I 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 176 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide greater access 

to the supplemental nutrition assistance 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 6, 2009 

Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, and Mr. WEINER) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide 

greater access to the supplemental nutrition assistance 

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 2009’’. 

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 supplemental 

15 nutrition assistance program. 

16 (3) Administrative burdens involved in securing 

17 supplemental nutrition assistance benefits are par18 ticularly burdensome for 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 AND NUTRITION ACT 

7 OF 2008 

8 SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT 

9 OF 2008. 

10 (a) ADMINISTRATIVE COST SHARING AND QUALITY

11 CONTROL.—Section 16(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

12 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(k)) is amended by striking sub13 section (k) and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(k) ADMINISTRATIVE COST FOR INCREASING AC15 CESS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec16 tion, the Secretary is authorized to pay to each State 

17 agency an amount equal to 75 percent of the administra18 tive costs incurred by the State agency in carrying out 

19 new activities not previously funded by the State— 

20 ‘‘(1) to increase the number of hours that sup21 plemental nutrition assistance offices are open on 

22 weekends and nights if there is neither a decrease in 

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1 crease in the number of hours such offices are open 

2 during regular work week; 

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

4 the average wait time that applicants spend at sup5 plemental nutrition assistance offices or to reduce 

6 the average number of office visits required of appli7 cants; 

8 ‘‘(3) to accept applications for supplemental nu9 trition assistance benefit by means of the Internet; 

10 ‘‘(4) to upgrade computer systems and tech11 nology in ways that specifically increase access to 

12 the supplemental nutrition assistance program; 

13 ‘‘(5) at the time of application, to provide appli14 cants with a checklist listing all documents required 

15 for a complete supplemental nutrition assistance ap16 plication.’’. 

17 (b) REDUCTION OF BURDENSOME AND DUPLICATIVE

18 OFFICE VISITS; PROHIBITION OF FINGERPRINTING.— 

19 Section 11(e)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

20 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(2)) is amended— 

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

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

23 (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘In’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘that in’’, 


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1 (3) in subparagraph (D) by inserting the fol2 lowing before the semicolon at the end: ‘‘, and the 

3 fingerprint of any member of a household shall not 

4 be required for the purpose of participating in the 

5 supplemental nutrition assistance program or for 

6 issuance of benefits for which the household would 

7 otherwise be eligible’’, 

8 (4) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 

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

10 (5) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(C) that the State agency shall inform house13 holds, at the time of application, that— 

14 ‘‘(i) household members are not required 

15 to appear in person at the time of application, 

16 or at any other time, unless— 

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

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

19 and 

20 ‘‘(ii) if the State agency has a basis to rea21 sonably believe that information provided by a 

22 household is incorrect or that a household has 

23 failed to provide information required for par24 ticipation in the supplemental nutrition assist25 ance program, then the State agency shall— 


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1 ‘‘(I) provide to the household a writ2 ten statement notifying the household of 

3 such belief; specifying the factual basis of 

4 such belief, informing the household of the 

5 applicable information that is believed to 

6 be incorrect or missing, and instructing the 

7 household how to correct or to provide the 

8 appropriate information; and 

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

10 household to appear in person unless either 

11 the household fails to provide the appro12 priate information or the State agency can13 not verify the accuracy of information the 

14 household provides in response to the re15 quest made under this subparagraph by 

16 the State agency;’’. 

17 SEC. 102. COMPARATIVE PROGRESS REPORT. 

18 Section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

19 (7 U.S.C. 2027) is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(g) The Secretary shall submit a single, unified, an22 nual report to the appropriate committees of the Congress 

23 on the comparative progress of States in improving access 

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1 lowing statistics shall be included in the report with re2 spect to each particular State: 

3 ‘‘(1) The percentage of supplemental nutrition 

4 assistance program applications processed within the 

5 30-day period required by this Act. 

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

7 process expedited applications for supplemental nu8 trition assistance benefits. 

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

10 process regular applications for supplemental nutri11 tion assistance benefits. 

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

13 each applicant makes to receive supplemental nutri14 tion assistance benefits. 

15 ‘‘(5) Statewide negative errors rates. 

16 ‘‘(6) The overall participation rate of house17 holds that are eligible to participate in the supple18 mental nutrition assistance program. 

19 ‘‘(7) The information specified in paragraphs 

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

21 such State.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—ANTI-HUNGER GRANTS 

2 PROGRAM 

3 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Kitchen Grants Program Act of 2009’’. 

