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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 206 

To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide greater access to the 

food stamp program by reducing duplicative and burdensome administrative requirements, authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants 

to certain community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups 

for the purpose of establishing and implementing a Beyond the Soup 

Kitchen Pilot Program for certain socially and economically disadvantaged populations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. WEINER, Mr. CROWLEY, and Mrs. MALONEY

of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide greater 

access to the food stamp program by reducing duplicative 

and burdensome administrative requirements, authorize 

the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to certain 

community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

groups for the purpose of establishing and implementing 

a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program for certain 

socially and economically disadvantaged populations, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-hunger Empower3 ment Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) In 2005 the number of Americans in house7 holds facing hunger or food insecurity was 

8 35,000,000, which is 4,000,000 more Americans 

9 than in 1999. In such year 12,000,000 children, 

10 which is 17 percent of all American children, lived 

11 in these households. 

12 (2) In 2005 according to the United States De13 partment of Agriculture, only 60 percent of eligible 

14 Americans received benefits from the food stamp 

15 program. 

16 (3) Administrative burdens involved in securing 

17 food stamp benefits are particularly burdensome for 

18 working families. 

19 (4) In 2005 more than 25,000,000 people in 

20 the United States, of whom 9,000,000 were children, 

21 were forced to rely upon more than 43,000 soup 

22 kitchens, food pantries, and other charitable feeding 

23 programs. 

24 (5) The charitable food distribution system in 

25 the United States would benefit from increased co26 ordination and technical assistance. 


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1 (6) Helping those who use feeding programs to 

2 move ‘‘beyond the soup kitchen,’’ by promoting the 

3 values of community, opportunity, and responsibility, 

4 is a national priority. 

5 TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE 

6 FOOD STAMP ACT OF 1977 

7 SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOOD STAMP ACT OF 1977. 

8 (a) ADMINISTRATIVE COST SHARING AND QUALITY

9 CONTROL.—Section 16(k) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 

10 (7 U.S.C. 2025(k)) is amended by striking subsection (k) 

11 and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(k) ADMINISTRATIVE COST FOR INCREASING AC13 CESS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec14 tion, the Secretary is authorized to pay to each State 

15 agency an amount equal to 75 percent of the administra16 tive costs incurred by the State agency in carrying out 

17 new activities not previously funded by the State— 

18 ‘‘(1) to increase the number of hours that food 

19 stamp offices are open on weekends and nights if 

20 there is neither a decrease in the total number of 

21 food stamp offices that are open in the State nor a 

22 decrease in the number of hours such offices are 

23 open during regular work week; 

24 ‘‘(2) to conduct verifiable activities to reduce 

25 the average wait time that applicants spend at food 


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1 stamp offices or to reduce the average number of of2 fice visits required of applicants; 

3 ‘‘(3) to accept applications for food stamp ben4 efit by means of the Internet; 

5 ‘‘(4) to upgrade computer systems and tech6 nology in ways that specifically increase access to 

7 the food stamp program; 

8 ‘‘(5) at the time of application, to provide appli9 cants with a checklist listing all documents required 

10 for a complete food stamp application.’’. 

11 (b) REDUCTION OF BURDENSOME AND DUPLICATIVE

12 OFFICE VISITS; PROHIBITION OF FINGERPRINTING.— 

13 Section 11(e)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

14 2020(e)(2)) is amended— 

15 (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking the period 

16 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, 

17 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘In’’ and inserting ‘‘that 

19 in’’, and 

20 (B) in clause (vii) by striking the period at 

21 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, 

22 (3) in subparagraph (D) by inserting the fol23 lowing before the semicolon at the end: ‘‘, and the 

24 fingerprint of any member of a household shall not 

25 be required for the purpose of participating in the 


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1 food stamp program or for issuance of benefits for 

2 which the household would otherwise be eligible’’, 

3 (4) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 

4 (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively, and 

5 (5) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(C) that the State agency shall inform house8 holds, at the time of application, that— 

9 ‘‘(i) household members are not required 

10 to appear in person at the time of application, 

11 or at any other time, unless— 

12 ‘‘(I) expressly required by this Act; or 

13 ‘‘(II) in accordance with clause (ii); 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(ii) if the State agency has a basis to rea16 sonably believe that information provided by a 

