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Vol. 86, No. 9 

Thursday, January 14, 2021 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Agency for International 

Development (USAID). 

ACTION: Notice of a Modified System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The United States Agency for 

International Development proposes to 

significantly modify the ‘‘United States 

Agency for International Development, 

Partner-Vetting Enhancement Project, 

USAID–27, Partner-Vetting System, 

System of Records.’’ The purpose of the 

system is to support the vetting of 

directors, officers, and other employees 

of non-governmental organizations that 

apply to USAID for contracts, grants, 

cooperative agreements, or other 

funding. The Agency specifically uses 

the information collected from the 

individuals to conduct screening and to 

mitigate the risk that USAID’s funds and 

USAID-funded activities purposefully or 

inadvertently provide support to entities 

or individuals deemed a risk to national 

security. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

12 February 2021. This modified system 

of records will be effective 12 February 

2021 upon publication. The Routine 

Uses are effective at the close of the 

comment period. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments: 

Electronic 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions on the website for 

submitting comments. 

• Email: Privacy@usaid.gov. 

Paper 

• Fax: 202–916–4946. 

• Mail: Chief Privacy Officer, United 

States Agency for International 

Development, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20523. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Celida A. Malone, USAID Privacy 

Program at United States Agency for 

International Development, Bureau for 

Management, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Information 

Assurance Division: ATTN: USAID 

Privacy Program, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20523, or 

by phone number at 202–916–4605. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

purposes of national-security and 

counterterrorism vetting, USAID staff 

use the Partner-Vetting System (PVS) to 

receive, store, and process 

organizational information and 

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) 

by using USAID Form 500–13, the 

Partner-Information Form (PIF). See 

https://www.usaid.gov/forms/aid-500- 

13. The Office of Management and 

Budget has approved the use of the PIF 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act. 

The PII gathered on the PIF, and in PVS, 

as stated in the current SORN, includes 

full name (including any aliases or 

variations of spelling); date and place of 

birth; government-issued identification 

information (including, but not limited 

to, Social Security Number, passport 

number, or other numbers originated by 

a government that specifically identify 

an individual); current mailing address; 

telephone numbers; email addresses; 

citizenship; gender; and occupation or 

other employment data. 

USAID is modifying the SORN to 

delete ‘‘Individuals who are officers or 

other officials of non-profit, nongovernmental organizations who apply 

for registration with USAID as Private 

and Voluntary Organizations (PVOs)’’ 

from the ‘‘Categories of Individuals 

Covered by the System,’’ as a result of 

the Agency’s decision to change the 

registration processes for PVOs. PVOs 

only must register for the Limited 

Excess Property Program and the Ocean 

Freight Reimbursement Program, and to 

self-certify as part of the application 

process. USAID also are clarifying under 

‘‘Categories of Records in the System’’ 

that the government-issued 

identification information listed in its 

existing SORN includes photographic 

biometric data. We further are adding 

more detail to the SORN’s Routine-Uses 

Statement, including that we share 

information with other Federal 

Departments and Agencies for vetting 

purposes, and clarifying that the PVS 

does not contain any classified 

information. 

Dated: October 8, 2020. 

Mark Joseph Johnson, 

Chief Privacy Officer, United States Agency 

for International Development. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Partner-Vetting System, USAID–27. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Sensitive but Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Amazon Web Services, US–EAST–1, 

7600 Doane Drive, Manassas VA 20109. 

SYSTEM MANAGER: 

Chief, Counterterrorism Vetting, 

Office of Security, United States Agency 

for International Development, Ronald 

Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20523. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

(FAA), as amended, permits the 

Administrator of USAID to consider a 

range of foreign-policy and nationalsecurity interests in determining how to 

provide foreign assistance. Sections 

7034 and 7039 of the Department of 

State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act for Fiscal 

Year 2020 (FY 2020) contain provisions 

and requirements for the oversight of 

USAID’s programs. Executive Order 

(E.O.) 9397 created and governs the use 

of Social Security Numbers. 

PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM: 

PVS supports the vetting of directors, 

officers, and other employees of nongovernmental organizations that apply 

to USAID for contracts, grants, 

cooperative agreements or other 

funding. The Agency specifically uses 

the information collected from the 

individuals to conduct screening, and to 

mitigate the risk that USAID’s funds and 

USAID-funded activities purposefully or 

inadvertently provide support to entities 

or individuals deemed a risk to national 

security. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals who are directors, 

officers, or are otherwise employed by 

either for-profit or non-profit nongovernmental organizations that apply 

for and receive contracts, grants, 

cooperative agreements, or other types 

of instruments from USAID; individuals 


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who apply for and receive Personal 

Services Contracts or other contracts, 

grants, or cooperative agreements; 

individuals or organizations that 

attempt to obtain other assistance or 

benefits from USAID (excluding for 

PVOs). 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Full name, Social Security Number, 

date of birth, place of birth, passport 

number or permanent resident card 

number, tax identification number, 

home address, home telephone number, 

personal cell phone number, personal 

email address, work telephone number, 

work email address, citizenship, sex or 

gender, photographic biometric 

information, employment or salary 

record. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

USAID may obtain information in this 

system from a non-governmental 

organization (USAID contractor or 

recipient official who is responsible for 

completing the application package 

required to obtain funds or assistance 

from USAID as an award or as a subaward. In the case of applications by an 

individual in his/her own capacity, the 

Agency will collect the information 

directly from the individual applicant. 

USAID also may obtain information in 

this system from public sources, Federal 

Departments and Agencies that conduct 

national-security screening, lawenforcement and intelligence-agency 

record systems, and other Federal 

Government databases. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under the Privacy 

Act (Section 552a (b) of Title 5 of the 

U.S.C.), the Agency could disclose all or 

a portion of the records or information 

contained in this system outside of 

USAID as a routine use, as follows: 

(1) To another Federal Department or 

Agency, to a court, magistrate, or other 

administrative body, or to a party in 

litigation before a court or in an 

administrative proceeding being 

conducted by a Federal Department or 

Agency, when the Government is a 

party to the judicial or administrative 

proceedings or has a significant interest 

in the proceeding where the Department 

or Agency determines the information to 

be necessary and relevant. 

(2) To any component of the U.S. 

Department of Justice, or in a 

proceeding before a court, adjudicative 

body, or other administrative body 

before which the Department or Agency 

is authorized to appear, when; (a) the 

Department or Agency or any 

component thereof; or (b) any employee 

of the Department or Agency in her or 

his official capacity; or (c) any employee 

of the Department or Agency in his or 

her individual capacity where the U.S. 

Department of Justice or the Department 

or Agency has agreed to represent the 

employee; or (d) the United States, 

when the Department or Agency 

determines that litigation is likely to 

affect it or any of its components, is a 

party to litigation or has an interest in 

such litigation, and the Department or 

Agency deems the use of such records 

by the U.S. Department of Justice or the 

Department or Agency is relevant and 

necessary to the litigation provided, 

however, that in each case the 

Department or Agency has determined 

that the disclosure is compatible with 

the purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

(3) To the U.S. Department of Justice 

for the purpose of obtaining legal 

counsel, including whether USAID 

should disclose the records or 

information in this system of records 

outside the Agency. 

(4) To a Federal Government 

Department or Agency that assists 

USAID for the purpose of vetting, and 

for the purposes of ensuring accuracy of 

existing records and updating 

government records when a match 

between an applicant and another 

database is identified. 

(5) To disclose information to 

contractors (Personal Service 

Contractors or institutional support 

contractors) in furtherance of the 

contractor’s performance on behalf of 

USAID under a contract, including 

contracts that support the partnervetting program. 

(6) To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA), for the 

purposes of records-management 

inspections conducted under the 

authority of Sections 2904 and 2906 of 

Title 44 of the U.S.C. and in its role as 

Archivist. 

(7) To appropriate Federal 

Departments and Agencies, entities, and 

persons when: (a) USAID suspects or 

has confirmed that there has been a 

breach of the system of records; (b) 

USAID has determined that as a result 

of the suspected or confirmed breach 

there is a risk of harm to individuals, 

USAID (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security; and (c) the disclosure made to 

such Departments and Agencies, 

entities, and persons is reasonably 

necessary to assist in connection with 

USAID’s efforts to respond to the 

suspected or confirmed breach, or to 

prevent, minimize, or remedy such 

harm. 

(8) To the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), in connection with 

review of private relief legislation, as set 

forth in OMB Circular A–19, at any 

stage of the legislative coordination and 

clearance process, as set forth in that 

Circular. 

