Sec. 3. Specialty crop block grants
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In this section: The term eligible entity means— an emergency feeding organization (as defined in section 201A of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 ( 7 U.S.C. 7501 )); and a local or regional food enterprise, including a farmers market, a food hub, an agricultural cooperative, a producer association, a nonprofit organization, and a for-profit entity focused primarily on marketing locally grown food. The term program means the specialty crop block grant program established under section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 ( 7 U.S.C. 1621 note;
Public Law 108–465 ). The Secretary shall provide grants to States under the program to award as subgrants to eligible entities to procure and distribute specialty crops to needy persons at zero cost to those persons. Of the grant amount provided to a State under paragraph (1), a State shall use 50 percent to award subgrants to eligible entities that purchase specialty crops— from small, beginning, and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2003(e) )); and that would otherwise be sold through direct-to-consumer, direct-to-institution, direct-to-retail, or direct-to-restaurant marketing channels, including local and regional food enterprises such as food hubs, agricultural cooperatives, and producer associations.
An eligible entity receiving a subgrant under subsection (b)(1)— shall use not less than 50 percent of the subgrant funds for specialty crop purchases; and may use the remaining subgrant funds for transportation, storage, overhead, and investment in cold storage infrastructure. There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000 to carry out this section, to remain available until expended. The amounts provided by this subsection are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(g) ).
In the Senate, this subsection is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
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Specialty crop block grants
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