17 household is incorrect or that a household has 

18 failed to provide information required for par19 ticipation in the food stamp program, then the 

20 State agency shall— 

21 ‘‘(I) provide to the household a writ22 ten statement notifying the household of 

23 such belief; specifying the factual basis of 

24 such belief, informing the household of the 

25 applicable information that is believed to 


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1 be incorrect or missing, and instructing the 

2 household how to correct or to provide the 

3 appropriate information; and 

4 ‘‘(II) not require any member of such 

5 household to appear in person unless either 

6 the household fails to provide the appro7 priate information or the State agency can8 not verify the accuracy of information the 

9 household provides in response to the re10 quest made under this subparagraph by 

11 the State agency;’’. 

12 SEC. 102. COMPARATIVE PROGRESS REPORT. 

13 Section 18 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

14 2027) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(g) The Secretary shall submit a single, unified, an16 nual report to the appropriate committees of the Congress 

17 on the comparative progress of States in improving access 

18 to the food stamp program. The following statistics shall 

19 be included in the report with respect to each particular 

20 State: 

21 ‘‘(1) The percentage of food stamp program ap22 plications processed within the 30-day period re23 quired by this Act. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The average number of days required to 

2 process expedited applications for food stamp bene3 fits. 

4 ‘‘(3) The average number of days required to 

5 process regular applications for food stamp benefits. 

6 ‘‘(4) The average number of office visits that 

7 each applicant makes to receive food stamp benefits. 

8 ‘‘(5) Statewide negative errors rates. 

9 ‘‘(6) The overall participation rate of house10 holds that are eligible to participate in the food 

11 stamp program. 

12 ‘‘(7) The information specified in paragraphs 

13 (1) through (6) for a particular geographical area in 

14 such State.’’. 

15 TITLE II—ANTI-HUNGER GRANTS 

16 PROGRAM 

17 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Beyond the Soup 

19 Kitchen Grants Program Act of 2007’’. 

20 SEC. 202. BEYOND THE SOUP KITCHEN PILOT PROGRAM. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Sec22 retary shall establish a pilot program, to be known as the 

23 ‘‘Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program’’, in accordance 

24 with this title. 


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1 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the pilot program 

2 are— 

3 (1) to provide grant assistance to a primary 

4 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

5 group in each pilot community for purposes of allo6 cating subgrants to other community-based non7 profit feeding and anti-hunger groups in such com8 munity; and 

9 (2) to provide technical assistance grants. 

10 SEC. 203. SELECTION OF PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED 

11 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER 

12 GROUPS AND SUBGRANTEES. 

13 (a) GRANTS TO PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED NON14 PROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUPS.—Under 

15 the pilot program and for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

16 award not more than 30 grants to primary community17 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups, in ac18 cordance with this section. 

19 (b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for an award of a 

20 grant for a fiscal year under this section, a community21 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group shall sub22 mit to the Secretary an application that contains a de23 scription of how the applicant proposes to use the grant 

24 funds to implement the components of the pilot program 

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1 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group. 

2 The application shall be submitted in such form, at such 

3 time, and containing such other information as the Sec4 retary may require. 

5 (c) PILOT PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—An application 

6 for a grant under this section shall contain the following 

7 components: 

8 (1) PROGRAMS COMPONENT.—A program com9 ponent that describes, with respect to a target popu10 lation of a pilot community and in accordance with 

11 section 204, programs designed for the following 

12 purposes: 

13 (A) To reduce hunger in such target popu14 lation. 

15 (B) To increase the use of nutrition assist16 ance and anti-poverty programs by such target 

17 population. 

18 (C) To bolster food security within such 

19 target population. 

20 (D) To assist individuals and families 

21 within such target population to develop assets. 

22 (E) To promote the economic independence 

23 of individuals and families within such target 

24 population. 


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1 (F) To improve the nutrition of such tar2 get population. 

3 (G) To reduce the occurrence of obesity in 

4 such target population. 

5 (2) COMMUNITY FOOD COUNCIL.—A community 

6 food council component that describes the formation 

7 and operation of a community food council designed 

8 to engage emergency feeding groups, Federal, State, 

9 and local government agencies, the cooperative ex10 tension system, land-grant colleges and universities, 

11 and historically African American, Hispanic, and 

12 American Indian educational institutes for the pur13 poses described under paragraph (1). 

14 (3) SUBGRANTS COMPONENT.—A subgrants 

15 component that describes a plan for the allocation of 

16 grants funds to subgrantees by the primary commu17 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, 

18 in accordance with subsection (e). 

