Sec. 403. Expansion and modernization of the emergency food assistance program
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Section 27(a)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(2) ) is amended— by striking subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)and inserting the following: for fiscal years 2014 through 2018, $350,000,000; plus $100,000,000 for each percentage point that unemployment exceeds the rate as of June 2008 (prorated such that each change of 0.1 percent shall result in a change in funding of $10,000,000). The unemployment rate from June of the immediately preceding fiscal year shall be used to compute change from June 2008. In any fiscal year, the amount calculated in this subparagraph shall not be less than $350,000,000. , in subparagraph (C)— by striking
(C)and inserting
(B), by striking 2010 through 2012 and inserting 2014 through 2018 , by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting subparagraph
(A), and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and , and by adding at the end the following: of the total funds made available under subparagraphs
(A)and (B), not less than $100,000,000 shall be to support State and local storage and distribution costs. In addition, each year States may transfer up to 5 percent of total funds provided for commodity purchases into accounts used to fund storage and distribution costs at their discretion . The Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 ( 7 U.S.C. 7501 et seq. ) is amended— in section 202 by adding at the end the following: In addition to other considerations, including but not limited to the need to intervene in depressed domestic agricultural markets, the Secretary shall consider the needs of States and demands on emergency food providers in making commodity purchase decisions. , and in section 204 by striking 2008 and inserting 2014 . The second sentence of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 ( 7 U.S.C. 612c ) is amended in paragraph
(2)by inserting after low-income groups the following: or in situations of high rates of food insecurity or unemployment, .
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Sec. 403
Expansion and modernization of the emergency food assistance program
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