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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5158 

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 

APRIL 6, 2006 

Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. WEINER, Mr. BACA, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. MALONEY, and Mr. MCNULTY) 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. 


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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 ‘‘Anti-hunger Empower5 ment Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) In 2004 the number of Americans facing 

9 hunger or food insecurity increased for the fifth year 

10 in a row to 38,000,000, including 13,000,000 chil11 dren or 19 percent of all American children. 

12 (2) In 2003 according to the United States De13 partment of Agriculture, only 56 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 2001 more than 23,000,000 people in 

20 the United States, of whom 8,900,000 were children, 

21 were forced to rely upon more than 30,000 soup 

22 kitchens and food pantries. 

23 (5) The charitable food distribution system in 

24 the United States would benefit from increased co25 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)) 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 ‘‘(A) 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 ; 

13 or 

14 ‘‘(ii) in accordance with subparagraph 

15 (B); and 

16 ‘‘(B) if the State agency has a basis to 

17 reasonably believe that information provided by 

18 a household is incorrect or that a household has 

19 failed to provide information required for par20 ticipation in the food stamp program, then— 

21 ‘‘(I) the State agency shall— 

22 ‘‘(I) provide to the household a 

23 written statement notifying the house24 hold of such belief; specifying the fac25 tual basis of such belief, informing the 


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1 household of the applicable informa2 tion that is believed to be incorrect or 

3 missing, and instructing the household 

4 how to correct or to provide the ap5 propriate information; and 

6 ‘‘(II) not require any member of 

7 such household to appear in person 

8 unless either the household fails to 

9 provide the appropriate information or 

10 the State agency cannot verify the ac11 curacy of information the household 

12 provides in response to the request 

13 made under this subparagraph by the 

14 State agency.’’. 

15 SEC. 102. COMPARATIVE PROGRESS REPORT. 

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

17 2027) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(g) The Secretary shall submit a single, unified, an19 nual report to the appropriate committees of the Congress 

20 on the comparative progress of States in improving access 

21 to the food stamp program. The following statistics shall 

22 be included in the report with respect to each particular 

23 State: 


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1 ‘‘(1) The percentage of food stamp program ap2 plications processed within the 30-day period re3 quired by this Act. 

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

5 process expedited applications for food stamp bene6 fits. 

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

8 process regular applications for food stamp benefits. 

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

10 each applicant makes to receive food stamp benefits. 

11 ‘‘(5) Statewide negative errors rates. 

12 ‘‘(6) The overall participation rate of house13 holds that are eligible to participate in the food 

14 stamp program. 

15 ‘‘(7) The information specified in paragraphs 

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

17 such State.’’. 

18 TITLE II—ANTI-HUNGER GRANTS 

19 PROGRAM 

20 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

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

22 Kitchen Grants Program Act of 2006’’. 

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

24 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Sec25 retary shall establish a pilot program, to be known as the 


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

2 with this title. 

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

4 are— 

5 (1) to provide grant assistance to a primary 

6 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

7 group in each pilot community for purposes of allo8 cating subgrants to other community-based non9 profit feeding and anti-hunger groups in such com10 munity; and 

11 (2) to provide technical assistance grants. 

12 SEC. 203. SELECTION OF PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED 

13 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER 

14 GROUPS AND SUBGRANTEES. 

15 (a) GRANTS TO PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED NON16 PROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUPS.—Under 

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

18 award not more than 30 grants to primary community19 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups, in ac20 cordance with this section. 

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

22 grant for a fiscal year under this section, a community23 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group shall sub24 mit to the Secretary an application that contains a de25 scription of how the applicant proposes to use the grant 


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1 funds to implement the components of the pilot program 

2 listed in subsection (c) in the pilot community of the com3 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group. 

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

5 time, and containing such other information as the Sec6 retary may require. 

7 (c) PILOT PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—An application 

8 for a grant under this section shall contain the following 

9 components: 

10 (1) PROGRAMS COMPONENT.—A program com11 ponent that describes, with respect to a target popu12 lation of a pilot community and in accordance with 

13 section 204, programs designed for the following 

14 purposes: 

15 (A) To reduce hunger in such target popu16 lation. 

