(A) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
(B) is capable of, and has at least 10 years 
experience in, procuring donated food and other 
services from major domestic food manufactur-
ers and processors, grocery wholesalers and re-
tailers, food warehouse operations, agricultural 
producer organizations, fishing interests com-
mercial transport providers (such as trucking 
companies), and Federal and State food assist-
ance agencies; 
(C) is capable of, and has shown pro-
ficiency in, the national distribution of highly 
perishable food through contracts with member 
emergency feeding organizations (as defined in 
section 201A of the Emergency Food Assist-
ance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501)); 
(D) has at least 10 years experience in 
procuring commercial freight for the distribu-
tion of time-sensitive food products through a 
network of emergency food assistance organiza-
tions; 
(E) has at least 10 years experience in 
working with transport providers in creating, 
coordinating, and maintaining transfer systems 
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designed to assist, at the national level, the de-
livery of time-sensitive food products, for dis-
tribution to emergency food assistance organi-
zations in all 50 States and the District of Co-
lumbia; 
(F) does not operate any commercial, pri-
vate, or public subsidiary trucking or freight 
operations for the purposes of transporting 
food; and 
(G) agrees— 
(i) to contribute in-kind resources to 
help carry out this section; 
(ii) to provide to eligible emergency 
food assistance organizations services and 
information free of charge; and 
(iii) to regularly certify and inspect 
any member emergency feeding organiza-
tion with which the nongovernmental orga-
nization entered into a contract to carry 
out an activity described in subparagraph 
(B). 
(3) PRIMARY
NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘‘primary nongovernmental organi-
zation’’ means a nongovernmental organization se-
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lected by the Secretary on a competitive basis from 
among nongovernmental organizations. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
(5) TIME-SENSITIVE FOOD PRODUCT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘time-sen-
sitive food product’’ means a fresh, raw, or 
processed food with a short time limitation for 
safe and acceptable consumption, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘time-sen-
sitive food product’’ includes fruits, vegetables, 
dairy products, meat, fish, and poultry. 
(c) NATIONAL FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY TRANSPOR-
TATION FUND.—The Secretary shall offer to enter into 
a contract or grant agreement with a primary nongovern-
mental organization to establish the National Food for the 
Hungry Transportation Fund to track, collect, and deliver 
time-sensitive food products. 
(d) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that funds made available under this Act are used 
for 
(1) the development and maintenance of a com-
puterized system for the tracking of time-sensitive 
food products; 
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(2) capital and operating costs associated with 
the collection and transportation of time-sensitive 
food products; 
(3) capital and operating costs associated with 
the storage and distribution of time-sensitive food 
products; 
(4) job training opportunities in trucking, food 
handling, food recovery, and related industries; 
(5) improving the security and diversity of the 
food distribution and recovery systems of the United 
States with the use of— 
(A) family-sized farms; and 
(B) donations from entities of food prod-
ucts to persons in need; 
(6) providing recovered healthy foods to non- 
profit emergency food providers to reduce hunger in 
the United States; and 
(7) improving the identification of— 
(A) potential providers of donated foods; 
(B) potential nonprofit emergency food 
providers; and 
(C) persons in need of emergency food as-
sistance throughout the United States. 
(e) ADDITIONAL
NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The primary nongovern-
mental organization may enter into one or more con-
tracts with, and provide funds to, not more than two 
additional nongovernmental organizations that the 
Secretary determines meet the requirements in para-
graph (2) to carry out some of the functions re-
quired by this section. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—An additional nongovern-
mental organization selected under paragraph (1) 
shall— 
(A) have expertise in operating for several 
years a national information clearinghouse re-
lating to anti-hunger activities; 
(B) have extensive experience in working 
with other anti-hunger organizations through-
out the United States; 
(C) have significant experience in working 
with the Department of Agriculture; and 
(D) operate, at a national level, a hotline 
to provide information about— 
(i) access to food for low-income fami-
lies; 
(ii) programs in existence on the date 
of enactment of this Act that transport 
fresh produce to food pantries, homeless 
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shelters, and soup kitchens that could 
serve as national models for replication in 
other areas; and 
(iii) ways low-income individuals and 
families may become self-reliant. 
(f) AUDITS.—The Secretary shall establish fair and 
reasonable procedures to audit the expenditure of funds 
made available to carry out this section. 