19 (d) CRITERIA.—In evaluating an application of a 

20 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

21 group, the Secretary shall consider, in addition to such 

22 other criteria as the Secretary determines appropriate, the 

23 extent to which the application of the group demonstrates 

24 the following: 


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1 (1) The capacity to serve as a leader for other 

2 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

3 groups in the pilot community and to successfully 

4 provide technical assistance and other assistance to 

5 the greatest number of such groups. 

6 (2) Successful experience— 

7 (A) in conducting a program described in 

8 section 204(b); 

9 (B) in working with a national service, 

10 community service, or volunteer service group 

11 that conducts a program described in section 

12 204(b); 

13 (C) in managing and using Federal grant 

14 funds, including grants for community food and 

15 nutrition programs authorized under section 

16 681(a) of the Community Services Block Grant 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 9922(a)); 

18 (D) in working cooperatively with a nutri19 tion assistance and anti-poverty program, other 

20 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti21 hunger groups, and faith-based and other com22 munity programs in the pilot community; and 

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1 nity of such organization and nutrition assist2 ance and anti-poverty programs. 

3 (3) In the case of a community-based nonprofit 

4 feeding and anti-hunger group with a large budget, 

5 the existence of a financial mechanism to implement 

6 the proposal and staff expertise to handle large Fed7 eral and private grants, or in the case of a commu8 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group 

9 with a small budget, proven effectiveness in the de10 livery and coordination of a program described in 

11 section 204(b). 

12 (4) The ability to influence other community, 

13 government, and private resources to assist in the 

14 creation and implementation of the pilot program in 

15 the pilot community of the community-based non16 profit feeding and anti-hunger group. 

17 (e) SUBGRANTS.— 

18 (1) SELECTION BY PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED

19 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP RE20 QUIRED.—Under the pilot program, the Secretary 

21 shall require a primary community-based nonprofit 

22 feeding and anti-hunger group that is awarded a 

23 grant under subsection (a) to select at least 10, but 

24 no more than 200, subgrantees to carry out sub25 grants under the grants. Such subgrants shall be 


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1 used in support of the pilot program in the pilot 

2 community of such group, in accordance with section 

3 204. 

4 (2) SELECTION OF SUBGRANTEES.—A primary 

5 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

6 group shall select subgrantees for purposes of para7 graph (1)— 

8 (A) by selecting the subgrantee in the ap9 plication submitted under subsection (b); or 

10 (B) in consultation with the Secretary of 

11 Agriculture after evaluating proposals sub12 mitted by subgrantee applicants. 

13 SEC. 204. USES OF GRANTS. 

14 (a) REQUIRED USES BY PRIMARY COMMUNITY15 BASED NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER

16 GROUPS.—A primary community-based nonprofit feeding 

17 and anti-hunger group that is awarded a grant under sec18 tion 203(a) shall— 

19 (1) allocate at least 60 percent of the grant for 

20 subgrants in accordance with section 203(e); and 

21 (2) spend at least 5 percent of the grant on 

22 evaluation of the pilot program in the pilot commu23 nity of such group. 

24 (b) ELIGIBLE USES BY PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED

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1 SUBGRANTEES.—Grant funds awarded to a primary com2 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group or 

3 allocated to a subgrantee under the pilot program may be 

4 used for any of the following purposes: 

5 (1) ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS.—With respect to a 

6 target population in a pilot community, any of the 

7 following programs: 

8 (A) A program that informs such popu9 lation about benefits under nutrition assistance 

10 and anti-poverty programs, pre-screens mem11 bers of such population to determine the eligi12 bility of such members to receive such benefits, 

13 and assists such members to access relevant 

14 benefits. 

15 (B) A program to assist such population to 

16 transition successfully from welfare to work. 

17 (C) A program that is likely to result in 

18 job creation or that involves job training, readi19 ness, placement, or retention activities. 

20 (D) A program to increase the supply of 

21 donated foods to community-based nonprofit 

22 feeding and anti-hunger groups, especially of 

23 fresh fruits, vegetables, and other nutritious 

24 foods. 