17 (B) To increase the use of nutrition assist18 ance and anti-poverty programs by such target 

19 population. 

20 (C) To bolster food security within such 

21 target population. 

22 (D) To assist individuals and families 

23 within such target population to develop assets. 


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1 (E) To promote the economic independence 

2 of individuals and families within such target 

3 population. 

4 (F) To improve the nutrition of such tar5 get population. 

6 (G) To reduce the occurrence of obesity in 

7 such target population. 

8 (2) COMMUNITY FOOD COUNCIL.—A community 

9 food council component that describes the formation 

10 and operation of a community food council designed 

11 to engage emergency feeding groups, Federal, State, 

12 and local government agencies, the cooperative ex13 tension system, land-grant colleges and universities, 

14 and historically African American, Hispanic, and 

15 American Indian educational institutes for the pur16 poses described under paragraph (1). 

17 (3) SUBGRANTS COMPONENT.—A subgrants 

18 component that describes a plan for the allocation of 

19 grants funds to subgrantees by the primary commu20 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, 

21 in accordance with subsection (e). 

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

23 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

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

25 other criteria as the Secretary determines appropriate, the 


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1 extent to which the application of the group demonstrates 

2 the following: 

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

4 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

5 groups in the pilot community and to successfully 

6 provide technical assistance and other assistance to 

7 the greatest number of such groups. 

8 (2) Successful experience— 

9 (A) in conducting a program described in 

10 section 204(b); 

11 (B) in working with a national service, 

12 community service, or volunteer service group 

13 that conducts a program described in section 

14 204(b); 

15 (C) in managing and using Federal grant 

16 funds, including grants for community food and 

17 nutrition programs authorized under section 

18 681(a) of the Community Services Block Grant 

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

20 (D) in working cooperatively with a nutri21 tion assistance and anti-poverty program, other 

22 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti23 hunger groups, and faith-based and other com24 munity programs in the pilot community; and 


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1 (E) in researching, monitoring, and evalu2 ating the hunger problems in the pilot commu3 nity of such organization and nutrition assist4 ance and anti-poverty programs. 

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

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

7 the existence of a financial mechanism to implement 

8 the proposal and staff expertise to handle large Fed9 eral and private grants, or in the case of a commu10 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group 

11 with a small budget, proven effectiveness in the de12 livery and coordination of a program described in 

13 section 204(b). 

14 (4) The ability to influence other community, 

15 government, and private resources to assist in the 

16 creation and implementation of the pilot program in 

17 the pilot community of the community-based non18 profit feeding and anti-hunger group. 

19 (e) SUBGRANTS.— 

20 (1) SELECTION BY PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED

21 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP RE22 QUIRED.—Under the pilot program, the Secretary 

23 shall require a primary community-based nonprofit 

24 feeding and anti-hunger group that is awarded a 

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


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1 no more than 200, subgrantees to carry out sub2 grants under the grants. Such subgrants shall be 

3 used in support of the pilot program in the pilot 

4 community of such group, in accordance with section 

5 204. 

6 (2) SELECTION OF SUBGRANTEES.—A primary 

7 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

8 group shall select subgrantees for purposes of para9 graph (1)— 

10 (A) by selecting the subgrantee in the ap11 plication submitted under subsection (b); or 

12 (B) in consultation with the Secretary of 

13 Agriculture after evaluating proposals sub14 mitted by subgrantee applicants. 

15 SEC. 204. USES OF GRANTS. 

16 (a) REQUIRED USES BY PRIMARY COMMUNITY17 BASED NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER

18 GROUPS.—A primary community-based nonprofit feeding 

19 and anti-hunger group that is awarded a grant under sec20 tion 203(a) shall— 

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

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

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

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1 (b) ELIGIBLE USES BY PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED

2 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUPS AND

3 SUBGRANTEES.—Grant funds awarded to a primary com4 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group or 

5 allocated to a subgrantee under the pilot program may be 

6 used for any of the following purposes: 

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

8 target population in a pilot community, any of the 

9 following programs: 

10 (A) A program that informs such popu11 lation about benefits under nutrition assistance 

12 and anti-poverty programs, pre-screens mem13 bers of such population to determine the eligi14 bility of such members to receive such benefits, 

15 and assists such members to access relevant 

16 benefits. 