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

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Sec8 retary shall establish a pilot program, to be known as the 

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

10 with this title. 

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

12 are— 

13 (1) to provide grant assistance to a primary 

14 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

15 group in each pilot community for purposes of allo16 cating subgrants to other community-based non17 profit feeding and anti-hunger groups in such com18 munity; and 

19 (2) to provide technical assistance grants. 

20 SEC. 203. SELECTION OF PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED 

21 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER 

22 GROUPS AND SUBGRANTEES. 

23 (a) GRANTS TO PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED NON24 PROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUPS.—Under 

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


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1 award not more than 30 grants to primary community2 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups, in ac3 cordance with this section. 

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

5 grant for a fiscal year under this section, a community6 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group shall sub7 mit to the Secretary an application that contains a de8 scription of how the applicant proposes to use the grant 

9 funds to implement the components of the pilot program 

10 listed in subsection (c) in the pilot community of the com11 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group. 

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

13 time, and containing such other information as the Sec14 retary may require. 

15 (c) PILOT PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—An application 

16 for a grant under this section shall contain the following 

17 components: 

18 (1) PROGRAMS COMPONENT.—A program com19 ponent that describes, with respect to a target popu20 lation of a pilot community and in accordance with 

21 section 204, programs designed for the following 

22 purposes: 

23 (A) To reduce hunger in such target popu24 lation. 


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1 (B) To increase the use of nutrition assist2 ance and anti-poverty programs by such target 

3 population. 

4 (C) To bolster food security within such 

5 target population. 

6 (D) To assist individuals and families 

7 within such target population to develop assets. 

8 (E) To promote the economic independence 

9 of individuals and families within such target 

10 population. 

11 (F) To improve the nutrition of such tar12 get population. 

13 (G) To reduce the occurrence of obesity in 

14 such target population. 

15 (2) COMMUNITY FOOD COUNCIL.—A community 

16 food council component that describes the formation 

17 and operation of a community food council designed 

18 to engage emergency feeding groups, Federal, State, 

19 and local government agencies, the cooperative ex20 tension system, land-grant colleges and universities, 

21 and historically African-American, Hispanic, and 

22 American Indian educational institutes for the pur23 poses described under paragraph (1). 

24 (3) SUBGRANTS COMPONENT.—A subgrants 

25 component that describes a plan for the allocation of 


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1 grants funds to subgrantees by the primary commu2 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, 

3 in accordance with subsection (e). 

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

5 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

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

7 other criteria as the Secretary determines appropriate, the 

8 extent to which the application of the group demonstrates 

9 the following: 

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

11 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

12 groups in the pilot community and to successfully 

13 provide technical assistance and other assistance to 

14 the greatest number of such groups. 

15 (2) Successful experience— 

16 (A) in conducting a program described in 

17 section 204(b); 

18 (B) in working with a national service, 

19 community service, or volunteer service group 

20 that conducts a program described in section 

21 204(b); 

22 (C) in managing and using Federal grant 

23 funds, including grants for community food and 

24 nutrition programs authorized under section 


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1 681(a) of the Community Services Block Grant 

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

3 (D) in working cooperatively with a nutri4 tion assistance and anti-poverty program, other 

5 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti6 hunger groups, and faith-based and other com7 munity programs in the pilot community; and 

8 (E) in researching, monitoring, and evalu9 ating the hunger problems in the pilot commu10 nity of such organization and nutrition assist11 ance and anti-poverty programs. 

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

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

14 the existence of a financial mechanism to implement 

15 the proposal and staff expertise to handle large Fed16 eral and private grants, or in the case of a commu17 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group 

18 with a small budget, proven effectiveness in the de19 livery and coordination of a program described in 

20 section 204(b). 

21 (4) The ability to influence other community, 

22 government, and private resources to assist in the 

23 creation and implementation of the pilot program in 

24 the pilot community of the community-based non25 profit feeding and anti-hunger group. 


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1 (e) SUBGRANTS.— 

2 (1) SELECTION BY PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED

3 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP RE4 QUIRED.—Under the pilot program, the Secretary 

5 shall require a primary community-based nonprofit 

6 feeding and anti-hunger group that is awarded a 

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

8 no more than 200, subgrantees to carry out sub9 grants under the grants. Such subgrants shall be 

10 used in support of the pilot program in the pilot 

11 community of such group, in accordance with section 

12 204. 