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1 (E) A program that increases the access of 

2 such population to fresh fruits, vegetables, and 

3 other nutritious foods. 

4 (F) A program that promotes the use of 

5 farmers’ markets, urban farms, and food-pro6 ducing agriculture projects, especially a pro7 gram that promotes the use of such markets, 

8 farms, and projects by nutrition assistance and 

9 anti-poverty programs. 

10 (G) A program to assess the flow of food, 

11 from production through consumption, in a 

12 community. 

13 (H) A program that involves nutrition edu14 cation, obesity reduction, or financial manage15 ment activities, especially such activities that 

16 have hands-on demonstrations or that promote 

17 physical activity. 

18 (I) A program that promotes microenter19 prise and small business development, especially 

20 the development of such a business that is food21 related. 

22 (J) A program that assists government 

23 agencies and nonprofit groups to increase the 

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1 grams under the summer food service program 

2 for children authorized under section 13 of the 

3 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 1766) and the child and adult care 

5 food program authorized under section 17 of 

6 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761). 

7 (K) A program that creates a customer ad8 visory council at a community-based nonprofit 

9 feeding and anti-hunger group to enable an in10 dividual who obtains food from such group to 

11 consult with the council on ways to improve the 

12 operations of such group. 

13 (L) A program to increase the assistance 

14 of national and community service programs, 

15 including AmeriCorps, Volunteers in Service to 

16 America (AmeriCorps-VISTA), Learn and 

17 Serve America, Senior Corps, Freedom Corps, 

18 and any other volunteer program to aid commu19 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

20 groups. 

21 (M) A program to increase the involvement 

22 of volunteers who have professional skills with 

23 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti24 hunger groups and other nonprofit groups. 


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1 (N) A program that relates nutrition im2 provement and the problem of hunger within 

3 such population to broader issues within the 

4 pilot community, including community develop5 ment and economic improvement. 

6 (O) A program that promotes the use of 

7 individual development accounts, as defined in 

8 section 404(5) of the Assets for Independence 

9 Act (title IV of Public Law 105–285; 42 U.S.C. 

10 604 note), or any other such asset-development 

11 program. 

12 (P) With respect to a community-based 

13 nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, a pro14 gram to— 

15 (i) provide technical assistance to such 

16 group to increase the technical capacities 

17 of such group; or 

18 (ii) enable the group to more effi19 ciently and effectively use computer tech20 nology, recruit volunteers, write grants, or 

21 otherwise increase the fundraising and op22 eration of such group. 

23 (Q) A program that provides for the provi24 sion of technical assistance and informational 

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1 gram described in subparagraphs (A) through 

2 (P). 

3 (R) A program to coordinate activities of 

4 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti5 hunger groups within the pilot community, in6 cluding activities that further any of the fol7 lowing goals: 

8 (i) Creation of joint advertising, com9 munications, and referral systems. 

10 (ii) Coordination of hours of oper11 ations and services provided. 

12 (iii) Creation of joint client, funding, 

13 and other databases, tracking systems, and 

14 benefits referral systems. 

15 (iv) Implementation of joint activities 

16 to reduce hunger, strengthen local food 

17 systems, reduce poverty, improve economic 

18 self-sufficiency, and reduce obesity. 

19 (2) ELIGIBLE FOOD-RELATED USES.—Subject 

20 to the limitation in subsection (c)(1), any of the fol21 lowing food-related purposes: 

22 (A) Gathering food. 

23 (B) The collection of perishable, but safe, 

24 food from entities such as restaurants, caterers, 


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1 and farms, for distribution to a target popu2 lation. 

3 (C) Packing food. 

4 (D) Sorting food. 

5 (E) Processing food. 

6 (F) Transportation of food. 

7 (G) Heating, cooling, or freezing of food. 

8 (H) Storage of food. 

9 (I) Administrative expenses necessary to 

10 increase the supply of nutritious food (especially 

11 fresh fruit and vegetables) distributed by com12 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

13 groups. 

14 (J) Administrative staff and volunteer 

15 management for purposes of performing activi16 ties listed in subparagraphs (A) through (H). 

17 (3) ELIGIBLE STIPENDS.—For the provision of 

18 stipends to customers for expenses incurred by such 

19 customers for participating in a customer advisory 

20 council described in section 204(b)(1)(K). 