17 (B) A program to assist such population to 

18 transition successfully from welfare to work. 

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

20 job creation or that involves job training, readi21 ness, placement, or retention activities. 

22 (D) A program to increase the supply of 

23 donated foods to community-based nonprofit 

24 feeding and anti-hunger groups, especially of 


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1 fresh fruits, vegetables, and other nutritious 

2 foods. 

3 (E) A program that increases the access of 

4 such population to fresh fruits, vegetables, and 

5 other nutritious foods. 

6 (F) A program that promotes the use of 

7 farmers’ markets, urban farms, and food-pro8 ducing agriculture projects, especially a pro9 gram that promotes the use of such markets, 

10 farms, and projects by nutrition assistance and 

11 anti-poverty programs. 

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

13 from production through consumption, in a 

14 community. 

15 (H) A program that involves nutrition edu16 cation, obesity reduction, or financial manage17 ment activities, especially such activities that 

18 have hands-on demonstrations or that promote 

19 physical activity. 

20 (I) A program that promotes microenter21 prise and small business development, especially 

22 the development of such a business that is food23 related. 

24 (J) A program that assists government 

25 agencies and nonprofit groups to increase the 


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1 number of sites (and participation in existing 

2 sites) for after-school snacks and meals pro3 grams under the summer food service program 

4 for children authorized under section 13 of the 

5 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 1766) and the child and adult care 

7 food program authorized under section 17 of 

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

9 (K) A program that creates a customer ad10 visory council at a community-based nonprofit 

11 feeding and anti-hunger group to enable an in12 dividual who obtains food from such group to 

13 consult with the council on ways to improve the 

14 operations of such group. 

15 (L) A program to increase the assistance 

16 of national and community service programs, 

17 including AmeriCorps, Volunteers in Service to 

18 America (AmeriCorps-VISTA), Learn and 

19 Serve America, Senior Corps, Freedom Corps, 

20 and any other volunteer program to aid commu21 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

22 groups. 

23 (M) A program to increase the involvement 

24 of volunteers who have professional skills with 


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1 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti2 hunger groups and other nonprofit groups. 

3 (N) A program that relates nutrition im4 provement and the problem of hunger within 

5 such population to broader issues within the 

6 pilot community, including community develop7 ment and economic improvement. 

8 (O) A program that promotes the use of 

9 individual development accounts, as defined in 

10 section 404(5) of the Assets for Independence 

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

12 604 note), or any other such asset-development 

13 program. 

14 (P) With respect to a community-based 

15 nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, a pro16 gram to— 

17 (i) provide technical assistance to such 

18 group to increase the technical capacities 

19 of such group; or 

20 (ii) enable the group to more effi21 ciently and effectively use computer tech22 nology, recruit volunteers, write grants, or 

23 otherwise increase the fundraising and op24 eration of such group. 


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1 (Q) A program that provides for the provi2 sion of technical assistance and informational 

3 materials on the Internet that relate to any pro4 gram described in subparagraphs (A) through 

5 (P). 

6 (R) A program to coordinate activities of 

7 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti8 hunger groups within the pilot community, in9 cluding activities that further any of the fol10 lowing goals: 

11 (i) Creation of joint advertising, com12 munications, and referral systems. 

13 (ii) Coordination of hours of oper14 ations and services provided. 

15 (iii) Creation of joint client, funding, 

16 and other databases, tracking systems, and 

17 benefits referral systems. 

18 (iv) Implementation of joint activities 

19 to reduce hunger, strengthen local food 

20 systems, reduce poverty, improve economic 

21 self-sufficiency, and reduce obesity. 

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

23 to the limitation in subsection (c)(1), any of the fol24 lowing food-related purposes: 

25 (A) Gathering food. 


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

2 food from entities such as restaurants, caterers, 

3 and farms, for distribution to a target popu4 lation. 

5 (C) Packing food. 

6 (D) Sorting food. 

