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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5224

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 26 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,

and Forestry

AN ACT

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.
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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’’.

6 SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR STOCKPILING AND RAPID TRANS7 PORTATION, DELIVERY, AND DISTRIBUTION

8 OF SHELF STABLE PREPACKAGED FOODS.

9 Title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and

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

11 by adding at the end the following:

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

13 TRANSPORTATION, DELIVERY, AND DIS14 TRIBUTION OF SHELF STABLE PRE15 PACKAGED FOODS.

16 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator is author17 ized to provide grants to—

18 ‘‘(1) United States nonprofit organizations (de19 scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue

20 Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section

21 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for

22 the preparation of shelf stable prepackaged foods re23 quested by eligible organizations and the establish24 ment and maintenance of stockpiles of such foods in

25 the United States; and
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1 ‘‘(2) private voluntary organizations and inter2 national organizations for the rapid transportation,

3 delivery, and distribution of such shelf stable pre4 packaged foods to needy individuals in foreign coun5 tries.

6 ‘‘(b) GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF STOCK7 PILES.—

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

9 of the amount made available to carry out this sec10 tion shall be used to provide grants under subsection

11 (a)(1).

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

13 subsection (a)(1), the Administrator shall give pref14 erence to a United States nonprofit organization

15 that agrees to provide non-Federal funds in an

16 amount equal to 50 percent of the funds received

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

18 contribution equal to such percent, or a combination

19 thereof, for the preparation of shelf stable pre20 packaged foods and the establishment and mainte21 nance of stockpiles of such foods in the United

22 States in accordance with such subsection.

23 ‘‘(c) GRANTS FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION, DELIV24 ERY, AND DISTRIBUTION.—Not less than 20 percent of
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1 the amount made available to carry out this section shall

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

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

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

5 be used by the Administrator for the administration of

6 grants under subsection (a).

7 ‘‘(e) REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES.—Not later than

8 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section,

9 the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of

10 Agriculture, shall issue such regulations or guidelines as

11 the Administrator determines to be necessary to carry out

12 this section, including regulations or guidelines that pro13 vide to United States nonprofit organizations eligible to

14 receive grants under subsection (a)(1) guidance with re15 spect to the requirements for qualified shelf stable pre16 packaged foods and the amount of such foods to be stock17 piled by such organizations.

18 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

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

20 appropriated to the Administrator for the purpose of

21 carrying out this section, in addition to amounts

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

23 for each of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002.

24 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated

25 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
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1 under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain avail2 able until expended.’’.

3 SEC. 3. PREPOSITIONING OF COMMODITIES.

4 Section 407(c) of the Agricultural Trade Develop5 ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)) is

6 amended by adding at the end the following new para7 graph:

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

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

10 and III of this Act may be used by the Adminis11 trator to procure, transport, and store agricultural

12 commodities for prepositioning within the United

13 States and in foreign countries, except that for each

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

15 funds may be used to store agricultural commodities

16 for prepositioning in foreign countries.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives September 25,

2000.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.