(9) To another Federal Department or 

Agency or Federal entity, when USAID 

determines information from this 

system of records is reasonably 

necessary to assist the recipient 

Department or Agency or entity in: (a) 

Responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach; or (b) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, that might result from a 

suspected or confirmed Breach. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

USAID stores records in this system 

in electronic format. USAID’s staff 

collect paper records that contain 

information for counterterrorism vetting 

when USAID’s partners need to submit 

required information other than 

electronically. USAID’s policy is that, 

following the entry of information 

contained in such paper copies into 

PVS, our staff must dispose of the paper 

copies properly, in accordance with the 

Agency’s procedures for handling 

information. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

USAID’s staff retrieves records in PVS 

by individual name, date of birth, place 

of birth, passport numbers, or other 

identifying data specified under 

‘‘Categories of Records’’ in the system, 

as well as Mission/Program/Department, 

old awardee identification number (ID), 

awardee ID, alias, city, vetting status, 

vetting priority, vetting date, date of 

final determination, or date USAID 

created the record. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

PVS follows NARA Records Schedule 

Number DAA–0286–2017–0001. USAID 

maintains vetting records for nine years 

after making an eligible or ineligible 

decision, regardless of award status. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

For electronic records: USAID 

maintains PVS records in a secure cloud 

database managed by Amazon Web 

Services on behalf of the Agency. The 

database is subject to non-disclosure 


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agreement rules of engagement 

administered by AID Form 545–5. 

USAID restricts access to vetting 

requests and results stored in the PVS 

database to users who are U.S. 

Government personnel and authorized 

contractors who need to know this 

information to perform their duties, who 

can include the USAID workforce hired 

and/or appointed by our Missions, 

Bureaus, and Independent Offices 

involved in conducting or supporting 

vetting. The PVS database is housed on, 

and accessed from, an unclassified 

computer network. USAID stores vetting 

results, the analysis of their content, and 

classified comments separately, outside 

of PVS, on appropriately classified 

networks. Computer networks and the 

PVS database require a user 

authentication and Agency approval. 

The Agency maintains and periodically 

reviews an audit trail to monitor access 

to the system. Authorized U.S. 

Government personnel receive 

instructions in the proper use and 

protection of PII. 

For paper records: USAID keeps 

paper vetting records in an approved 

security container at our Washington 

headquarters, and at the relevant 

locations that conduct vetting-related 

activities. Access to these records is 

limited to those authorized U.S. 

Government personnel and authorized 

contractors who have a need for the 

records in the performance of their 

official duties. USAID does not keep 

classified records within PVS. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Under the Privacy Act, individuals 

may request access to records about 

themselves. These individuals must be 

limited to citizens of the United States 

or aliens lawfully admitted for 

permanent residence. If a Federal 

Department or Agency or a person who 

is not the individual who is the subject 

of the records, requests access to records 

about an individual, the written consent 

of the individual who is the subject of 

the records is required. 

Requesters may submit requests to 

USAID for records under the Privacy 

Act in the following ways: (1) By mail 

to the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) Office in the Information and 

Records Division of the Office of 

Management Services within USAID’s 

Bureau for Management, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 2.07C, 

Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, 

DC 20523–2701; (2) via facsimile to 

202–216–3070; (3) via email to foia@

usaid.gov; (4) on the USAID website, at 

www.usaid.gov/foia-requests; or, (5) in 

person during regular business hours at 

USAID, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Room 2.07C, Ronald Reagan Building, 

Washington, DC 20523–2701, or at 

USAID’s overseas Missions. 

Requesters who use methods 1 

through 4 above may provide a written 

statement, or may complete and submit 

USAID Form 507–2, Freedom of 

Information/Privacy Act Record Request 

Form, which is available in the 

following ways: (a) On the USAID 

website, at www.usaid.gov/foia-requests; 

(b) by email request to foia@usaid.gov; 

or, (c) by writing to USAID’s FOIA 

Office in the Information and Records 

Division of the Office of Management 

Services within USAID’s Bureau for 

Management, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Room 2.07C, Ronald 

Reagan Building, Washington, DC 

20523–2701. Requesters must provide 

information that is necessary to identify 

the records, including the following: 

The requester’s full name; present 

mailing address; home telephone; work 

telephone; name of subject, if other than 

the requester; the requester’s 

relationship to subject; a description of 

the type of information or specific 

records; and the purpose of requesting 

the information. Requesters should 

provide the system of record (in this 

case, PVS) identification name and 

number, if known; and, to facilitate the 

assembly of records retrieved by Social 

Security Numbers, the Social Security 

Number of the individual to whom the 

record or records pertain. 