7 (E) Processing food. 

8 (F) Transportation of food. 

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

10 (H) Storage of food. 

11 (I) Administrative expenses necessary to 

12 increase the supply of nutritious food (especially 

13 fresh fruit and vegetables) distributed by com14 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

15 groups. 

16 (J) Administrative staff and volunteer 

17 management for purposes of performing activi18 ties listed in subparagraphs (A) through (H). 

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

20 stipends to customers for expenses incurred by such 

21 customers for participating in a customer advisory 

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

23 (c) LIMITATIONS.— 

24 (1) LIMITATION ON FOOD PURCHASES.—No 

25 more than 20 percent of the total amount of grant 


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1 funds awarded to a primary community-based non2 profit feeding and anti-hunger group or allocated to 

3 a subgrantee under the pilot program may be used 

4 to directly purchase food. 

5 (2) LIMITATION ON FUNDS EXPENDED TO NA6 TIONAL OR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM.—Grant 

7 funds awarded to a primary community-based non8 profit feeding and anti-hunger group or allocated to 

9 a subgrantee under the pilot program may not be 

10 used to provide a volunteer in a national or commu11 nity service program listed in subsection (b)(1)(L) 

12 with any educational funding, stipend, health care, 

13 or child care. 

14 SEC. 205. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

15 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Under the 

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

17 award grants to technical assistance community-based 

18 nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups, in accordance 

19 with this section. 

20 (b) APPLICATION FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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

22 this section, a technical assistance community-based non23 profit feeding and anti-hunger group shall submit to the 

24 Secretary an application containing a description of how 

25 the applicant proposes to use the grant funds to provide 


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1 technical assistance to all pilot communities. The applica2 tion shall be submitted in such form, at such time, and 

3 containing such other information as the Secretary may 

4 require. 

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

6 an application of a technical assistance community-based 

7 nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group, the Secretary 

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

9 Secretary determines appropriate, the extent to which the 

10 application of the technical assistance group demonstrates 

11 the following: 

12 (1) The ability to provide capacity-building 

13 technical assistance to community-based nonprofit 

14 feeding and anti-hunger groups. 

15 (2) Organizational and staff experience in— 

16 (A) national issues related to emergency 

17 food programs, food banks, food rescue organi18 zations, the hunger problem, food insecurity, 

19 anti-poverty programs, and nutrition education; 

20 (B) providing technical assistance to com21 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

22 groups and conducting outreach programs on 

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1 (C) successfully working with national and 

2 community service programs, including such 

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

4 (D) working cooperatively or in a leader5 ship role with other national, regional, State, 

6 and local eligible technical entities; and 

7 (E) working with a wide variety of faith8 based and community organizations and with 

9 community-wide religious and civic organiza10 tions. 

11 (3) Proven financial control mechanisms and 

12 staff expertise to work with large Federal and pri13 vate grants, or in the case of a technical assistance 

14 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

15 group with a small operating budget, effectiveness in 

16 program delivery and coordination. 

17 (d) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TECHNICAL AS18 SISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— 

19 (1) ASSISTANCE FROM DEPARTMENT OF AGRI20 CULTURE.—The Secretary may provide technical 

21 and evaluation assistance to— 

22 (A) a technical assistance community23 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group 

24 awarded a grant under subsection (a); 


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1 (B) a primary community-based nonprofit 

2 feeding and anti-hunger group awarded a grant 

3 under section 203(a) or a subgrantee selected 

4 under section 203(e); or 

5 (C) any community-based nonprofit feed6 ing and anti-hunger group or technical assist7 ance community-based nonprofit feeding and 

8 anti-hunger group that does not receive a grant 

9 under this Act, but that carries out activities 

10 similar to those of such a group or subgrantee. 

11 (2) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS

12 AND AGENCIES.—The head of any Federal depart13 ment or agency may provide technical assistance to 

14 a group or subgrantee referred to in subparagraph 

15 (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) to carry out activi16 ties described in subparagraph (C) of such para17 graph. 

