Program Name	Purpose	Act* Original Act	Senate		House of Representatives		Agency, Office
			Committee	Subcommittee	Committee	Subcommittee
Elderly Nutrition Program (ENP)	Elderly Nutrition Program provides grants to support nutrition services to older people throughout the country. The Elderly Nutrition Program provides for congregate and home-delivered meals. These meals and other nutrition services are provided in a variety of settings, such as senior centers, schools, and in individual homes. Meals served under the program must provide at least one-third of the daily recommended dietary allowances established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies’ Institute of Medicine.	Older Americans Act Amendments of 1992, Title III, Grants for State and Community Programs on Aging (P.L. 102-375, Sept. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 1195) (codified at 42 U.S.C. sec. 3030p). Older Americans Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-73, July 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 218).	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Aging Subcommittee	(1) Energy and Commerce Committee, (2) Education and the Workforce Committee	(1) Energy and Commerce, Health Subcommittee; (2) Select Education Subcommittee	Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging
Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)	SFMNP awards grants to states, United States Territories, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to provide low-income seniors with coupons that can be exchanged for eligible foods at farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community-supported agriculture programs. The grant funds may be used only to support the costs of the foods that are provided under the SFMNP; no administrative funding is available. The purposes of the SFMNP are to (1) provide resources in the form of fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from farmers’ markets, roadside stands and community-supported agriculture programs to low-income seniors, (2) increase the domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by expanding or aiding in the expansion of domestic farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community-support agriculture programs, and (3) develop or aid in the development of new and additional farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community-support agriculture programs.	Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, sec. 4402, (Farm Bill, 2002) (P.L. 107- 171, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 134) (codified at 7 U.S.C. sec. 3007)	Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry	Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation Subcommittee	Committee on Agriculture	Department of Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee	Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
Community Food Projects (Food Stamps)	To support the development of community food projects designed to meet the food needs of low-income people; increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for their own needs; and promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm, and nutrition issues.	Food Stamp Act of 1977 (Food Stamp Act of 1964), Section 25 (P.L. 88-525, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 703) (codified as amended at 7 U.S.C. sec. 2034), amended by Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (FAIRA), Section 401, (P.L. 104-127, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 888) (7 U.S.C. sec. 2033-34).	Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry	Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation Subcommittee	Committee on Agriculture	Department of Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee	Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service