To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase additional commodities for distribution; and for other purposes.

To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase additional commodities for distribution; and for other purposes.

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 `Emergency Food Assistance Program Enhancement Act of 2001'.

SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS TO PURCHASE COMMODITIES.

Section 16(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)(C)--

(A) by striking `REALLOCATION- ' and inserting `REALLOCATION OF FUNDS; USE OF FUNDS- (i)', and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

`(ii) Funds available under clause (i) that are not reallocated under such clause, but not to exceed $40,000,000 for such fiscal year, shall be used by the Secretary to purchase and distribute commodities in the manner described in section 27 and in addition to the dollar amount specified in such section, except that not to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds available for use under this clause shall be used by the Secretary to pay for the direct and indirect costs of the States related to the processing, storage, transporting, and distributing to eligible recipient agencies (as defined in section 201A of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7105)) of--

`(I) commodities provided by the Secretary under this clause and section 27; and

`(II) commodities secured from other sources, including commodities secured by gleaning (as defined in section 111 of the Hunger Relief Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 612c note)).', and

(2) in paragraph (4) by inserting `by the State agency' after `used' each place it appears.

SEC. 3. RELATED AMENDMENT.

The 1st sentence of section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508) is amended--

(1) by striking `administrative', and

(2) by inserting `storage,' after `processing,'.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2001.