Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8888) to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of Food Security, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Food Security for All Veterans Act''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF FOOD SECURITY. Chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter accordingly): ``Sec. 325. Office of Food Security ``(a) Establishment.--There is in the Department an office to be known as the `Office of Food Security'. There is at the head of the Office a Director, which shall be a career position. ``(b) Responsibilities.--(1) The Director of the Office of Food Security shall carry out the following responsibilities: ``(A) To provide information to veterans concerning the availability of, and eligibility requirements for Federal nutrition assistance programs.…
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