In addition, requesters who use 

methods 1 through 4 above must 

include proof of their identity by 

providing copies of two (2) source 

documents notarized by a valid, 

unexpired notary public. Acceptable 

proof-of-identity source documents 

include an unexpired United States 

passport; Social Security Card (both 

sides); unexpired U.S. Government 

employee identity card; unexpired 

driver’s license or identification card 

issued by a state or United States 

possession, provided that it contains a 

photograph; a certificate of United 

States citizenship; a certificate of 

naturalization; a card that shows 

permanent residence in the United 

States; a United States alien registration 

receipt card with photograph; a United 

States military identification card or 

draft record; or a United States military 

dependent’s identification card. 

A requester who use methods 1 

through 4 above also must provide a 

signed and notarized statement that he 

or she is the person named in the 

request; that he or she understands that 

any falsification of this statement is 

punishable under the provision of 

Section 1001 of Title 18 of the U.S.C. by 

a fine, or by imprisonment of not more 

than five years or, if the offense involves 

international or domestic terrorism (as 

defined in Section 2331 of the statute), 

imprisonment of not more than eight 

years, or both; and that requesting or 

obtaining records under false pretenses 

is punishable under the provisions of 

Section 552a(i)(3) of Title 5 of the U.S.C. 

as a misdemeanor, and by a fine of not 

more than $5,000. 

Requesters who use method 5 above 

must provide such personal 

identification as is reasonable under the 

circumstances to verify their identity, 

including the following: An unexpired 

United States passport; Social Security 

Card; unexpired U.S. Government 

employee identity card; un-expired 

driver’s license or identification card 

issued by a state or United States 

possession, provided that it contains a 

photograph; a certificate of United 

States citizenship; a certificate of 

naturalization; a card that shows 

permanent residence in the United 

States; a United States alien registration 

receipt card with photograph; a United 

States military identification card or 

draft record; or a United States military 

dependent’s identification card. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See Record Access Procedure. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

See Record Access Procedure. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Portions of USAID’s PVS are exempt 

from one or more provisions of the 

Privacy Act (74 FR 9). 

Exempt information in this system 

includes, but is not limited to, the 

following: 

• Results generated from the 

screening of individuals covered by this 

notice; 

• Intelligence and law-enforcement 

information related to national security; 

and 

• National-security vetting and 

counterterrorism screening information, 

provided to USAID by other 

Departments and Agencies. 

Section 215.13 of Part 215 of Title 22 

of the Code of Federal Regulations, 

General Exemptions: 

(c) The systems of records USAID is 

exempt under Section (j)(2) of the Act, 

the provisions of the Act from which the 

Agency is exempting them, and the 

justification for the exemptions, appear 

below: 

(2) Partner-Vetting System (PVS). This 

system is exempt from Subsections 

(c)(3) and (4); (d); (e)(1), (2), and (3); 

(e)(4)(G), (H), and (I); (e)(5) and (8); (f), 

(g), and (h) of Section 552a of Title 5 of 

the U.S.C. These exemptions are 


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necessary to insure the proper 

functioning of the law-enforcement 

activity, to protect confidential sources 

of information, to fulfill promises of 

confidentiality, to maintain the integrity 

of law-enforcement procedures, to avoid 

premature disclosure of the knowledge 

of criminal activity and the evidentiary 

basis of possible enforcement actions, to 

prevent interference with lawenforcement proceedings, to avoid the 

disclosure of investigative techniques, 

to avoid endangering law-enforcement 

personnel, to maintain the ability to 

obtain candid and necessary 

information, to fulfill commitments 

made to sources to protect the 

confidentiality of information, to avoid 

endangering these sources, and to 

facilitate the proper selection or 

continuance of the best applicants or 

persons for a given position or contract. 

Although the primary functions of 

USAID are not of a law-enforcement 

nature, the mandate to ensure USAID’s 

funding does not purposefully or 

inadvertently support entities or 

individuals deemed to be a risk to 

national security necessarily requires 

coordination with law-enforcement and 

intelligence agencies as well as use of 

their information. The use of the 

information by these other Departments 

or Agencies necessitates the conveyance 

of these other systems exemptions to 

protect the information as stated. [57 FR 

38277, Aug. 24, 1992, as amended at 74 

FR 16, Jan. 2, 2009] 

Section 215.14 of Part 215 of Title 22 

of the Code of Federal Regulation, 

Specific Exemptions: 

(c) The systems of records to be 

exempted under Section (k) of the Act, 

the provisions of the Act from which the 

Agency is exempting them, and the 

justification for the exemptions, appear 

below: 

(6) Partner Vetting System (PVS). This 

system is exempt under Subsections 

(k)(1), (k)(2), and (k)(5) of Section 552a 

of Title 5 of the U.S.C., and from the 

provisions of Subsections (c)(3); (d); 