13 (2) SELECTION OF SUBGRANTEES.—A primary 

14 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

15 group shall select subgrantees for purposes of para16 graph (1)— 

17 (A) by selecting the subgrantee in the ap18 plication submitted under subsection (b); or 

19 (B) in consultation with the Secretary of 

20 Agriculture after evaluating proposals sub21 mitted by subgrantee applicants. 

22 SEC. 204. USES OF GRANTS. 

23 (a) REQUIRED USES BY PRIMARY COMMUNITY24 BASED NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER

25 GROUPS.—A primary community-based nonprofit feeding 


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1 and anti-hunger group that is awarded a grant under sec2 tion 203(a) shall— 

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

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

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

6 evaluation of the pilot program in the pilot commu7 nity of such group. 

8 (b) ELIGIBLE USES BY PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED

9 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUPS AND

10 SUBGRANTEES.—Grant funds awarded to a primary com11 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group or 

12 allocated to a subgrantee under the pilot program may be 

13 used for any of the following purposes: 

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

15 target population in a pilot community, any of the 

16 following programs: 

17 (A) A program that informs such popu18 lation about benefits under nutrition assistance 

19 and anti-poverty programs, pre-screens mem20 bers of such population to determine the eligi21 bility of such members to receive such benefits, 

22 and assists such members to access relevant 

23 benefits. 

24 (B) A program to assist such population to 

25 transition successfully from welfare to work. 


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

2 job creation or that involves job training, readi3 ness, placement, or retention activities. 

4 (D) A program to increase the supply of 

5 donated foods to community-based nonprofit 

6 feeding and anti-hunger groups, especially of 

7 fresh fruits, vegetables, and other nutritious 

8 foods. 

9 (E) A program that increases the access of 

10 such population to fresh fruits, vegetables, and 

11 other nutritious foods. 

12 (F) A program that promotes the use of 

13 farmers’ markets, urban farms, and food-pro14 ducing agriculture projects, especially a pro15 gram that promotes the use of such markets, 

16 farms, and projects by nutrition assistance and 

17 anti-poverty programs. 

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

19 from production through consumption, in a 

20 community. 

21 (H) A program that involves nutrition edu22 cation, obesity reduction, or financial manage23 ment activities, especially such activities that 

24 have hands-on demonstrations or that promote 

25 physical activity. 


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1 (I) A program that promotes microenter2 prise and small business development, especially 

3 the development of such a business that is food4 related. 

5 (J) A program that assists government 

6 agencies and nonprofit groups to increase the 

7 number of sites (and participation in existing 

8 sites) for after-school snacks and meals pro9 grams under the summer food service program 

10 for children authorized under section 13 of the 

11 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 1766) and the child and adult care 

13 food program authorized under section 17 of 

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

15 (K) A program that creates a customer ad16 visory council at a community-based nonprofit 

17 feeding and anti-hunger group to enable an in18 dividual who obtains food from such group to 

19 consult with the council on ways to improve the 

20 operations of such group. 

21 (L) A program to increase the assistance 

22 of national and community service programs, 

23 including AmeriCorps, Volunteers in Service to 

24 America (AmeriCorps–VISTA), Learn and 

25 Serve America, Senior Corps, Freedom Corps, 


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1 and any other volunteer program to aid commu2 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

3 groups. 

4 (M) A program to increase the involvement 

5 of volunteers who have professional skills with 

6 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti7 hunger groups and other nonprofit groups. 

8 (N) A program that relates nutrition im9 provement and the problem of hunger within 

10 such population to broader issues within the 

11 pilot community, including community develop12 ment and economic improvement. 

13 (O) A program that promotes the use of 

14 individual development accounts, as defined in 

15 section 404(5) of the Assets for Independence 

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

17 604 note), or any other such asset-development 

18 program. 

19 (P) With respect to a community-based 

20 nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, a pro21 gram to— 

22 (i) provide technical assistance to such 

23 group to increase the technical capacities 

24 of such group; or 


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1 (ii) enable the group to more effi2 ciently and effectively use computer tech3 nology, recruit volunteers, write grants, or 

4 otherwise increase the fundraising and op5 eration of such group. 

6 (Q) A program that provides for the provi7 sion of technical assistance and informational 

8 materials on the Internet that relate to any pro9 gram described in subparagraphs (A) through 

10 (P). 

