Sec. 209. EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
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## SEC. 209 EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS **[**[7 U.S.C. 7511a](/us/usc/t7/s7511a)**]** ###
(a)Definition of Eligible Entity In this section, the term “**eligible entity**” means an emergency feeding organization. ###
(b)Program Authorized ####
(1)In general The Secretary shall use funds made available under subsection
(d)to make grants to eligible entities to pay the costs of an activity described in subsection (c). ####
(2)Rural preference The Secretary shall use not less than 50 percent of the funds described in paragraph
(1)for a fiscal year to make grants to eligible entities that serve predominantly rural communities for the purposes of— #####
(A)expanding the capacity and infrastructure of food banks, State-wide food bank associations, and food bank collaboratives that operate in rural areas; and #####
(B)improving the capacity of the food banks to procure, receive, store, distribute, track, and deliver time-sensitive or perishable food products. ###
(c)Use of Funds An eligible entity shall use a grant received under this section for any fiscal year to carry out activities of the eligible entity, including— ####
(1)the development and maintenance of a computerized system for the tracking of time-sensitive food products; ####
(2)capital, infrastructure, and operating costs associated with the collection, storage, distribution, and transportation of time-sensitive and perishable food products; ####
(3)improving the security and diversity of the emergency food distribution and recovery systems of the United States through the support of small or mid-size farms and ranches, fisheries, and aquaculture, and donations from local food producers and manufacturers to persons in need; ####
(4)providing recovered foods to food banks and similar nonprofit emergency food providers to reduce hunger in the United States; ####
(5)improving the identification of— #####
(A)potential providers of donated foods; #####
(B)potential nonprofit emergency food providers; and #####
(C)persons in need of emergency food assistance in rural areas; and ####
(6)constructing, expanding, or repairing a facility or equipment to support hunger relief agencies in the community. ###
(d)Authorization of Appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2023.
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