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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4488 

To amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to establish 

a pilot program to award grants to facilitate home delivery of commodities under the commodity supplemental food program, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2024 

Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. BRAUN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act 

of 1973 to establish a pilot program to award grants 

to facilitate home delivery of commodities under the commodity supplemental food program, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Delivering for Rural 

5 Seniors Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM 

2 HOME DELIVERY PILOT PROGRAM. 

3 The Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 

4 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 93–86) is amended 

5 by inserting after section 5 the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 5A. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM 

7 HOME DELIVERY PILOT PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

9 ‘‘(1) to award grants for the operation of 

10 projects that increase access for low-income elderly 

11 persons to commodities through home delivery; and 

12 ‘‘(2) to evaluate those projects. 

13 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 ‘‘(1) COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PRO15 GRAM.—The term ‘commodity supplemental food 

16 program’ means the program established under sec17 tion 4. 

18 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en19 tity’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) a local agency; or 

21 ‘‘(B) a subdistributing agency. 

22 ‘‘(3) LOCAL AGENCY; STATE AGENCY; SUB23 DISTRIBUTING AGENCY.—The terms ‘local agency’, 

24 ‘State agency’, and ‘subdistributing agency’ have the 

25 meanings given those terms in section 247.1 of title 


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1 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regu2 lation). 

3 ‘‘(4) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘rural area’ has 

4 the meaning given the term in section 343(a) of the 

5 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

6 U.S.C. 1991(a)). 

7 ‘‘(c) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall award grants, on 

8 a competitive basis, to State agencies to carry out the ac9 tivities described in subsection (f)(1). 

10 ‘‘(d) MAXIMUM GRANT AWARD.—The amount of a 

11 grant awarded to a State agency under subsection (c) may 

12 not exceed the lesser of— 

13 ‘‘(1) $4,000,000; and 

14 ‘‘(2) the product obtained by multiplying— 

15 ‘‘(A) the commodity supplemental food 

16 program caseload of the applicable State at the 

17 time that the application for the grant is sub18 mitted under subsection (e); and 

19 ‘‘(B) $60. 

20 ‘‘(e) APPLICATIONS.—A State agency seeking a grant 

21 under subsection (c) shall submit to the Secretary an ap22 plication at such time, in such manner, and containing 

23 such information as the Secretary may require. 

24 ‘‘(f) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State agency awarded a 

2 grant under subsection (c) shall distribute the grant 

3 funds to eligible entities to operate projects that fa4 cilitate home delivery of commodities to participants 

5 in the commodity supplemental food program, in6 cluding for costs associated with— 

7 ‘‘(A) transportation and distribution of 

8 commodities to participants in the commodity 

9 supplemental food program, including transpor10 tation and distribution services provided by a 

11 third party; 

12 ‘‘(B) staffing required to operate home de13 livery services; and 

14 ‘‘(C) outreach to participants or potential 

15 participants in the commodity supplemental 

16 food program with respect to home delivery. 

17 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In distributing grant funds in 

18 accordance with paragraph (1), a State agency shall 

19 prioritize eligible entities that serve participants in 

20 the commodity supplemental food program who re21 side in a rural area. 

22 ‘‘(g) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—Not later than 

23 180 days after the end of the fiscal year in which a State 

24 agency is awarded a grant under subsection (c), and each 

25 fiscal year thereafter until all grant funds are expended, 


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1 a State agency shall submit to the Secretary a report that 

2 includes— 

3 ‘‘(1) a summary of the activities carried out 

4 under the projects funded by the grant, including 

5 the quantity of commodities delivered, number of 

6 participants in the commodity supplemental food 

7 program served, and total number of deliveries; 

8 ‘‘(2) an assessment of the effectiveness of those 

9 projects, including— 

10 ‘‘(A) a calculation of the average cost per 

11 delivery; and 

12 ‘‘(B) an evaluation of any services provided 

13 by a third party; and 

14 ‘‘(3) best practices regarding use of home deliv15 ery to improve the effectiveness of the commodity 

16 supplemental food program. 

17 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

18 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

19 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027, 

20 to remain available until expended.’’. 

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