Sec. 4206. Emergency food assistance
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Section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2036(a) ) is amended— by striking paragraphs
(2)and
(3)and inserting the following: The Secretary shall use to carry out paragraph (1)— for fiscal year 2025, $550,000,000; for fiscal year 2026, $565,000,000; for fiscal year 2027, $585,000,000; for fiscal year 2028, $610,000,000; and for fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year thereafter, the total dollar amount of commodities specified in subparagraph (D), adjusted by the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) to reflect changes between June 30, 2027, and June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year. The Secretary shall use to carry out paragraph
(1)for Tribal organizations with plans approved under section 203 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983— for fiscal year 2025, $55,000,000; for fiscal year 2026, $56,500,000; for fiscal year 2027, $58,000,000; for fiscal year 2028, $61,000,000; and for fiscal year 2029 and each subsequent fiscal year, the total dollar amount of commodities specified in subparagraph
(D)adjusted by the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) to reflect changes between June 30, 2027, and June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year. For purposes of the funds described in this subsection, the Secretary shall— make the funds available for 2 fiscal years; and allow States and Tribal organizations to carry over unexpended balances to the next fiscal year pursuant to such terms and conditions as are determined by the Secretary. The Secretary may use not more than 20 percent of the funds made available under paragraph
(2)for costs associated with the distribution of commodities. For each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028, the Secretary may use not more than 30 percent of the funds made available under paragraph
(3)for costs associated with the distribution of commodities by Tribal organizations with plans approved under section 203 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983. For fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary may use not more than 20 percent of the funds made available under paragraph
(3)for costs associated with the distribution of commodities by Tribal organizations with plans approved under section 203 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983. . Section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 ( 7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1) ) is amended— by striking (a)(1) There are and inserting the following: There are ; in subparagraph
(A)(as so designated), by striking Funds appropriated in the second sentence and inserting the following: In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated in subparagraph (A), there is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter for the Secretary to make available to Tribal organizations with plans approved under section 203 to pay for the direct and indirect costs of the Tribal organization related to the processing, storage, transportation, and distribution to eligible recipient agencies of commodities provided by the Secretary under this Act and commodities secured from other sources, including commodities secured 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 )) and donated wild game. Funds appropriated ; in subparagraph
(C)(as so designated)— by inserting and Tribal organizations after States the first two places it appears; and by striking States. If a State agency and inserting the following: States or Tribal organizations. If a State agency or Tribal organization ; and in subparagraph
(D)(as so designated), by inserting or Tribal organizations before the period at the end. Section 209 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 ( 7 U.S.C. 7511a ) is amended by striking subsections
(a)through
(d)and inserting the following: For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall use funds made available under subsection
(e)to make grants to States and Tribal organizations to pay the costs of activities described in subsection
(d)and to pay State and Tribal costs associated with administering the grant. The amount of a grant received by States and Tribal organizations under subsection
(a)shall be based on a formula determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall ensure that a State or Tribal organization shall apply not less than 50 percent of the grant received under subsection (a), in each fiscal year, to support efforts that strengthen and expand emergency food assistance in rural, underserved, or Tribal communities, as applicable. A State or Tribal organization shall use a grant received under subsection
(a)in any fiscal year to carry out activities of the State or Tribal organization authorized under this Act or to make funds available for eligible recipient agencies to carry out such activities, including— developing and maintaining computerized systems needed to safely and efficiently distribute food to people in need; providing capital, infrastructure, and operating costs associated with the collection, storage, distribution, and transportation of commodities provided by the Secretary under this Act and commodities secured from other sources; improving the security and diversity of the emergency food distribution and recovery systems of the United States; providing recovered foods to food banks and similar nonprofit, governmental, or Tribal emergency food providers to reduce hunger in the United States; improving the identification of— potential providers of donated foods; potential nonprofit, governmental, or Tribal emergency food providers; and persons in need of emergency food assistance; and renovating, expanding, or repairing a facility or equipment to support hunger relief agencies in the community. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, to remain available until the end of the subsequent fiscal year. .
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Sec. 4206
Emergency food assistance
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100-435
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