11 (R) A program to coordinate activities of 

12 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti13 hunger groups within the pilot community, in14 cluding activities that further any of the fol15 lowing goals: 

16 (i) Creation of joint advertising, com17 munications, and referral systems. 

18 (ii) Coordination of hours of oper19 ations and services provided. 

20 (iii) Creation of joint client, funding, 

21 and other databases, tracking systems, and 

22 benefits referral systems. 

23 (iv) Implementation of joint activities 

24 to reduce hunger, strengthen local food 


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1 systems, reduce poverty, improve economic 

2 self-sufficiency, and reduce obesity. 

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

4 to the limitation in subsection (c)(1), any of the fol5 lowing food-related purposes: 

6 (A) Gathering food. 

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

8 food from entities such as restaurants, caterers, 

9 and farms, for distribution to a target popu10 lation. 

11 (C) Packing food. 

12 (D) Sorting food. 

13 (E) Processing food. 

14 (F) Transportation of food. 

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

16 (H) Storage of food. 

17 (I) Administrative expenses necessary to 

18 increase the supply of nutritious food (especially 

19 fresh fruit and vegetables) distributed by com20 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

21 groups. 

22 (J) Administrative staff and volunteer 

23 management for purposes of performing activi24 ties listed in subparagraphs (A) through (H). 


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

2 stipends to customers for expenses incurred by such 

3 customers for participating in a customer advisory 

4 council described in subsection (b)(1)(K). 

5 (c) LIMITATIONS.— 

6 (1) LIMITATION ON FOOD PURCHASES.—No 

7 more than 20 percent of the total amount of grant 

8 funds awarded to a primary community-based non9 profit feeding and anti-hunger group or allocated to 

10 a subgrantee under the pilot program may be used 

11 to directly purchase food. 

12 (2) LIMITATION ON FUNDS EXPENDED TO NA13 TIONAL OR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM.—Grant 

14 funds awarded to a primary community-based non15 profit feeding and anti-hunger group or allocated to 

16 a subgrantee under the pilot program may not be 

17 used to provide a volunteer in a national or commu18 nity service program listed in subsection (b)(1)(L) 

19 with any educational funding, stipend, health care, 

20 or child care. 

21 SEC. 205. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

22 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Under the 

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

24 award grants to technical assistance community-based 


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1 nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups, in accordance 

2 with this section. 

3 (b) APPLICATION FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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

5 this section, a technical assistance community-based non6 profit feeding and anti-hunger group shall submit to the 

7 Secretary an application containing a description of how 

8 the applicant proposes to use the grant funds to provide 

9 technical assistance to all pilot communities. The applica10 tion shall be submitted in such form, at such time, and 

11 containing such other information as the Secretary may 

12 require. 

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

14 an application of a technical assistance community-based 

15 nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, the Secretary 

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

17 Secretary determines appropriate, the extent to which the 

18 application of the technical assistance group demonstrates 

19 the following: 

20 (1) The ability to provide capacity-building 

21 technical assistance to community-based nonprofit 

22 feeding and anti-hunger groups. 

23 (2) Organizational and staff experience in— 

24 (A) national issues related to emergency 

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1 zations, the hunger problem, food insecurity, 

2 anti-poverty programs, and nutrition education; 

3 (B) providing technical assistance to com4 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

5 groups and conducting outreach programs on 

6 nutrition assistance and anti-poverty programs; 

7 (C) successfully working with national and 

8 community service programs, including such 

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

10 (D) working cooperatively or in a leader11 ship role with other national, regional, State, 

12 and local eligible technical entities; and 

13 (E) working with a wide variety of faith14 based and community organizations and with 

15 community-wide religious and civic organiza16 tions. 

17 (3) Proven financial control mechanisms and 

18 staff expertise to work with large Federal and pri19 vate grants, or in the case of a technical assistance 

20 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

21 group with a small operating budget, effectiveness in 

22 program delivery and coordination. 

23 (d) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TECHNICAL AS24 SISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— 


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1 (1) ASSISTANCE FROM DEPARTMENT OF AGRI2 CULTURE.—The Secretary may provide technical 

3 and evaluation assistance to— 

4 (A) a technical assistance community5 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group 

6 awarded a grant under subsection (a); 

7 (B) a primary community-based nonprofit 

8 feeding and anti-hunger group awarded a grant 

9 under section 203(a) or a subgrantee selected 

10 under section 203(e); or 

11 (C) any community-based nonprofit feed12 ing and anti-hunger group or technical assist13 ance community-based nonprofit feeding and 

14 anti-hunger group that does not receive a grant 

15 under this Act, but that carries out activities 

16 similar to those of such a group or subgrantee. 