18 (3) ASSISTANCE FROM STATE AND LOCAL

19 AGENCIES AND LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNI20 VERSITIES.—The Secretary may encourage any ap21 propriate State or local agency or land-grant college 

22 or university to provide technical assistance to such 

23 groups or subgrantees to carry out such activities. 


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1 SEC. 206. ALLOCATION OF GRANTS. 

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

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

4 year— 

5 (1) $190,000,000 is available for grants to pri6 mary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti7 hunger groups authorized under section 203(a); and 

8 (2) $8,000,000 is available for technical assist9 ance grants authorized under section 205(a). 

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

11 amounts made available under subsection (a)(1) to pri12 mary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

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

14 amounts to one primary community-based nonprofit feed15 ing and anti-hunger group in each of the pilot commu16 nities listed in subsection (c) and may allocate such 

17 amounts to one such group in each pilot community des18 ignated by the Secretary under subsection (d)(2). The 

19 amount allocated to a primary community-based nonprofit 

20 feeding and anti-hunger group— 

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

22 than $20,000,000; and 

23 (2) shall be in proportion to the number of indi24 viduals and families within the target population of 

25 the pilot community involved. 


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

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

3 is each of the following areas: 

4 (1) New York, New York. 

5 (2) Chicago, Illinois. 

6 (3) Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

7 (4) Puerto Rico. 

8 (5) Indianapolis, Indiana. 

9 (6) Des Moines, Iowa. 

10 (7) Toledo, Ohio. 

11 (8) Savannah, Georgia. 

12 (9) New Haven, Connecticut. 

13 (10) Roanoke, Virginia. 

14 (11) Santa Cruz county, Santa Clara county, 

15 and Monterey county in California. 

16 (12) Onondaga County in New York. 

17 (13) The rural boroughs in Alaska. 

18 (14) Washington metropolitan region. 

19 (15) Pittsburgh and the suburban and rural 

20 areas in southwestern Pennsylvania. 

21 (16) Rural counties in eastern Kentucky. 

22 (17) Counties in northern West Virginia. 

23 (18) Rural counties in southern Texas. 

24 (19) Rural counties in southern Missouri. 


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

2 Wisconsin. 

3 (d) SPECIFICATION OF AREAS; DESIGNATION OF AD4 DITIONAL PILOT COMMUNITIES.— 

5 (1) SPECIFICATION OF AREAS.—The Secretary 

6 shall specify the counties or other areas to be in7 cluded in each of the pilot communities described in 

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

9 (2) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL PILOT COM10 MUNITIES.—The Secretary may designate not more 

11 than 10 pilot communities in addition to those listed 

12 in subsection (c). 

13 SEC. 207. REPORTS AND EVALUATION. 

14 (a) SUBGRANTEE REPORT TO PRIMARY COMMUNITY15 BASED NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER

16 GROUP.—Not later than 9 days after the end of the fiscal 

17 year for which a subgrantee received a subgrant under sec18 tion 203(e), the subgrantee shall submit to the primary 

19 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group 

20 that selected the subgrantee under such section a report 

21 that evaluates the results of the activities, including finan22 cial expenditures, during such fiscal year of the subgrantee 

23 in carrying out the subgrant. 

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1 RETARY.—Not later than 180 days after the end of the 

2 fiscal year for which a primary community-based nonprofit 

3 feeding and anti-hunger group received a grant under sec4 tion 203(a), the group shall submit to the Secretary a re5 port that evaluates the results of the activities, including 

6 financial expenditures, during the preceding fiscal year of 

7 the group in carrying out the grant. Such report shall in8 clude each report submitted to the group by a subgrantee 

9 under subsection (a) for such fiscal year. 

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

11 than October 31 of each of calendar years 2007 through 

12 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 

13 the progress of the pilot program. 

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

15 April 30, 2012, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 

16 a report that evaluates the successes and challenges of the 

17 pilot program and that makes such recommendations as 

18 the Secretary considers appropriate for similar future 

19 grants programs. 

