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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5224

To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954

to authorize assistance for the stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of shelf stable prepackaged foods to needy individuals in foreign countries.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 20, 2000

Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. STENHOLM, and Mr. BEREUTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize assistance for the stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution

of shelf stable prepackaged foods to needy individuals

in foreign countries.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Food Re5 lief Partnership Act of 2000’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR STOCKPILING AND RAPID TRANS2 PORTATION, DELIVERY, AND DISTRIBUTION

3 OF SHELF STABLE PREPACKAGED FOODS.

4 Title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and

5 Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) is amended

6 by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘SEC. 208. ASSISTANCE FOR STOCKPILING AND RAPID

8 TRANSPORTATION, DELIVERY, AND DIS9 TRIBUTION OF SHELF STABLE PRE10 PACKAGED FOODS.

11 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator is author12 ized to provide grants to—

13 ‘‘(1) United States nonprofit organizations (de14 scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue

15 Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section

16 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and

17 eligible organizations for the preparation of shelf

18 stable prepackaged foods and the establishment and

19 maintenance of stockpiles of such foods in the

20 United States; and

21 ‘‘(2) private voluntary organizations and inter22 national organizations for the rapid transportation,

23 delivery, and distribution of such shelf stable pre24 packaged foods to needy individuals in foreign coun25 tries.
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1 ‘‘(b) GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF STOCK2 PILES.—

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 70 percent

4 of the amount made available to carry out this sec5 tion shall be used to provide grants under subsection

6 (a)(1).

7 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In providing grants under

8 subsection (a)(1), the Administrator shall give pref9 erence to a United States nonprofit organization

10 that agrees to provide non-Federal funds in an

11 amount equal to 50 percent of the funds received

12 under a grant under subsection (a)(1), an in kind

13 contribution equal to such percent, or a combination

14 thereof, for the preparation of shelf stable pre15 packaged foods and the establishment and mainte16 nance of stockpiles of such foods in the United

17 States in accordance with such subsection.

18 ‘‘(c) GRANTS FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION, DELIV19 ERY, AND DISTRIBUTION.—Not less than 20 percent of

20 the amount made available to carry out this section shall

21 be used to provide grants under subsection (a)(2).

22 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 10 percent

23 of the amount made available to carry out this section may

24 be used by the Administrator for the administration of

25 grants under subsection (a).
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1 ‘‘(e) REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES.—Not later than

2 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section,

3 the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of

4 Agriculture, shall issue such regulations or guidelines as

5 the Administrator determines to be necessary to carry out

6 this section, including regulations or guidelines that pro7 vide to United States nonprofit organizations eligible to

8 receive grants under subsection (a)(1) guidance with re9 spect to the requirements for qualified shelf stable pre10 packaged foods and the amount of such foods to be stock11 piled by such organizations.

12 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

14 appropriated to the Administrator for the purpose of

15 carrying out this section, in addition to amounts

16 otherwise available for such purposes, $3,000,000

17 for each of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002.

18 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated

19 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations

20 under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain avail21 able until expended.’’.

22 SEC. 3. PREPOSITIONING OF COMMODITIES.

23 Section 407(c) of the Agricultural Trade Develop24 ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)) is
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1 amended by adding at the end the following new para2 graph:

3 ‘‘(4) PREPOSITIONING.—Funds made available

4 for fiscal years 2001 and 2002 to carry out titles II

5 and III of this Act may be used by the Adminis6 trator to procure, transport, and store agricultural

7 commodities for prepositioning within the United

8 States and in foreign countries, except that for each

9 such fiscal year not more than $2,000,000 of such

10 funds may be used to store agricultural commodities

11 for prepositioning in foreign countries.’’.

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