17 (2) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS

18 AND AGENCIES.—The head of any Federal depart19 ment or agency may provide technical assistance to 

20 a group or subgrantee referred to in subparagraph 

21 (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) to carry out activi22 ties described in subparagraph (C) of such para23 graph. 

24 (3) ASSISTANCE FROM STATE AND LOCAL

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1 VERSITIES.—The Secretary may encourage any ap2 propriate State or local agency or land-grant college 

3 or university to provide technical assistance to such 

4 groups or subgrantees to carry out such activities. 

5 SEC. 206. ALLOCATION OF GRANTS. 

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

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

8 year— 

9 (1) $190,000,000 is available for grants to pri10 mary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti11 hunger groups authorized under section 203(a); and 

12 (2) $8,000,000 is available for technical assist13 ance grants authorized under section 205(a). 

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

15 amounts made available under subsection (a)(1) to pri16 mary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

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

18 amounts to one primary community-based nonprofit feed19 ing and anti-hunger group in each of the pilot commu20 nities listed in subsection (c) and may allocate such 

21 amounts to one such group in each pilot community des22 ignated by the Secretary under subsection (d)(2). The 

23 amount allocated to a primary community-based nonprofit 

24 feeding and anti-hunger group— 


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

2 than $20,000,000; and 

3 (2) shall be in proportion to the number of indi4 viduals and families within the target population of 

5 the pilot community involved. 

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

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

8 is each of the following areas: 

9 (1) New York, New York. 

10 (2) Chicago, Illinois. 

11 (3) Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

12 (4) Puerto Rico. 

13 (5) Indianapolis, Indiana. 

14 (6) Des Moines, Iowa. 

15 (7) Toledo, Ohio. 

16 (8) Savannah, Georgia. 

17 (9) New Haven, Connecticut. 

18 (10) Roanoke, Virginia. 

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

20 and Monterey County in California. 

21 (12) Onondaga County in New York. 

22 (13) The rural boroughs in Alaska. 

23 (14) Washington metropolitan region. 

24 (15) Pittsburgh and the suburban and rural 

25 areas in southwestern Pennsylvania. 


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1 (16) Rural counties in eastern Kentucky. 

2 (17) Counties in northern West Virginia. 

3 (18) Rural counties in southern Texas. 

4 (19) Rural counties in southern Missouri. 

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

6 Wisconsin. 

7 (d) SPECIFICATION OF AREAS; DESIGNATION OF AD8 DITIONAL PILOT COMMUNITIES.— 

9 (1) SPECIFICATION OF AREAS.—The Secretary 

10 shall specify the counties or other areas to be in11 cluded in each of the pilot communities described in 

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

13 (2) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL PILOT COM14 MUNITIES.—The Secretary may designate not more 

15 than 10 pilot communities in addition to those listed 

16 in subsection (c). 

17 SEC. 207. REPORTS AND EVALUATION. 

18 (a) SUBGRANTEE REPORT TO PRIMARY COMMUNITY19 BASED NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER

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

21 year for which a subgrantee received a subgrant under sec22 tion 203(e), the subgrantee shall submit to the primary 

23 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group 

24 that selected the subgrantee under such section a report 

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1 cial expenditures, during such fiscal year of the subgrantee 

2 in carrying out the subgrant. 

3 (b) PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT FEED4 ING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP REPORTS TO SEC5 RETARY.—Not later than 180 days after the end of the 

6 fiscal year for which a primary community-based nonprofit 

7 feeding and anti-hunger group received a grant under sec8 tion 203(a), the group shall submit to the Secretary a re9 port that evaluates the results of the activities, including 

10 financial expenditures, during the preceding fiscal year of 

11 the group in carrying out the grant. Such report shall in12 clude each report submitted to the group by a subgrantee 

13 under subsection (a) for such fiscal year. 

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

15 than October 31 of each of calendar years 2010 through 

16 2014, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 

17 the progress of the pilot program. 

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

19 April 30, 2015, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 

20 a report that evaluates the successes and challenges of the 

21 pilot program and that makes such recommendations as 

22 the Secretary considers appropriate for similar future 

23 grants programs. 