(g) FUNDING.—From funds not otherwise appro-
priated from the Treasury, $5,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Secretary for fiscal year 2008 and for each 
of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012, the amount appro-
priated for the immediately preceding fiscal year adjusted 
to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics for the twelve months ending the preceding June 
30. 
SEC. 405. HUNGER-FREE COMMUNITIES COLLABORATIVE 
GRANTS. 
Section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
2034), as amended by section 312, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) HUNGER-FREE COMMUNITIES COLLABORATIVE 
GRANTS.— 
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‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
ELIGIBLE
ENTITY.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a 
public food program service provider or a nonprofit 
organization, including but not limited to an emer-
gency feeding organization, that demonstrates the 
organization has collaborated, or will collaborate, 
with 1 or more local partner organizations to reduce 
hunger in the community. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
use not more than 50 percent of any funds 
made available under this subsection to make 
grants to eligible entities to pay the Federal 
share of the costs of an activity described in 
paragraph (3)(A). 
‘‘(B) 
FEDERAL
SHARE.—The 
Federal 
share of the cost of carrying out an activity 
under this subsection shall not exceed 80 per-
cent. 
‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(i) CALCULATION.—The non-Federal 
share of the cost of an activity under this 
subsection may be provided in cash or in 
kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 
equipment, or services. 
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‘‘(ii) SOURCES.—Any entity may pro-
vide the non-Federal share of the cost of 
an activity under this subsection through a 
State government, a local government, or a 
private source. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—To receive a grant 
under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at the 
time and in the manner and accompanied by 
any information the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In making grants under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority 
to eligible entities that— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate in the application of 
the eligible entity that the eligible entity 
makes collaborative efforts to reduce hun-
ger in the community of the eligible entity; 
and 
‘‘(ii)(I) serve a predominantly rural 
and geographically underserved area; 
‘‘(II) serve communities in which the 
rates of food insecurity, hunger, poverty, 
or unemployment are demonstrably higher 
than national average rates; 
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‘‘(III) provide evidence of long-term 
efforts to reduce hunger in the community; 
or 
‘‘(IV) provide evidence of public sup-
port for the efforts of the eligible entity. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall 
use a grant received under this subsection for any 
fiscal year for activities of the eligible entity, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) meeting the immediate needs of peo-
ple in the community served by the eligible enti-
ty who experience hunger by— 
‘‘(i) distributing food; 
‘‘(ii) providing community outreach to 
connect needy people with nutrition assist-
ance for which they may be eligible; or 
‘‘(iii) providing nutrition assistance 
and food distribution as part of com-
prehensive services; 
‘‘(B) developing new resources and strate-
gies to help reduce hunger in the community; 
‘‘(C) establishing a program to prevent, 
monitor, and treat children in the community 
experiencing hunger or poor nutrition; and 
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‘‘(D) providing community outreach to fos-
ter the involvement of community members and 
organizations in local efforts that provide nutri-
tion assistance and food distribution; 
‘‘(E) establishing a program coordinating 
community-based comprehensive services, in-
cluding food distribution or nutrition assistance, 
or adding food distribution or nutrition assist-
ance or existing comprehensive service pro-
grams. 
‘‘(5) AMOUNTS.—The following amounts are 
made available to carry out this subsection: 
‘‘(A) For fiscal year 2008, $4,000,000. 
‘‘(B) For each of the fiscal years 2009 
through 2012, the dollar amount of, the 
amount appropriated to carry out this sub-
section for the immediately preceding fiscal year 
adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers published 
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the twelve 
months ending the preceding June 30.’’. 
SEC. 406. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE COMMODITY SUPPLE-
MENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. 
Section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protec-
tion Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 93– 
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86) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 407. BILL EMERSON NATIONAL HUNGER FELLOWS 
AND MICKEY LELAND INTERNATIONAL HUN-
GER FELLOWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), as amended by section 403, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 29. BILL EMERSON NATIONAL HUNGER FELLOWS 
AND MICKEY LELAND INTERNATIONAL HUN-
GER FELLOWS. 
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows and Mickey Le-
land International Hunger Fellows Program Act of 2007’. 
‘‘(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
‘‘(1) there is a critical need for compassionate 
individuals who are committed to assisting people 
who suffer from hunger to initiate and administer 
solutions to the hunger problem; 
‘‘(2) Bill Emerson, the distinguished late Rep-
resentative from the 8th District of Missouri, dem-
onstrated— 
‘‘(A) his commitment to solving the prob-
lem of hunger in a bipartisan manner; 
‘‘(B) his commitment to public service; and 
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