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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 1189 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide greater access to the supplemental nutrition assistance progra... · Sec. 209

Sec. 209. Definitions

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In this title: The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. The term pilot program means the Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program established under section 202(a). The term community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group means an anti-hunger organization, food bank, food pantry, soup kitchen, food rescue group, or community food security organization that— is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; and is located in (or regularly provides service to) a pilot community.
The term primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group means a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group awarded a grant under section 203(a). The term subgrantee means a community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group (other than a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group)— that is selected under section 203(e) by a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group; and that is located in (or regularly provides service to) the pilot community in which the primary nonprofit feeding group is located (or to which the primary nonprofit feeding group provides regular service).
The term technical assistance community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group means a national, State, or local group that— is an anti-hunger group, food bank, food pantry, soup kitchen, food rescue group, or community food security organization; is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; and has the capacity to provide technical assistance to all pilot communities. The term pilot community means a community specified in section 206(b).
The term target population includes an individual who (or family that)— earns an income below 200 percent of the Federal poverty line; suffers from food insecurity; earns insufficient income to ensure food security for such individual or family; lives in a community that suffers from poverty, hunger, or food insecurity; is homeless; receives (or recently received) assistance under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. et seq.), relating to temporary assistance to needy families; or is eligible for benefits under any nutrition assistance or anti-poverty program.
The term nutrition assistance and anti-poverty program means any Federal, State, or local government assistance program offered to low-income individuals or families, including the following programs: The supplemental nutrition assistance program established under section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2013 ). A program authorized under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), including the national school lunch program, the national school breakfast program, the summer food service program for children, the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and the child and adult care food program.
The earned income tax credit allowed under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( 26 U.S.C. 32 ). The term food insecurity means a lack of consistent access to food. The term Washington metropolitan region includes the District of Columbia, the counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s in Maryland, and the counties of Arlington and Fairfax and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia.
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