| S 1540 IS
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1540
To extend and improve
the emergency food assistance program.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
STATES
October 11, 2001
Mr. FITZGERALD introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To extend and improve
the emergency food assistance program.
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. EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
Section 204(a)(1) of the
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)) is amended
in the first sentence--
(1) by striking `1991 through
2002' and inserting `2002 through 2011';
(2) by striking `administrative';
and
(3) by inserting `storing,'
after `processing,'.
SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF COMMODITIES
FOR EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 27 of the Food Stamp
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2036) is amended--
(A) by striking `1997 through
2002' and inserting `2002 through 2011'; and
(B) by striking `$100,000,000'
and inserting `$140,000,000'; and
(2) by adding at the end
the following:
`(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR RELATED
COSTS- For each of fiscal years 2002 through 2011, the Secretary shall
use $10,000,000 of the funds made available under subsection (a) to pay
the direct and indirect costs of the States relating to the processing,
storing, transporting, and distributing to eligible recipient agencies
of--
`(1) commodities purchased
by the Secretary under subsection (a); and
`(2) commodities acquired
from other sources, including commodities acquired by gleaning (as defined
in section 111(a) of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 612c note;
Public Law 100-435)).'.
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