21 (c) LIMITATIONS.— 

22 (1) LIMITATION ON FOOD PURCHASES.—No 

23 more than 20 percent of the total amount of grant 

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1 a subgrantee under the pilot program may be used 

2 to directly purchase food. 

3 (2) LIMITATION ON FUNDS EXPENDED TO NA4 TIONAL OR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM.—Grant 

5 funds awarded to a primary community-based non6 profit feeding and anti-hunger group or allocated to 

7 a subgrantee under the pilot program may not be 

8 used to provide a volunteer in a national or commu9 nity service program listed in subsection (b)(1)(L) 

10 with any educational funding, stipend, health care, 

11 or child care. 

12 SEC. 205. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

13 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Under the 

14 pilot program and for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

15 award grants to technical assistance community-based 

16 nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups, in accordance 

17 with this section. 

18 (b) APPLICATION FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

19 GRANTS.—To be eligible for an award of a grant under 

20 this section, a technical assistance community-based non21 profit feeding and anti-hunger group shall submit to the 

22 Secretary an application containing a description of how 

23 the applicant proposes to use the grant funds to provide 

24 technical assistance to all pilot communities. The applica25 tion shall be submitted in such form, at such time, and 


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1 containing such other information as the Secretary may 

2 require. 

3 (c) CRITERIA TO RECEIVE GRANTS.—In evaluating 

4 an application of a technical assistance community-based 

5 nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, the Secretary 

6 shall consider, in addition to such other criteria as the 

7 Secretary determines appropriate, the extent to which the 

8 application of the technical assistance group demonstrates 

9 the following: 

10 (1) The ability to provide capacity-building 

11 technical assistance to community-based nonprofit 

12 feeding and anti-hunger groups. 

13 (2) Organizational and staff experience in— 

14 (A) national issues related to emergency 

15 food programs, food banks, food rescue organi16 zations, the hunger problem, food insecurity, 

17 anti-poverty programs, and nutrition education; 

18 (B) providing technical assistance to com19 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

20 groups and conducting outreach programs on 

21 nutrition assistance and anti-poverty programs; 

22 (C) successfully working with national and 

23 community service programs, including such 

24 programs listed in section 204(b)(1)(L); 


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1 (D) working cooperatively or in a leader2 ship role with other national, regional, State, 

3 and local eligible technical entities; and 

4 (E) working with a wide variety of faith5 based and community organizations and with 

6 community-wide religious and civic organiza7 tions. 

8 (3) Proven financial control mechanisms and 

9 staff expertise to work with large Federal and pri10 vate grants, or in the case of a technical assistance 

11 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

12 group with a small operating budget, effectiveness in 

13 program delivery and coordination. 

14 (d) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TECHNICAL AS15 SISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— 

16 (1) ASSISTANCE FROM DEPARTMENT OF AGRI17 CULTURE.—The Secretary may provide technical 

18 and evaluation assistance to— 

19 (A) a technical assistance community20 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group 

21 awarded a grant under subsection (a); 

22 (B) a primary community-based nonprofit 

23 feeding and anti-hunger group awarded a grant 

24 under section 203(a) or a subgrantee selected 

25 under section 203(e); or 


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1 (C) any community-based nonprofit feed2 ing and anti-hunger group or technical assist3 ance community-based nonprofit feeding and 

4 anti-hunger group that does not receive a grant 

5 under this Act, but that carries out activities 

6 similar to those of such a group or subgrantee. 

7 (2) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS

8 AND AGENCIES.—The head of any Federal depart9 ment or agency may provide technical assistance to 

10 a group or subgrantee referred to in subparagraph 

11 (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) to carry out activi12 ties described in subparagraph (C) of such para13 graph. 

14 (3) ASSISTANCE FROM STATE AND LOCAL

15 AGENCIES AND LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNI16 VERSITIES.—The Secretary may encourage any ap17 propriate State or local agency or land-grant college 

18 or university to provide technical assistance to such 

19 groups or subgrantees to carry out such activities. 

20 SEC. 206. ALLOCATION OF GRANTS. 

21 (a) ALLOCATION BY TYPE OF GRANT.—Of the 

22 amounts made available to carry out this title for a fiscal 

23 year— 


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1 (1) $190,000,000 is available for grants to pri2 mary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti3 hunger groups authorized under section 203(a); and 

4 (2) $8,000,000 is available for technical assist5 ance grants authorized under section 205(a). 