(e)(1); (e)(4)(G), (H), (I); and (f).5 of 

Section 552a of U.S.C. 552a. USAID 

claims these exemptions to protect the 

materials required by Executive Order to 

be kept secret in the interest of national 

defense or foreign policy, to prevent 

subjects of investigation from frustrating 

the investigatory process, to ensure the 

proper functioning and integrity of lawenforcement activities, to prevent the 

disclosure of investigative techniques, 

to maintain the ability to obtain candid 

and necessary information, to fulfill 

commitments made to sources to protect 

the confidentiality of information, to 

avoid endangering these sources, and to 

facilitate the proper selection or 

continuance of the best applicants or 

persons for a given position or contract. 

[57 FR 38277, Aug. 24, 1992, as 

amended at 74 FR 17, Jan. 2, 2009] 

HISTORY: 

USAID established the PVS as a new 

system of records on August 27, 2007 

(72FR 39042). 

USAID modified the PVS system of 

records on January 10, 2013 (77 FR 

72319). 

Celida Ann Malone, 

Government Privacy Task Lead. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00450 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Food Distribution Program on Indian 

Reservations 2018 Farm Bill 

Demonstration Project for Tribal 

Organizations: Solicitation of 

Proposals 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS) is soliciting proposals 

from eligible Tribal Organizations to 

participate in a demonstration project to 

purchase agricultural commodities for 

the Food Distribution Program on 

Indian Reservations (FDPIR). This 

demonstration project is authorized 

under the Agriculture Improvement Act 

of 2018. Participation in this 

demonstration project is available to 

Tribal Organizations that administer 

FDPIR. Tribal organizations will be 

selected on a competitive basis and 

funding will be awarded through a selfdetermination contract. 

DATES: Proposals will be accepted until 

11:59 p.m. ET on March 15, 2021. See 

ADDRESSES section for submission 

details. 

ADDRESSES: Email proposals to FDPIRRC@usda.gov with subject line ‘‘FDPIR 

Demonstration Project’’. Proposals 

received and date-stamped after the 

time listed in the DATES section of this 

notice will not be considered. FNS will 

accept proposals at any time before the 

deadline and will send a notification of 

receipt to the return email address on 

the proposal package, along with a 

determination of whether the proposal 

is complete. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Lopez, Food Distribution 

Division, Food and Nutrition Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1320 

Braddock Place, Alexandria, Virginia 

22314, 703–305–2465, or email FDPIRRC@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Program Background 

II. 2018 Farm Bill: Demonstration Project for 

Tribal Organizations 

III. Eligibility and Criteria 

A. Eligibility of Tribal Organization 

B. Agricultural Commodity Criteria 

IV. Review, Selection and Evaluation 

A. Review and Selection Process 

B. Evaluation Criteria 

V. Proposal Template 

I. Program Background 

The Food Distribution Program on 

Indian Reservations (FDPIR) is 

administered by the Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS) of the USDA and provides 

a food package of 100 percent 

domestically grown foods to incomeeligible households living on Indian 

reservations and to American Indian 

households residing in approved areas 

near reservations or in Oklahoma. 

FDPIR was authorized under the Food 

Stamp Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 95–113), 

which was later renamed the Food and 

Nutrition Act of 2008 (FNA). FDPIR is 

currently administered by 102 Tribal 

Organizations and three State agencies 

and provides benefits and nutrition 

education services to approximately 276 

Federally recognized Tribes across the 

United States. In FY 2020, the program 

served approximately 75,500 

individuals on an average monthly 

basis. Each month, participating FDPIR 

households receive a defined food 

package to help maintain a nutritionally 

balanced diet. Based on FNS guidance, 

participants may select from over 100 

domestically grown and produced 

foods, including fresh fruits and 

vegetables, a variety of frozen and 

nonperishable items, and a selection of 

traditional foods. 

FDPIR administering agencies order 

foods from USDA (i.e., USDA Foods), 

and the foods are purchased and 

shipped to Tribal Organizations and 

State agencies that administer FDPIR. 

These administering agencies store and 

distribute the foods, determine 

applicant eligibility, and provide 

nutrition education to participants. 

USDA provides the administering 

agencies with funds for program 

administrative costs. 

II. 2018 Farm Bill: Demonstration 

Project for Tribal Organizations 

Currently, the USDA Foods provided 

in the FDPIR food package are procured 

by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) in collaboration with 

FNS. USDA purchases and ships the 


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