Government Documents and Resources: Government Resources

American Government

• History of the House Page Program: For more than two centuries, young people served as Pages in the U.S. House of Representatives and enjoyed an unparalleled opportunity to observe and participate in the legislative process in “the People’s House.”

• The people's house: a guide to its history, spaces, and traditions.
• We are in earnest for our rights: Representative Joseph H. Rainey and the struggle for Reconstruction.
• Selma and the 1965 Voting Rights Act: On December 28, 1964, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) announced it would begin a voting campaign in Selma, Alabama. In Selma, the seat of Dallas County, Alabama, less than one percent of eligible African-American voters were registered. Previous efforts by local activists to register black voters were unsuccessful. On January 2, 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr., arrived in Selma to formally launch the campaign.
• Bridging history: Selma and the Voting Rights At of 1965
• A chair made illustrious: a concise history of the U.S. House Speakership.
• Women must be empowered: the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nineteenth Amendment.

U.S. Agriculture and Diet

• Seed-transfer guidelines: for the important tree species in the Eastern United States.
• Fruit and vegetable consumption by low-income Americans: would a price reduction make a difference?
• Innovation in the rural nonfarm economy: its effect on job and earnings growth, 2010-2014.
• Beyond nutrition and organic labels: 30 years of experience with intervening in food labels.
• Economic effects and responses to changes in honey bee health: Since 2006, winter losses of managed honey bee colonies in the United States have averaged 28.7 percent, approximately double the 15.0-percent historical rate
• Impact of USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on Rural and Urban Economies in the Aftermath of the Great Recession: This report traces the impacts of USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit outlays on the rural and urban economies during the post-recession years 2009–14.
• Evaluating the effects of nontariff measures on poultry trade: This report traces the impacts of USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit outlays on the rural and urban economies during the post-recession years 2009–14.
• Cost of school meals and households' difficulty paying for expenses: evidence from the Household Pulse Survey.
• The U.S. and EU animal pharmaceutical industries in the age of antibiotic resistance: The animal pharmaceutical industry (or “animal pharma”) develops and sells antibiotic drugs and other products used for food and companion animals. However, the use of antibiotics
  in agriculture is under increasing scrutiny from policymakers and consumers.
• The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the economy: new estimates of the SNAP multiplier.
• USDA Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): a new look at key questions 10 years after USDA added whole-grain bread to WIC food packages in 2009.
• Food security and food purchase quality among low-income households: findings from the National household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS).
• An examination of veterans' diet quality: Veterans represent about 7 to 8 percent of the U.S. adult population and may participate in
  Government programs, including healthcare and nutrition education programs administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Resource requirements of food demand in the United States:  Natural resources facilitate production of an adequate daily food supply for Americans. Food consumption in the United States, measured in total calories per day, increased about 50 percent over a recent 25-year span.
• Comparing food insecurity among the U.S. military and civilian adult populations: Readiness is a cornerstone of military service. Military readiness includes cognitive and physical abilities to train and execute missions. Previous studies among civilians demonstrate that food security is associated with cognitive function and body mass index. Therefore, food security is vital to maintaining military readiness.