24 SEC. 208. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

25 (a) ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF GRANTS.— 


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1 (1) BEYOND THE SOUP KITCHEN GRANTS.— 

2 Upon the expiration of a grant awarded to a com3 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

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

5 group, the Secretary, in accordance with procedures 

6 established by the Secretary, may extend the dura7 tion of the grant once, by one fiscal year, if the Sec8 retary determines that the programs established and 

9 implemented by such group with the grant resulted 

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

11 satisfying the purposes of the pilot program de12 scribed in section 203(c)(1). 

13 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Upon 

14 the expiration of a grant awarded to a technical as15 sistance community-based nonprofit feeding and 

16 anti-hunger group under section 205(a) and the re17 quest of such entity, the Secretary, in accordance 

18 with procedures established by the Secretary, may 

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

20 year, if the Secretary determines that such technical 

21 assistance group has successfully provided all pilot 

22 programs with technical assistance. 

23 (b) FORM OF GRANTS.—The Secretary, if the Sec24 retary finds it appropriate, may use cooperative agree25 ments, as described in section 6305 of title 31, United 


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1 States Code, for purposes of awarding grants to primary 

2 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

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

4 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

5 groups under section 205(a). 

6 SEC. 209. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this title: 

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

9 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

10 (2) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot pro11 gram’’ means the Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot 

12 Program established under section 202(a). 

13 (3) COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT FEEDING

14 AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP.—The term ‘‘community15 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group’’ 

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

17 pantry, soup kitchen, food rescue group, or commu18 nity food security organization that— 

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

20 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

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

22 and 

23 (B) is located in (or regularly provides 

24 service to) a pilot community. 


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1 (4) PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT

2 FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP.—The term 

3 ‘‘primary community-based nonprofit feeding and 

4 anti-hunger group’’ means a community-based non5 profit feeding and anti-hunger group awarded a 

6 grant under section 203(a). 

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

8 means a community-based nonprofit feeding and 

9 anti-hunger group (other than a primary commu10 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

11 group)— 

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

13 by a primary community-based nonprofit feed14 ing and anti-hunger group; and 

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

16 service to) the pilot community in which the 

17 primary nonprofit feeding group is located (or 

18 to which the primary nonprofit feeding group 

19 provides regular service). 

20 (6) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY-BASED

21 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP.— 

22 The term ‘‘technical assistance community-based 

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

24 national, State, or local group that— 


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

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

3 community food security organization; 

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

5 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

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

7 and 

8 (C) has the capacity to provide technical 

9 assistance to all pilot communities. 

10 (7) PILOT COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘pilot com11 munity’’ means a community specified in section 

12 206(b). 

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

14 population’’ includes an individual who (or family 

15 that)— 

16 (A) earns an income below 200 percent of 

17 the Federal poverty line; 

18 (B) suffers from food insecurity; 

19 (C) earns insufficient income to ensure 

20 food security for such individual or family; 

21 (D) lives in a community that suffers from 

22 poverty, hunger, or food insecurity; 

23 (E) is homeless; 

24 (F) receives (or recently received) assist25 ance under a State program funded under part 


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

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

3 to needy families; or 

4 (G) is eligible for benefits under any nutri5 tion assistance or anti-poverty program. 

6 (9) NUTRITION ASSISTANCE AND ANTI-POVERTY

7 PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘nutrition assistance and 

8 anti-poverty program’’ means any Federal, State, or 

9 local government assistance program offered to low10 income individuals or families, including the fol11 lowing programs: 

12 (A) The supplemental nutrition assistance 

13 program established under section 4 of the 

14 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

15 2013). 

16 (B) A program authorized under the Rich17 ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

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

19 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), including the 

20 national school lunch program, the national 

21 school breakfast program, the summer food 

22 service program for children, the special supple23 mental nutrition program for women, infants, 

24 and children, and the child and adult care food 

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1 (C) The earned income tax credit allowed 

2 under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code 

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

4 (10) FOOD INSECURITY.—The term ‘‘food inse5 curity’’ means a lack of consistent access to food. 

6 (11) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN REGION.— 

7 The term ‘‘Washington metropolitan region’’ in8 cludes the District of Columbia, the counties of 

9 Montgomery and Prince Georges in Maryland, and 

10 the counties of Arlington and Fairfax and the cities 

11 of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia. 

12 SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

14 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015 to carry out 

15 this title. 

16 TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATE 

17 SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

19 the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on Oc20 tober 1, 2009. 

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