20 SEC. 208. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

21 (a) ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF GRANTS.— 

22 (1) BEYOND THE SOUP KITCHEN GRANTS.— 

23 Upon the expiration of a grant awarded to a com24 munity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

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1 group, the Secretary, in accordance with procedures 

2 established by the Secretary, may extend the dura3 tion of the grant once, by one fiscal year, if the Sec4 retary determines that the programs established and 

5 implemented by such group with the grant resulted 

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

7 satisfying the purposes of the pilot program de8 scribed in section 203(c)(1). 

9 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Upon 

10 the expiration of a grant awarded to a technical as11 sistance community-based nonprofit feeding and 

12 anti-hunger group under section 205(a) and the re13 quest of such entity, the Secretary, in accordance 

14 with procedures established by the Secretary, may 

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

16 year, if the Secretary determines that such technical 

17 assistance group has successfully provided all pilot 

18 programs with technical assistance. 

19 (b) FORM OF GRANTS.—The Secretary, if the Sec20 retary finds it appropriate, may use cooperative agree21 ments, as described in section 6305 of title 31, United 

22 States Code, for purposes of awarding grants to primary 

23 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

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1 community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

2 groups under section 205(a). 

3 SEC. 209. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this title: 

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

6 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

7 (2) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot pro8 gram’’ means the Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot 

9 Program established under section 202(a). 

10 (3) COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT FEEDING

11 AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP.—The term ‘‘community12 based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group’’ 

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

14 pantry, soup kitchen, food rescue group, or commu15 nity food security organization that— 

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

17 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

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

19 and 

20 (B) is located in (or regularly provides 

21 service to) a pilot community. 

22 (4) PRIMARY COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT

23 FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP.—The term 

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1 profit feeding and anti-hunger group awarded a 

2 grant under section 203(a). 

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

4 means a community-based nonprofit feeding and 

5 anti-hunger group (other than a primary commu6 nity-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger 

7 group)— 

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

9 by a primary community-based nonprofit feed10 ing and anti-hunger group; and 

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

12 service to) the pilot community in which the 

13 primary nonprofit feeding group is located (or 

14 to which the primary nonprofit feeding group 

15 provides regular service). 

16 (6) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY-BASED

17 NONPROFIT FEEDING AND ANTI-HUNGER GROUP.— 

18 The term ‘‘technical assistance community-based 

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

20 national, State, or local group that— 

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

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

23 community food security organization; 

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

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

2 and 

3 (C) has the capacity to provide technical 

4 assistance to all pilot communities. 

5 (7) PILOT COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘pilot com6 munity’’ means a community specified in section 

7 206(b). 

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

9 population’’ includes an individual who (or family 

10 that)— 

11 (A) earns an income below 200 percent of 

12 the Federal poverty line; 

13 (B) suffers from food insecurity; 

14 (C) earns insufficient income to ensure 

15 food security for such individual or family; 

16 (D) lives in a community that suffers from 

17 poverty, hunger, or food insecurity; 

18 (E) is homeless; 

19 (F) receives (or recently received) assist20 ance under a State program funded under part 

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

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

23 to needy families; or 

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1 (9) NUTRITION ASSISTANCE AND ANTI-POVERTY

2 PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘nutrition assistance and 

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

4 local government assistance program offered to low5 income individuals or families, including the fol6 lowing programs: 

7 (A) The food stamp program established 

8 under section 4 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 

9 (7 U.S.C. 2013). 

10 (B) A program authorized under the Rich11 ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

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

13 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), including the 

14 national school lunch program, the national 

15 school breakfast program, the summer food 

16 service program for children, the special supple17 mental nutrition program for women, infants, 

18 and children, and the child and adult care food 

19 program. 

20 (C) The earned income tax credit allowed 

21 under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code 

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

23 (10) FOOD INSECURITY.—The term ‘‘food inse24 curity’’ means a lack of consistent access to food. 


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1 (11) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN REGION.— 

2 The term ‘‘Washington metropolitan region’’ in3 cludes the District of Columbia, the counties of 

4 Montgomery and Prince Georges in Maryland, and 

5 the counties of Arlington and Fairfax and the cities 

6 of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia. 

7 SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

9 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to carry out 

10 this title. 

11 TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATE 

12 SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

14 the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 

15 1st day of the 1st month that begins more than 180 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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