1 and make publicly available  
on the website of the ,department of    
,agriculture1 an annual report of the   
data collected under the program        
established under subsection 7a71       
including the findings related to the   
food security supplement required under 
subsection 7b74  7d7 ,funding ,there are

 authorized to be appropriated such sums
 as are necessary to carry out this     
section4