6 (b) ALLOCATION TO PILOT COMMUNITIES.—Of the 

7 amounts made available under subsection (a)(1) to pri8 mary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

9 groups for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate such 

10 amounts to one primary community-based nonprofit feed11 ing and anti-hunger group in each of the pilot commu12 nities listed in subsection (c) and may allocate such 

13 amounts to one such group in each pilot community des14 ignated by the Secretary under subsection (d)(2). The 

15 amount allocated to a primary community-based nonprofit 

16 feeding and anti-hunger group— 

17 (1) shall not be less than $500,000, nor more 

18 than $20,000,000; and 

19 (2) shall be in proportion to the number of indi20 viduals and families within the target population of 

21 the pilot community involved. 

22 (c) PILOT COMMUNITIES LISTED.—For purposes of 

23 subsection (b), a pilot community listed in this subsection 

24 is each of the following areas: 

25 (1) New York, New York. 


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1 (2) Chicago, Illinois. 

2 (3) Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

3 (4) Puerto Rico. 

4 (5) Indianapolis, Indiana. 

5 (6) Des Moines, Iowa. 

6 (7) Toledo, Ohio. 

7 (8) Savannah, Georgia. 

8 (9) New Haven, Connecticut. 

9 (10) Roanoke, Virginia. 

10 (11) Santa Cruz County, Santa Clara County, 

11 and Monterey County in California. 

12 (12) Onondaga County in New York. 

13 (13) The rural boroughs in Alaska. 

14 (14) Washington metropolitan region. 

15 (15) Pittsburgh and the suburban and rural 

16 areas in southwestern Pennsylvania. 

17 (16) Rural counties in eastern Kentucky. 

18 (17) Counties in northern West Virginia. 

19 (18) Rural counties in southern Texas. 

20 (19) Rural counties in southern Missouri. 

21 (20) Rural counties in north, west, and central 

22 Wisconsin. 

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1 (1) SPECIFICATION OF AREAS.—The Secretary 

2 shall specify the counties or other areas to be in3 cluded in each of the pilot communities described in 

4 paragraphs (15) through (20) of subsection (c). 

5 (2) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL PILOT COM6 MUNITIES.—The Secretary may designate not more 

7 than 10 pilot communities in addition to those listed 

8 in subsection (c). 

9 SEC. 207. REPORTS AND EVALUATION. 

10 (a) SUBGRANTEE REPORT TO PRIMARY COMMUNITY11 BASED NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER

12 GROUP.—Not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal 

13 year for which a subgrantee received a subgrant under sec14 tion 203(e), the subgrantee shall submit to the primary 

15 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group 

16 that selected the subgrantee under such section a report 

17 that evaluates the results of the activities, including finan18 cial expenditures, during such fiscal year of the subgrantee 

19 in carrying out the subgrant. 

20 (b) PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT FEED21 ING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP REPORTS TO SEC22 RETARY.—Not later than 180 days after the end of the 

23 fiscal year for which a primary community-based nonprofit 

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1 port that evaluates the results of the activities, including 

2 financial expenditures, during the preceding fiscal year of 

3 the group in carrying out the grant. Such report shall in4 clude each report submitted to the group by a subgrantee 

5 under subsection (a) for such fiscal year. 

6 (c) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

7 than October 31 of each of calendar years 2008 through 

8 2012, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 

9 the progress of the pilot program. 

10 (d) FINAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

11 April 30, 2013, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 

12 a report that evaluates the successes and challenges of the 

13 pilot program and that makes such recommendations as 

14 the Secretary considers appropriate for similar future 

15 grants programs. 

16 SEC. 208. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

17 (a) ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF GRANTS.— 

18 (1) BEYOND THE SOUP KITCHEN GRANTS.— 

19 Upon the expiration of a grant awarded to a com20 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

21 group under section 203(a) and the request of such 

22 group, the Secretary, in accordance with procedures 

23 established by the Secretary, may extend the dura24 tion of the grant once, by one fiscal year, if the Sec25 retary determines that the programs established and 


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1 implemented by such group with the grant resulted 

2 in (or are likely to result in) significant progress in 

3 satisfying the purposes of the pilot program de4 scribed in section 203(c)(1). 

5 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Upon 

6 the expiration of a grant awarded to a technical as7 sistance community-based nonprofit feeding and 

8 anti-hunger group under section 205(a) and the re9 quest of such entity, the Secretary, in accordance 

10 with procedures established by the Secretary, may 

11 extend the duration of the grant once, by one fiscal 

12 year, if the Secretary determines that such technical 

13 assistance group has successfully provided all pilot 

14 programs with technical assistance. 

15 (b) FORM OF GRANTS.—The Secretary, if the Sec16 retary finds it appropriate, may use cooperative agree17 ments, as described in section 6305 of title 31, United 

18 States Code, for purposes of awarding grants to primary 

19 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

20 groups under section 203(a) and to technical assistance 

21 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

22 groups under section 205(a). 

23 SEC. 209. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this title: 


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1 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

3 (2) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot pro4 gram’’ means the Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot 

5 Program established under section 202(a). 

6 (3) COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT FEEDING

7 AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP.—The term ‘‘community8 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group’’ 

9 means an anti-hunger organization, food bank, food 

10 pantry, soup kitchen, food rescue group, or commu11 nity food security organization that— 

12 (A) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

13 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

14 from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; 

15 and 

16 (B) is located in (or regularly provides 

17 service to) a pilot community. 

18 (4) PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT

19 FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP.—The term 

20 ‘‘primary community-based nonprofit feeding and 

21 anti-hunger group’’ means a community-based non22 profit feeding and anti-hunger group awarded a 

23 grant under section 203(a). 

24 (5) SUBGRANTEE.—The term ‘‘subgrantee’’ 

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1 anti-hunger group (other than a primary commu2 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

3 group)— 

4 (A) that is selected under section 203(e) 

5 by a primary community-based nonprofit feed6 ing and anti-hunger group; and 

7 (B) that is located in (or regularly provides 

8 service to) the pilot community in which the 

9 primary nonprofit feeding group is located (or 

10 to which the primary nonprofit feeding group 

11 provides regular service). 

12 (6) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY-BASED

13 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP.— 

14 The term ‘‘technical assistance community-based 

15 nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group’’ means a 

16 national, State, or local group that— 

17 (A) is an anti-hunger group, food bank, 

18 food pantry, soup kitchen, food rescue group, or 

19 community food security organization; 

20 (B) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

21 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

22 from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; 

23 and 

24 (C) has the capacity to provide technical 

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1 (7) PILOT COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘pilot com2 munity’’ means a community specified in section 

3 206(b). 

4 (8) TARGET POPULATION.—The term ‘‘target 

5 population’’ includes an individual who (or family 

6 that)— 

7 (A) earns an income below 200 percent of 

8 the Federal poverty line; 

9 (B) suffers from food insecurity; 

10 (C) earns insufficient income to ensure 

11 food security for such individual or family; 

12 (D) lives in a community that suffers from 

13 poverty, hunger, or food insecurity; 

14 (E) is homeless; 

15 (F) receives (or recently received) assist16 ance under a State program funded under part 

17 A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 

18 U.S.C. et seq.), relating to temporary assistance 

19 to needy families; or 

20 (G) is eligible for benefits under any nutri21 tion assistance or anti-poverty program. 

22 (9) NUTRITION ASSISTANCE AND ANTI-POVERTY

23 PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘nutrition assistance and 

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1 income individuals or families, including the fol2 lowing programs: 

3 (A) The food stamp program established 

4 under section 4 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 

5 (7 U.S.C. 2013). 

6 (B) A program authorized under the Rich7 ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or Child Nutrition Act of 

9 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), including the 

10 national school lunch program, the national 

11 school breakfast program, the summer food 

12 service program for children, the special supple13 mental nutrition program for women, infants, 

14 and children, and the child and adult care food 

15 program. 

16 (C) The earned income tax credit allowed 

17 under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code 

18 of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 32). 

19 (10) FOOD INSECURITY.—The term ‘‘food inse20 curity’’ means a lack of consistent access to food. 

21 (11) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN REGION.— 

22 The term ‘‘Washington metropolitan region’’ in23 cludes the District of Columbia, the counties of 

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1 the counties of Arlington and Fairfax and the cities 

2 of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia. 

3 SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 

5 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 to carry out 

6 this title. 

7 TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATE 

8 SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

9 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and 

10 the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on Oc11 tober 1, 2007. 

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